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    A Simple Matter of Justice
    A Simple Matter of Justice
    A Simple Matter of Justice
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    A Simple Matter of Justice

    By Annamaria Bazzi

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    Abducted, raped and killed, Samantha is given a chance to bring her killer to justice. In accepting the challenge from a talking wolf, she never imagined she would become a spirit hawk by night. In the turmoil of her new existence, would she find the courage to bring the killer to the forest where she knows he will receive justice?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnnamaria Bazzi
    Release dateDec 16, 2012
    ISBN9781301712908
    A Simple Matter of Justice
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    Annamaria Bazzi

    Although born in the United States, Annamaria Bazzi spent a great deal of her childhood in Sicily, Italy, in a town called Sciacca. Italian was the language spoken at home. Therefore, she had no problems when she found herself growing up in a strange country.Upon returning to the states, she swore she would speak without an accent.She attended Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan, where she obtained her Bachelor of Science in Computers with a minor in Spanish.Annamaria spent twenty years programming systems for large corporations, creating innovative solution, and addressing customer problems. During those years, she raised four daughters and one husband. Annamaria lives in Richmond Virginia with her small family where she now dedicates a good part of her day writing.

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      A Simple Matter of Justice - Annamaria Bazzi

      A Simple Matter of Justice

      Copyright 2012 Annamaria Bazzi

      Published by Annamaria Bazzi

      Copyright 2012 Cover Art by Amanda Bazzi

      Editing and Formatting Services by Wizards in Publishing

      All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the author.

      This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

      A Simple Matter of Justice

      By

      Annamaria Bazzi

      Smashwords Edition

      Acknowledgements

      My thanks go out to Michael Drakich for providing some of his writing wisdom to the story, which helped shape it.

      To my daughter Amanda, I love you and the beautiful artwork you created for the cover.

      To Laura Garland, I couldn't have asked for a better editor.

      To Wizards in Publishing and Kate Richards for all the help in getting the story published.

      Chapter One

      Samantha wanted to scream.

      It was her first instinct—but the tape muzzling her mouth prevented her from uttering a sound. A trickle of blood snaked down the side of her face where the gun butt had hit her, sending her reeling into a black void.

      Her mind still muddled from the blow, she struggled against the rope binding her wrists and biting into her flesh. What happened? Oh my God! As the car found pothole after pothole, she bounced around in the darkness of the trunk, bruising her body, possibly drawing more blood for all she could tell. Acid pumped up her throat every time she inhaled the fresh smell of urine soaked into the carpet of the vehicle.

      She’d been stupid not to call security to escort her to her car so late at night. Her heart raced against the unknown, fighting for coherent thoughts. God and Heaven circled her mind, but she was too young to die. She hadn’t lived yet.

      Finally, the car stopped. After a few agonizing moments, the trunk opened, letting a gust of fresh air swirl around her. She breathed deeply. A man lifted her out and dropped her on the ground. Slamming the trunk, he grabbed a fist full of her hair and dragged her into a nearby forest. In the dappled shadows, she spotted an old beat up Chevy truck parked next to her Ford Focus. Oh crap. He brought me here in my own car.

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