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Blue Blindfold – Book One of the Open Your Eyes Series<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Clay Warner, founder of Warner’s Technologies, receives devastating news that his younger sister has gone missing while touring Ireland with her college roommates. Eager to experience Dublin’s nightlife before returning to the United States, the graduates went to a popular pub near their hotel. There, Kayla met a local Dubliner who invited her to a party. Wanting to make the most of her last night there, she went with him without telling her friends. It was the last time she was seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desperate to locate his sister, Clay travels to Ireland only to discover that the police have put little effort into looking for her. Mistakenly thinking he had the expertise needed to find Kayla on his own, Clay stumbles into the dangerous world of human trafficking. Beaten and left for dead on the side of a country road, Clay is tossed a lifeline from a concerned bartender, who introduces him to a unique group of individuals who have made it their life’s mission to fight human trafficking. The team, led by a former Marine, is unrelenting in their hunt for Clay’s sister. While searching for her, they uncover the immensity of Ireland’s darkest hidden secret–trafficking humans. And with it, the hope of ever finding Kayla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Savannah- Book Two of the Open Your Eyes Series<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Angie Nuland had worked a nine-month internship at the British Museum after she graduated from UCLA. Years later, she’s excited to share her experiences with her daughters Savannah and Macy and her husband, Rick. The Nulands’ travel plans include a five-day trip to France before heading to the United Kingdom. On their last night in Paris, an innocent mishap with their youngest daughter initiates a devastating chain of events that changes the family’s life forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five years have passed, and Savannah’s fate comes to light. After years of grooming, she is auctioned to a Middle Eastern man who then gives her as a gift to Ali, his youngest of three sons. Aware of the brothers’ heinous treatment toward the women owned by them, Savannah anticipates her death and even welcomes it, if only to end her suffering. That is, until she meets Ali’s younger sister, Faizal. A bond between the two young women is formed, giving Savannah a reason to live. However, the rift between Ali and his brother, Omari, is heightened when Savannah’s beauty is unveiled. Jealousy, rage, and family honor put Savannah’s life on borrowed time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silence Shattered – Book Three of the Open Your Eyes Series<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Billy Watts and his team are determined to put an end to human trafficking. However, the traffickers are equally persistent in their endeavors to preserve their lucrative business of selling human beings. The war between the two sides has been nonstop, and though there have been numerous victories over the years, the team’s fortitude is failing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While home for a much-needed break, Billy gets drawn into another case, one that could be his toughest yet. A fourteen-year-old girl has gone missing, and the perpetrators this time are two billionaires, Bode Horowitz and Sebastian Drakos. The silken web of depravity these two men have spun has been impenetrable. Surrounded by influential friends of great wealth, authority, and intelligence, the elite pedophiles have been allowed to travel openly with their victims. The fact that they believe themselves to be untouchable enrages Billy, and he calls his team together once more–this time, stateside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A plan devised to chip away at the world of horrors these billionaires have created has Billy and his team going after Horowitz’s right-hand man, Mark Kennedy. A family man himself with two teenage girls, Mark has been indulging in the same perversion as his boss…and all without his wife’s and daughters’ knowledge. What Billy thinks is a race against time for one missing fourteen-year-old girl turns out to be a deadly race to save a pedophile’s family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Riley Cooper Series of Hope<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Riley Cooper Series of Hope Trilogy is a fascinating journey of one woman\u2019s fight for survival in a world ravaged by disease. It\u2019s a captivating tale that takes the reader on her journey, experiencing her losses, fears, challenges and even her hope. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Inheritance of Hope<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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