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

     So, fall asleep love, loved by me . . . for I know love, I am loved by thee. -Robert Browning


     Music pipes through the building, echoing all around me. 


     Butterflies flutter in my stomach, adding to the jitters that have me nearly ready to jump out of my skin.


     Peeping through the crack in the door, I spot my mother. She's beautiful. The baby blue dress she wears, accents her small waist. She has worn her hair up, wrapped in a French twist, it shows off the delicate angles of her face.


     As if sensing me, she turns in my direction. Her eyes lock with mine, and she waves a white-gloved hand. Tears glisten in her eyes.


     "Are you ready, Shorty" Paul asks. "I think that's our queue."


     I drape my arm through his. The man beams down at me with pride and winks.


     "I think so," I reply with a grin. "But I'd like to know who you're calling short? These heels make me three inches taller."


     "That might be true, but you're still shorter than me."


Chapter 69: Vows of Passion