Cross Roads

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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Synopsis

After losing his prominent job, Benjamin Cross packs up his little trailer and moves to Wind River, a small fly-fishing town in Idaho where he plans on spending a few months recouping with his friends. He arrives to find that Cue and Katie, the owners of a bar and grill located on the banks of the Snake River are in a power struggle with the proprietor of the prestigious hotel next to them. Ben puts his efforts toward helping them, unaware of the lengths some will go to get what they want. Sex, greed, and murder take over the lives of Wind River’s residents, and soon, it becomes fuzzy who can be trusted. Twists and turns will keep you reading this thriller, with the colorful small town characters surprising you when you thought you had it all figured out. And when you’re finished, you will be left wanting more, not realizing the colossal damages that greed and lust have done to affect the future of your new friends, the residents of Wind River.

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Author Biography

C. Michaels is from the Pacific NW but now lives in Mexico with her Chow Chow, Rani. Michaels' writes thrillers with twisty plots that tease the reader until the end. Her books, Cross Roads and NO FEAR! are a series that follow the hotel owner, Templeton from Idaho in Cross Roads, where greed drives evil people, to Mazatlan, Mx in NO FEAR!, 25 years later where that past greed is reborn with a killer on the loose. Her latest novel, Bill of Human Wrongs is a frightening political thriller that has been compared to a Rod Serling story. C. Michaels has always had a love for the arts, in both writing and painting, finding Mazatlan's Paradise the perfect place to work. Her books are character driven, and will easily draw you into their crazy zany world, a place where for some, there are no scruples or decency. Michaels is excited about the release of her new political thriller, Bill of Human Wrongs, now on available on Amazon.

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Author Insight

Mori Has A Big Problem

The people of Wind River really need to learn to get along.

Book Excerpt

Cross Roads

The door opened and cold air blew into the room when Mori walked in, her mood apparently as sour as the weather. She looked at the odd group of people and saw the absence of junk piles that normally bordered the walls of the room. “Cue, you let that snake of a husband come in here tonight, and I will quit. I swear, I’ll quit. He’s a lousy cook, anyway, we don’t need him.”

Cue walked over to her and noticed the red skin that was beginning to bruise the side of her face. “Come here.” He put his arms around her, pulling her close. He held her tight for a few moments without saying a word and then walked with her to the others. “Mori, I got it. He’s now officially banned from Sticks. He’s gone too far this time, I’m so sorry I didn’t figure this out before now.”

“Come on, Quinton. Let’s get back to our real problems.” Gloria glared at them. “Mori, so you have your own issues. That’s not why we’re all here right now, so buck up and help us, or turn around and go back to your wife-beatin’ man. Just don’t take the attention away from our real purpose here.”

Mori froze and glared at Gloria. Her face became red as she pushed Cue away and lunged at her. “You witch! Who asked you to be here?”