High Stakes

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When an old friend's desperate plea leads Sheriff Shea Callahan into the deadly world of underground gambling the stakes have never been higher.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Sheriff Shea Callahan thought the worst was behind her after stopping a Christmas arsonist from destroying Misty Hollow. But when her college friend Becky Miller arrives begging for help Shea is thrust into a case that will test everything she believes about justice loyalty and sacrifice.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A father and son have vanished.</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Bill Miller-Becky's gambling-addicted ex-husband-and their ten-year-old son Ryan disappeared without a trace. No ransom demand. No bodies. Just whispers of massive debts to dangerous people.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The trail leads to a deadly syndicate.</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> With Deputy Trevor Bolton at her side Shea goes undercover on a luxury casino riverboat infiltrating a criminal empire that spans twelve states. What starts as a missing persons case explodes into something far more sinister-a multi-million dollar operation built on exploitation murder and the broken lives of desperate gamblers.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A child's life hangs in the balance.</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Ryan is being held as collateral insurance to force his father into committing the crime of a lifetime. As Shea digs deeper she discovers three other children held captive their parents coerced into serving a ruthless crime lord known only as The Banker.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Sometimes you have to break the rules to do what's right.</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Operating outside her jurisdiction and risking her badge Shea must forge an uneasy alliance with an undercover DEA agent haunted by revenge. Together they'll gamble everything to bring down a criminal syndicate and save innocent lives.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But in a game where the house always wins the cost of justice might be higher than Shea ever imagined. And when the smoke clears someone she trusts will betray her.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>From the author who brought you the heart-pounding Christmas arson thriller comes a high-stakes mystery where one woman must risk it all to save the innocent-and the clock is ticking.</em></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Perfect for fans of: small-town mysteries • strong female protagonists • romantic suspense • police procedurals • undercover operations • crime thrillers</strong></p>