Nathan Parker Series

When Nathan Parker was discarded from his job in Cincinnati in the economic collapse of 2008, he took his shattered confidence west for a new start. Near the small town of Willow Run, Montana, he finds a man’s body. Then it vanishes. Dismissed as a lunatic drifter by a hulking inept Deputy and an aging Sheriff, Nathan Parker vows to prove there was a body and to discover why he died. He finds support in a local woman, a fiery-tempered red head, who has a passion for books. And a passion for trouble. She helps him in his quest and becomes his romantic interest. As Parker digs deeper into this sleepy little town’s history, he unearths a web of deception and greed that is anything but wholesome. Then like the dead man’s body, local citizens begin to vanish. But no one seems to notice. Parker doesn’t know who can be trusted. When the last pieces of the mystery fall into place, he also vanishes, accused as a cop killer on the run. Now he must use his wits to escape. Taking the law into his own hands, he must save himself and his fellow prisoners, reveal the conspiracy, and win back the affection of the red-haired woman.

After being unemployed for nearly two years, Nathan Parker is finally hired as an insurance fraud investigator in Montana. While in New York, he is called back to Montana to investigate the death of a client, an eminent scientist. The police consider the death a hit-and-run accident. But there are too many coincidences for Nathan to feel comfortable with the ruling of accidental death. His findings are dismissed by the police. And because of his checkered past, they chose to ignore him. Undaunted, Nathan presses the investigation forward alone. Witnesses start dying. Suicide. Drug overdose. A trail of bodies across Montana. The trail has gone cold. But Nathan finds a clue, a thin thread of evidence that leads him to the West Coast. He teams up with an unlikely partner, who helps unravel the mystery as they dig deep into the tangled web of the people they are following. They discover an improbable biotechnology conspiracy that affects the health of the entire nation. He and his new partner are drawn into the tangled web and are trapped. They are left with no choice but to fight to survive in the streets of San Francisco.

Human greed keeps Nathan Parker employed investigating fraud. And greed has drawn him back to his native Ohio to settle a seemingly simple life insurance claim involving the death of a billionaire in the prosperous town of Woodview. But he soon learns there is nothing simple about this case. Saddled with an incompetent partner and a boss who wants to be rid of him, he wades through a maze of uncooperative and shadowy witnesses. Chasing down leads that extend from the lowest rank of society to the highest echelon, Nathan finds that his investigation simply reveals more levels of complicity. The number of people he can trust steadily declines. Further confounding the situation, an anonymous tipster haunts him with a clue that doesn’t seem to help in the least. Keeping Nathan firmly grounded is a budding relationship with a blond-haired woman. Yet even she has troubles of her own, dragging him into confrontation with a man who has a history of violence. His investigation reveals a complex conspiracy that goes much deeper than insurance fraud. After peeling back its last layer, Nathan is sickened by the foul rot underlying the quaint community. Revealing his findings leads to a chaotic climax that provides plot twists to the very last chapter. (Book 3 in the Nathan Hale Parker series)

She attacked him. That was Nathan Parker's introduction to the secretive, nameless girl with a troubled past. A hesitant witness to the disposal of the corpses of two unidentified children, she ran from him. Repeatedly. But for ex-cop Nathan Parker, running is not an option. Having found the bodies, he is inescapably tied to the case, even though it has nothing to do with his job as an insurance fraud investigator. Compelled to discover who the children were and who killed them, Nathan ignores the warnings of the detectives pursuing the case. He reconnects with the nameless girl, whose guarded, bizarre, and often aggressive behavior make working with her and prying information from her unwieldy challenges. On top of that, she has the habit of disappearing whenever the going gets tough. In spite of the struggles of their reluctant partnership, they pick apart the tangled web of the conspiracy shrouding the deaths of the children. In this crusade, Nathan collides with his boss, the police, and his crumbling personal life. And with each step forward, the girl entangles him, pulling him further down a dark path that crosses the line between right and wrong. When their frenzied investigation ends, with the arrest of the architect of the conspiracy, she disappears again, running nameless, leaving Nathan to deal with the lawless chaos they created.

For Nathan Parker, it started as a vacation, a getaway to a place he’d never been before. His boss, though, had a different plan, detouring him to a small town in the middle of nowhere for an insurance fraud investigation. But a natural disaster traps him there, along with the troublesome survivors. While Nathan desperately tries to restore order to the lawless town, he uncovers a sinister murder plot and a long-standing conflict among the people who live there. Now his own life is in danger. Some vacation. While he struggles to survive, his secretive girlfriend Amber has a different agenda. Hundreds of miles away, she pursues her personal crusade, one that she never shared with anyone. Not even with him. Yet she expects his help to complete a quest she simply cannot do alone. Hunted by law enforcement and a team of thugs, she races against time to find her target, rescue Nathan, and complete the mission, one which may be far more dangerous than being trapped in that lawless town. The colliding objectives of their missions pull Nathan and Amber apart, and then fling them back together again. Repeatedly. To survive, they have to rely on one another, but the weight of their own secrets is holding them back. How can these two work together if they can't even tell each other the whole truth? Time flies, and the window of opportunity to complete her mission rapidly closes. Tick-tock.

Forced out in the open by malicious thugs sent by his girlfriend Amber's stepfather, Nathan Parker brazenly confronts them. But these men have friends. To avoid the growing horde pursuing him, and the local Ohio cops who also have suspicions about him, Nathan flees for his life. He runs north to Michigan to rejoin Amber and her half-sister Scarlett, who are hiding and recuperating after their narrow escape from Texas. But not far behind are the cops, the Feds, their father, and his relentless gang of enforcers. They will stop at nothing to capture the rebellious daughters, who hold secrets that the father needs to bury. Running low on funds, Nathan turns to his job of insurance fraud investigation. Amber and Scarlett, also desperate for cash to keep running, fear that their secret hideout in Michigan won't remain secret for long. Nathan proposes a way to get money, lots of it, with the help of a woman from his past....assuming she will even talk to him after all this time. Buoyed by the promise of cash to help them disappear, the girls join Nathan in his seemingly simple investigations, planning to end them quickly, get the money, and run. But simple is just an illusion. As events spiral out of control, Amber, Scarlett, and Nathan become embroiled in the chaos of insurance fraud and a deadly showdown that stands between them and running to cover.

Sent by his employer to attend a harmless insurance conference, Nathan Parker flies to an island paradise, a warm spot to escape the cold Ohio winter. And an ideal place to rekindle a lost love. But there is no warm welcome here. Before he can even leave the airport, thieves accost him. Far worse, his girlfriend disappears right before his eyes, leaving no trace. Yet his problems have just begun. He is followed, and armed thugs try to kill him. Then he receives a call demanding an exchange: the girl for their missing item. The trouble is, Nathan doesn’t have it. He never did. Fending off the distractions of an insurance fraud investigation back home, training a new hire, and attending the conference, Nathan pleas with the local authorities for help in finding her. But the police, who don’t find any evidence of a kidnapping, cast him off as an annoying tourist. Until a deadly blast proves him right. How can this peaceful tourist destination warrant theft, kidnapping, and murder? It makes no sense. Yet with each step, Nathan is pulled deeper into a web of conspiracy and terrorism. And the secret mission he uncovers is far more sinister than abduction. At stake is the fate of the entire Western world. Finally reunited, Nathan and his girlfriend must face the daunting task of taking on the terrorists, and do it quickly. Because time is critical. Tick tock. The clock is winding down to zero.

Ordered to protect a Hollywood starlet 24/7 at her mansion, Nathan Parker gladly abandons the snow-bound Midwest to bask in Los Angeles. Sunshine, warm air, ocean breezes, and luxury living. Sure, his boss expects him to also conduct insurance fraud investigations remotely in his spare time. And he’s never been a bodyguard before. Still, it sounds like an easy gig. Until it isn’t. Even though the mansion is fortified with a high fence, motion-sensitive lights, security cameras, and armed guards, an intruder finds a way in. He steals valuables. He’s violent. He does it repeatedly. And each time, he manages to escape. Yet the starlet Ashley Wild insists on staying in her home and being seen in public by her fans, in spite of the threat she faces. Nathan’s boss orders him to catch this stalker and end the threat. Yet he is surrounded by people he cannot trust: the armed guards, Ashley’s conservator, her unruly friends, and even the starlet herself. And quickly, some of them become outright enemies. While Nathan attempts to keep a low profile, being a bodyguard for Ashley Wild puts him in the spotlight. That draws people from his past: the dangerous ones, and the really dangerous deadly ones. They converge on Los Angeles, and embroil him in colliding schemes of treachery and deceit and greed. In the end, Nathan, the starlet, and her entourage have no choice but to run and fight a guerilla war on the streets of LA to save their own lives.

For Nathan Hale Parker, his day begins as another insurance fraud investigation. Just drive north to Michigan, settle the case, and return to Ohio. It’s routine. But there’s nothing routine about this one. He abandons the investigation when ghosts from his past lure him to a different purpose: ending a string of interstate jewelry thefts. And Nathan knows the accused thief! Unwilling to accept that accusation, he pursues the truth on his own. That is not a wise move. Before the day ends, Nathan is arrested, flees from the Feds, is shot at, and survives an explosion. Yet that is the easy part of his week. It gets worse. Much worse. Digging deeper, Nathan is quickly engulfed in an interwoven web of theft, deceit, conspiracy, and murder. But he can’t simply leave and re-enter his life in Ohio. Because his meddling has spawned new enemies. And awakened an old one. Not only do they hate the system and want to destroy it. They also hate Nathan Parker, and want him dead. Left with no other options to end the threat, Nathan reluctantly partners with people he does not trust. The feeling is mutual. Still, they expect him to lead the hunt to find this band of criminals. Following leaps of logic on where they will strike next, he crisscrosses the region to stop them before they unleash another disaster in an escalating campaign of destruction. After a long explosive chase, Nathan finally comes face to face with his old enemy. He has to make a stand to rid himself of this evil man. Because it is the only way Nathan Hale Parker can survive to re-enter his life, and make peace with his ghosts.