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 Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame! -William Butler Yeats


     The engine of the car purrs softly. I place my hand on the gear stick. A loud cracking noise explodes in my ears. Shards of glass rain down upon me.


     My body is ripped from the safe confines of the car. I'm pulled through the shattered window. My back and shoulders slam hard against the ground, driving loose pebbles into my tender flesh.


     Gasping for air, I stand to run, but my feet are swept out from underneath me. I'm pressed to the ground, and my face is shoved into the loose gravel on the driveway. Twisting sideways, I fill my lungs with air and scream. Stephen rolls me onto my back. He wraps his hands around my neck.


     I pull at his fingers, trying to loosen his grip, but my movements are sluggish. "Get off me."


     "Scream all you want. No one can hear you, remember."


Chapter 45: Take Me From this Dull World