I’m excited to announce that the conclusion to Witness is here! It’s called Retribution, and it’s available at all ebook retailers. In celebration, I’ve reduced the price of Witness to .99. Pick up your copy of both books today! All links below.

Witness is the first book in a 2-book series. Now on sale for .99 cents!

College student Courtney Hartford’s worries are confined to doing well in school and having an active social life. That is, until she witnesses a murder.

And then recognizes the murderer.

His warning not to tell, coupled with his threat against her life and the life of her mother, pushes her to make a difficult decision–tell the police the truth, or let the people who are threatening her control her life.

Witness does not contain any profanity or sexual content.

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Retribution is the conclusion to the 2-book Witness series. The following book description contains spoilers for the first book.

After confessing to the police that she witnessed a murder, college student Courtney Hartford has relocated to what she hopes is a safe place. Hanging over her head is her commitment to testify against Dylan, the gang member she witnessed killing a man, as well as Baldy, a gang member who tried to kill her to keep her from testifying.

In addition, her budding relationship with Tyler, who was beaten because of her, has been interrupted. Missing him, but worried about putting him in danger, she wars with herself over whether to convince him to move to where she is now living, or to stay far, far away as his parents advise him.

Will Courtney be able to move past the fear she’s been living with, or will the gang members track her down and silence her for good?

Retribution does not contain any profanity or sexual content.

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Yesterday I sent out a newsletter announcing the release of my new romance series, Searching for Love. The series is complete, and the first book, Falling for You, is FREE everywhere. There’s also a bundle of all 4 books in the series, which costs less than buying all 4 books separately.

One thing to know about this series is that it was originally published under my pen name, Noelle Stevens. I’ve decided to focus solely on writing books under my name rather than my pen name, and I’m super-excited to focus on producing lots of books this year!

Searching for Love Book Description

A MODERN CINDERELLA STORY

I hope your December is going well and that you’re not too stressed with all your holiday preparations! In my last blog post I said my goal was to release Retribution by the end of the year. Well, it’s taking longer to write than I’d planned, so it won’t be released by the end of the year, and now I’m shooting for a January release.

I’ve been taking a little time off to spend with family, which has put me behind, but nothing’s more important than family! I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas!

I’m working on the follow-up book to Witness, titled Retribution. My goal is to release it before the end of the year. Make sure to sign up for my mailing list so you’ll be notified the moment it’s released. In addition, if you sign up for my mailing list, I’ll send you both No Way Out and Suspicions, my two standalone suspense novels. Sign up by clicking HERE.

My new suspense novel, Witness, is available! This is the first book in a 2-book series. For the next 90 days it will be available in Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited program, so anyone who belongs to KU can borrow Witness for FREE. Because Amazon requires authors to be exclusive to Amazon while their books are in the KU program, for the next 90 days Witness will only be available on Amazon. After that time it will be available everywhere. The print version is also available.

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Only one more week until Daring Hearts is released! Daring Hearts includes my latest suspense novel, Witness, and in case you haven’t heard, the Daring Hearts authors added 6 additional authors to the boxed set. That means you can now get 14 books for just .99 cents! Pre-order your copy today!

Now, enjoy a sneak peek of Witness.

Prologue

I finished wiping down the tables at the fast food restaurant where I worked—Patty Melt Burgers and Shakes—then turned to my manager, Steven. “All done with the tables. Anything else before I go home?”

“Thanks, Courtney. After you take out the trash you can leave.”

It wasn’t my favorite task, but someone had to do it, and everyone else had already left for the night. “Okay.” Eager to finish up and go home, I gathered the trash, then headed out the back of our store. The early spring air was chilly, but I didn’t mind. I loved this time of year. Especially when it meant there was only about a month left in the semester. This was my second semester at college, and though I was enjoying it, I’d found it to be more demanding than high school.

The dumpster was in the alley behind our store, and having done this chore countless times before, I walked with confidence. But this time something was different. A scuffling sound in the nearby alley floated on the air. Tossing the trash into the dumpster, I wondered what was going on. From where I stood I couldn’t see anything. Then I heard a distinct cry for help.

Fear rocketed up my spine and straight to my heart. The darkness seemed to close around me as my ears vibrated with the sounds of distress coming from the alley.

Terrified to face whatever was happening nearby alone, I ran back into Patty Melt Burgers and Shakes and yelled to Steven that someone needed help. Then I dashed back outside. Conflicted about my next move—what if I got hurt? What if I could have stopped someone else from getting hurt?—my mind screamed at me to do something.

You have to see what’s happening, Courtney. Go. Go now.

Another cry for help broke the silence, and though my heart pounded a warning, I raced in the direction of the sound.

Steven was slow to follow, and I reached the end of the alley well before he did. I turned the corner, and in the dim light I saw two men fighting. To be precise, one man was on the ground and the other man was pummeling him.

I came to a halt at the corner of the building that led to the alley, about twenty feet from the fighting men. I wasn’t sure what to do, so I looked in the direction of Patty Melt Burgers and Shakes to see where my manager was. Trotting towards me, he seemed to be moving as fast as he could, but he wasn’t exactly in tip-top shape.

Motioning frantically for him to hurry, I turned back to the fighting men. Worried that someone might get seriously hurt, I wanted them to stop, but just as I opened my mouth to yell at them, I saw  something shiny grasped in the fist of the man on top. To my utter horror, he plunged it straight into the man on the ground, who let out a strangled cry.

On instinct, I screamed, “Nooo!”

The man with the knife lifted his head and looked right at me. And in the light from the streetlamp, I recognized him.

Pre-order your copy of Daring Hearts today! Witness can be purchased by itself in the beginning of September, when Daring Hearts is no longer available.

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Here is the cover for my next book, a suspense novel, which will be released in August. Check it out!

Now that Lily’s Story is complete, I’ve begun writing a new suspense series. I’m working on the first book now, titled Witness. It will be available in August. You can see the progress of the book on the right-hand side of my website. Once I’m closer to finishing the book, I’ll post more information about it, but if you like my suspense stories, you’ll like this one!

I’m excited to announce that the final book in the Lily’s Story series–Life Imperfect–is now available!  

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I wanted to update everyone to let you know that “Life Imperfect” is currently with beta readers and will be released soon! For the first 24 hours after it’s released, the price will be $2.99. After that it will go up to $3.99. If you want to be notified when it’s available so you can take advantage of this price reduction (and to get my two standalone suspense novels for FREE), sign up for my newsletter. You can do that by clicking HERE.

If you’re a fan of the Lily’s Story series, I think you’ll like this book!

I’m excited to show you the cover for Life Imperfect (Lily’s Story, Book 4). I’m about halfway done writing the novel and expect to release it sometime in March. I hope you’re excited to read more of Lily’s story!

When I release it, I’ll offer it for a discounted price for the first 24 hours, so make sure to sign up for my newsletter so that you can take advantage of the savings for that brief period. You can sign up by clicking HERE. If you sign up for my newsletter you’ll also receive my two standalone suspense novels for free.

Happy January! I love this time of year–it feels so fresh and new.

I have two pieces of news to share with my wonderful readers. First, I’m now giving away my two standalone suspense novels (No Way Out and Suspicions) to anyone who signs up for my newsletter. You can get in on this by clicking HERE.

The second piece of news is that I’m currently writing a 4th book in the Lily’s Story series. You can track my progress on the right-hand side of my website as I update it every day that I write. I expect to have the book out sometime in March.

I’d like to wish each of you a fantastic New Year!

~Christine