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 And Gloria ~ Early Days

Stuck in the same car, these two women have a few words for each other. Will the make it through the day in one piece?

Book Excerpt

Cross Roads

“Mori, we need to forget our differences in order for this to work. I need you to get us to the right people, but you need to button it up and let me persuade them to work with us. You think you can do that?” She looked straight ahead as she spoke.

Mori cringed at the sound of her voice before responding. “Are you really so dumb, Gloria? I don’t get why you let yourself be used. You dress like you’re beggin’ for attention, and boy do you get it. But don’t you see that they’re usin’ ya? Do you even have any real friends?”

“You’re obviously clueless, but I’m gonna spell it out for ya since we’re stuck together today.” Gloria didn’t seem phased by her comments as she continued. “The answer to your question is, yes. I don’t have many, but I do have real friends, and the word REAL is in big capital letters. My friends know me for who I really am, and are willin’ to take me the way I am, and they understand that I’m never used by anyone. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. Men are weak and I capitalize on that to get what I want. Now, you tell me who’s usin’ who? We’re gonna find what we want today because of me, and you can take that to the bank.”

“Oh, I see. You hate men. I got it, Gloria.” Mori was ready to turn the car around. “It’s nice to spend the day with someone who has such little respect for most of our customers.”

“Oh, Mori. Get off your high horse. I don’t hate men. You don’t get me at all. Growin’ up in Clinton wasn’t exactly a picnic, ya know, a bunch of hick cowboys who thought they could use me whenever they pleased. If you hadn’t noticed, I’ve been blessed with some good assets. It took a few years for me to figure it out but I did learn what I needed to do to survive. I even had the mayor twisted around my little finger. All I had to do was give a little and then I could manipulate them any way I wanted.” She paused and thought about going on, but just laughed. “Listen, forget it. I really don’t care what you think about me, just stay out of my way when I’m workin’ these guys today, got it?”

“Yea, I got it. I really got it, witch.” She pulled onto a dirt road. “Try not to break a heel, we’re at our first stop.”