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

Ben Messed Up

Ben has a lot of explaining to do to Katie.

Book Excerpt

Cross Roads

“I’ve never loved anyone the way I love you. I plan on marrying you after this mess is settled, and if you say no, I’ll spend the rest of my life trying to convince you to change your mind. I will do that because I know you feel the same way about me.” He took a deep breath. “You’re hurt now, and it’s killing me to see it because I know I’m the one that did this to you.” He paused, knowing he was coming to the sensitive part of his speech. “I was crazy with jealousy, anger, pain… you name it. When you made the decision to move into Cue’s house, it made no sense to me. How could you walk away from such a rare and special love, to be kind to him, to spare his feelings? It made no sense to me, so I did what any crazed, stupid male would do. I got drunk, I got stinkin’ drunk.”

An eagle soared past them, as close as ten feet, and landed in the top of a tree that was actually below where they were sitting.

They both froze, staring at the bird. No words were said for several minutes, while the bird stared back at them. Then, suddenly, as if it found them boring, it raised its massive wings and lifted itself into the air. The sound of his wingspread was loud and impressive. It soared above them for a few more minutes, then began flapping its wings and soon disappeared into the sky.

Ben started laughing. “I brought you here so we wouldn’t be interrupted.” He saw a smile in one corner of her mouth, and began to relax a little.