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

Cori snatched her buzzing cell phone off the surface of her desk and looked at the display. Ben...again. Why couldn't he just take the hint she wasn't interested in seeing him any longer? He had to know she knew about him and Julie and that he'd lied to her. 


Then, her heart started talking - maybe he didn't know she knew. Or, judging from his persistence, perhaps she was wrong about him and Julie. Was he capable of putting on that kind of show - leading a secret life? Anything was possible. So many people did it. But Ben? It didn't make sense. Or, was it that she didn't want it to make sense, be possible that he was a lying, cheating jerk. 


She flipped her phone upside down on her desk and continued sorting her computer files. It took only a few minutes for her phone to buzz again. Refusing to look, she kept her focus on her computer screen. 


"You gonna get that?" Investigator Pearson asked.


"Huh," Cori replied as she shifted her gaze to the woman standing next to her.


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