The Strange HealingHeath strolled lazily toward his sister and her husband, carrying his flip-flops so he could enjoy the sand between histoes. He was grateful that his brother-in-law, Phil, who was a close friend, had talked him into this day at the beach. He’dbeen under a great deal of stress lately, and this day of leisure was turning out to be a good healer for him.
There is a killer loose on the London Underground. He kills without leaving any forensic trace, and seemingly without motive. Genecrime, the UK's elite forensic unit, are stretched to the limits trying to find one usable clue. And there is another problem facing Genecrime.
Taysia Green nearly chokes on her water when Officer Kylen Sumner shows up in her office claiming he’s back in town because he loves her. Since he’s broken her heart more than once, and she recently started dating youth pastor Blaine Pittman, she wants absolutely nothing to do with Kylen. But he’s been asked to stand in as the mediator between Taysia and wannabe model Sophia Clinesmith, who twisted her ankle in the parking lot of Taysia’s business and is threatening a lawsuit.
For Lucky Gunn, the hardest fight of his life happens outside the cage.; ;On the south side of Chicago sits an old gym called The Brick Yard.; ;Ten years ago, on a bitterly cold day, Lucky Gunn wandered into The Brick Yard dressed in a threadbare jacket, looking for refuge. He hadn't expected the owner, Tony Brick, to welcome him with a job and a place to sleep when Lucky's abusive and drug addicted mother made it too dangerous to return home.; ;Dray was a gay man living in a world of straight fighters.
The light house: A love storyThe sun spilled the last of its light in a riot of color that glinted across the tops of the waves, as the far-off headland began to distill into the haze of a smudged horizon. High overhead a gull hung on the currents of the wind, its cry like a lost and lonelylament. The crest of a cold green wave rolled relentlessly towards the rocky shoreline – and at that very instant, Connie Dixontook the photo.
