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

     Come away, O human child: to the waters and the wild with a fairy, hand in hand, for the world's more full of weeping than you can understand. -William Butler Yeats


     Sunlight bounces off the walls of the room. I cast my eyes down the length of the bed. Stephen is no longer in the room. Wooden floorboards groan.


     There's movement outside the door.


     I strain against my restraints. Twisting my right-hand side to side while pulling, I'm able to slip halfway through the shackle. Rubbing a blister, I tear off skin. Finally, I'm able to free my hand.


     Leaning over to the left, I find a leaver on the shackle encasing my left hand. Once free, I sit up and scoot to the bottom of the bed to release my ankles. I snap my dress, and then, I rub the sore muscles in my legs. They feel stiff and sore. When I finally try to stand, my knees buckle, and I land on the floor with a thud.


Chapter 46: Cat and Mouse