In Baghdad she, as usual, finds herself in the wrong place at just the right time. Young, witty and beautiful international journalist, Jade Snow, travels to Iraq to shoot a documentary about the Iraqi insurgency. Set in Iraq, this prequel novelette is her experience before the start of the Accidental Spy Series. Meet Jade Snow, kick-ass international journalist, turned stay-at-home mom (Stepford USA), turned spy extraordinaire (Gold Train). “Being in the wrong place at just the right time is my specialty.” GREEN DESERT free Wednesday, 7/17: Amazon US UK DE (available in other countries as well). Warning: Contains enough suspense, psychology, mystical happenings, amazing pets, virtual reality, romance and humor to be a thrillingly delightful, yet dangerously sobering read.I am making my two novelettes, CATHARSIS (Legend of the Lemurians) & GREEN DESERT (Accidental Spy Iraq Prequel), FREE for one day each on Kindle this upcoming week! Grab your copy & spread the word! if she can survive the attraction to a framed man, and the encounter with a desperate killer. Aided by a super-intelligent calico cat and a psychoanalyst from New York, Jade's on a mission to solve baffling mysteries, uncover a local conspiracy and turn this sleepy paradise upside down. And that's exactly where she ends up after getting married and pregnant. A new breed of amateur sleuths and international journalist, she's thoroughly at home in the brave, new, globalized world, but unprepared for one challenge - the dull existence in this sheltered American town.

Who committed rape and murder: a corrupt police chief, crooked politician, millionaire-nerd, or womanizing banker?Ladies from the Stepford Knitting Club know it all, except that the town has been hijacked by criminals posing as pillars of local community. Cool characters and setting, intense adventure full of surprising developments, amazing pets and humor!A play on The Stepford Wives, STEPFORD USA will dazzle you with an array of funny, outlandish, dangerous and utterly realistic characters. Psychological mystery thriller set in an idyllic Massachusetts town harboring a dark secret.

Catharsis by Lada Ray