Safe From Harm

In a new mystery featuring Texas minister Walker Bear Wells a teen tragedy hits too close to home The ominous text message Bear Wells received from his teenage daughter Jo simply said: Come home. The Texas minister never imagined hed rush back to find her cradling the dead body of her estranged friend Phoebe. While the death rocks Sugar Land the apparent suicide seems like an open-and-shut case. But nothing is settled in the Wells household especially for Jo. The deeper she digs into Phoebes life the more she realizes nobody knew her at all. Bear found it hard enough dealing with Phoebes skimpy Goth outfits painful-looking piercings and the outrageous scandals she brought to his idyllic Sugar Land congregation but now its his daughter whos acting out. Jo knows Phoebe caused major problems between her picture-perfect father and stepmom but she has no idea whats at stake or whose lives are in jeopardy. Bears painfully aware that his last private investigation resulted in a bullet wound so when Jo sneaks out alone to confront her primary suspect hes not only praying that hell find her in timehes asking forgiveness for what he may have to do to save her.