The Code Enforcer
Bryce is a Marine hiding his military-ending injury. All he wants is to hide in his mundane job as the code enforcer while he sorts out his life. What he does not account for is Markie, the emerald eyed beauty who walks through his office door. Markie is a Police Investigator hardened by her cheating ex. When the municipal code violators Bryce is investigating are murdered, he becomes Markie's number one suspect. 

A Brush with Death
Ben is secretly in love with Cori and has been waiting for the right time to make his move, but his divorce haunts him. Cori has had all she can take from men since her ex left without a trace. The last thing she needs is another man who will disappoint her. When Cori opens her heart to Ben, women he holds key information about turn up dead. She realizes she should have never trusted him.

Crime & Passion Stalk City Hall Series is created by Valerie J. Clarizio, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Crime & Passion Stalk City Hall Series

Markie watched as Bryce hung his head and walked back to his side of the City Hall building. All the ground she'd gained with him last night disappeared with one unsure look from her. 


In her heart, she believed he was not the murderer, but the leads paved a clear path to him, and she'd seen people fooled time and time again by friends, relatives, and neighbors. Countless times she'd seen news interviews where someone commented, "I can't believe so-and-so is a killer. He seemed like such a nice guy." She, too, had been fooled by someone she loved and had committed to marry. Damn Conner Sunstrum with the golden hair and tongue that could talk a woman into anything - make a woman believe everything - showed her exactly how wrong she could be about a person. She'd been within one inch of marrying him when the truth surfaced. 


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