Hi there! Thank you very much for reading my story and letting me know you enjoyed it!
This is the rare story where I actually remember how and when I thought of it--I was watching The American starring George Clooney as an assassin, and there is a scene in which he arrives in a mountain village to lay low for a while. When he first arrives, he makes eye contact with an elderly resident, and it hit me: "What if the village elder saw this guy, knew he was an assassin, and thought, 'Great, another one...'"
And I was off and running! I don't recall where I first came across the proverb, but I think it's perfect--all these snakes in one place smiling at each other, but they all have a lethal bite.
My other novels are Find > Fix > Finish, an action thriller about former Tier 1 Special Forces operators against ruthless drug cartel mercenaries in the desert, and the Woodshed Wallace series (Suckerpunch, Hook and Shoot, and Anaconda Choke, which I am writing now).
The Woodshed books are about an MMA heavyweight fighter trying to overcome his criminal past and make a living doing what he does best--punching people in the face--but the criminals keep dragging him back in, and the past fights very dirty. Those novels are published by Medallion Press, so I cannot put them on Wattpad, but I might put Find > Fix > Finish on here.
I also just published a novella titled The Kalamazoo Kid, about a retired MMA fighter trapped between Detroit and Chicago crime families who want him to train a young phenom for mob fights, but the kid could be a real champion. That may come to Wattpad as well, but I can’t say for sure.
Again, thank you very much for reading and reaching out! I hope I can continue to provide stories you enjoy.
Jeremy