W.S. Long

Jake Chandler is a struggling small-town Florida lawyer, and his life is falling apart. His ex-wife makes seeing his daughter difficult, his boyfriend Noah may be cheating on him, and his money woes are growing. Jake hopes that a new murder defense case will help with his money woes, but his ex-wife Elena is the prosecutor. It’s bad enough she has to fight with him over custody of their daughter. Now she wants nothing more than to beat him in the courtroom, too.<br><br>And then people around him start dying.<br><br>First, an ex-lover gets his brains blown out while he and Jake have coffee. The danger comes even closer. Then Jake meets handsome FBI agent Xavier, who is investigating the crimes surrounding him. Can Jake trust this new man in his life? Is Xavier who he says he is? Or does his involvement put Jake and those he loves in even more danger?

Love and Murder

We stayed in ER for a couple of hours and left only after Xavier confirmed that Jorge would be fine. Surgery to remove bullet fragments from Jorge’s leg went well.


The silence between us weighed on me. As we walked to the parking lot, I asked, “Xavier is this what you do?” No response. “Seriously, silent treatment? It won’t work, if you know anything about me.”


Chapter 51