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

     Justice . . . is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed. -Epicurus


     I plop down on a large flat rock, drawing my knees to my chest. My mother rolls up her jeans. Peeling off her shoes and socks, she wades in the water up to the middle of her calves.


     "Danielle," she says, her tone is a hair shy of scolding. "Have you told Drake that you have to go back to Texas to present your paper or that the professor wants to help with the excavation next month?"


     "No, I haven't, not yet." I chew on the inside of my lip.


     "Because I'm not sure how he's going to react."


     "Soon, I promise. I just don't want to deal with that right now."


     "Maybe he'll surprise you and go with you?"


     "I don't think he can or wants to leave the ranch right now."


     "Again, he might just surprise you."


     "Yeah, well, that's what I'm afraid of. And it might not be a surprise in a good way." A sigh passes my lips.


Chapter 64: Look Out!