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

Holden arrived home from baseball practice at four forty-five. 


He shrugged. "I don't know where he was going. He dropped me off and said he'd be home later."


Curse words hung on the tip of her tongue. Eli was grounded. He knew he wasn't supposed to go anywhere other than school or work until the end of the school year, and she knew he wasn't scheduled to work at the grocery store tonight. 


Cori snatched her phone off the kitchen counter. She'd call him, but she knew he wouldn't pick up so she texted instead: Need I remind you that you are grounded? You need to come home now. Plus, you know darn well Ben is expecting us for dinner.


Foolishly, she stared at her phone as if he'd actually respond. She'd been shocked earlier in the day when he'd responded to her text informing him about their dinner plans with their neighbor. 


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