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

"Maybe his phone is dead," The teenager said with hope.


Ben and Eli slid out of the truck and walked up to the Pierces' front door. He knocked. A light flicked on inside, then the outside light illuminated, and the front door swung open. 


"Ben. Eli?" Martin Pierce questioned. Annoyance laced his tone. 


Of course, it would. They'd just woke him up.


Martin's brows pulled together. "No. Didn't you pick him up a while ago?"


Martin stepped back from the doorway. "Kyle! Come here!"


Ben heard the shuffling of feet, then Kyle appeared alongside his dad. The kid rubbed his eyes.


"Do you know where Holden is?" Mr. Pierce asked his son.


"When did he leave?" Pierce questioned. 


Kyle pointed at Eli. "It was a little after ten when Holden said he'd wait for his brother out front." 


"You just let him go outside and wait?" Martin asked.


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