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While battling drug addiction and post-traumatic demons, can a female veteran overcome the forces trying to frame her for murder?

When Marine veteran and aspiring private eye Erica Jensen gets a frantic call for help from a client-the female half of a social media influencer couple-she springs into action. Unfortunately, she arrives at their house only to find their bodies, butchered, in the basement.

Despite her cooperation with police, the homicide detectives on the case consider Erica a possible "person of interest." As Erica struggles to exonerate herself, she draws unwanted attention from a mysterious stranger. Meanwhile, witnesses who could clear her wind up dead.

Can Erica fight forces powerful enough to frame her for murder without getting herself or more civilians killed?All Rights Reserved

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When your dream of working for Doctors without borders turns into a nightmare.. A bad-boy Marine may be your only hope of waking up alive.. ... Tired of living in fear, scared of her own shadow, Lacey Paxton is determined to make a change, to be brave.. A new job posting at her dream position as an MSF surgical assistant is her chance to do just that.. There is only one catch, it's in the middle of a war-zone.. Can Lacey handle the pressure of stepping out into the world alone, and will she find something, or someone out there that gives her strength.. Or will what she learns on the job, leave her more afraid than ever? Title five of The Specter Series. . . LACE & LEATHER has won ✨ 1st place in the Romance category of The Golden Borough Awards