What does archaeology student Danielle Herring discover in the shadows of her family tree? Corruption, murder, sex, and a serial killer ring. She’s the only biological heir to an estate, things should be simple, right? She’s accompanied by the family attorney, Stephen Briggs, on what she thinks is a quick will-reading in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.

She doesn’t count on one of the conditions of the will including a hot-blooded—make that a HOT!—Veterinarian she has to share a home with in order to claim her inheritance. 

Things couldn’t get worse, could they? 

This pulse-racing, emotionally charged novel proves some deep-seated secrets and desires are buried so deep in the soil that bringing them to the surface requires Truth or Consequences.

Note: This book contains sexual content, adult situations, and profanity.
Truth or Consequences is created by Faith Justice, an eGlobal Creative Publishing Signed Author.

Truth or Consequences

     Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; these are its sign and note and character. -Robert Browning


     A thin film of dust fills the chamber of the cave. It imparts a nostalgic sense of peace. My Grandma Mae, rest her soul, would have enjoyed picking through the soil, unearthing ancient relics of a time long past.


     Perhaps she did, in another life, one I never heard about as a child. Closing my eyes, I envision her standing in the same spot I now occupy. At least now, I know where my love of Indian lore came from.


     I stretch my arms overhead. It's been three weeks since I sat in Mr. Crawford's office for the reading of my grandfather's will. I've not heard a peep from Stephen since I informed him, I was staying three days ago. It shouldn't surprise me. He said he was heading back to Texas to take care of business but that he'd be back. To be honest, it's been nice not having him breathe down my neck.


Chapter 16: In Another Life