At Bijoux de L'Étoile, the high-end casino orbiting Earth, anything can happen.
It's a quiet day for L'Étoile lead investigator, Janey McCallister, until a young woman runs screaming through the blackjack tables. She looks like a victim of abuse, but when her boyfriend turns up dead the next day, she becomes the prime suspect.
Determined to investigate every angle, Janey searches for clues and uncovers a world of high-priced escorts and human trafficking-a world just like the one that took the life of her best friend long ago.
When Orlando Valdez, inspector for Sol Unified Planets, shows up with a new suspect, Janey isn't sure she can trust the mercurial man who stopped returning her phone calls. But as the threats escalate and she unravels a deeper conspiracy, Janey and her team will need all the help they can get. If they fail, it could be the end of everyone on L'Étoile.
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Lured By Light, the second book in the Janey McCallister Mystery series, is perfect for fans of J.D. Robb's Eve Dallas books and Killjoys, and CSI. It contains a slow-burn romance, enhanced humans, cool high-tech gadgets, a futuristic vision of the Earth, and a tough kick ass heroine with secrets.
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Janey McCallister Mystery series
Into The Black (Book 1)
Lured By Light (Book 2)
Gone Green (Book 3)
Red Running Deep (Book 4)
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PRAISE FOR INTO THE BLACK AND LURED BY LIGHT, BOOKS 1& 2 IN THE JANEY MCCALLISTER MYSTERY SERIES
"Into the Black starts off with a bang and never lets up..."
- Nancy Allen, Amazon Vine Voice Reviewer
"This fun, often riveting novel offers an intriguing blend of mystery, sci-fi, and romance elements..."
- The BookLife Prize
"This is a real good and twisty mystery."
-- Patricia Beaver
"I'm totally hooked on the Janey McCallister novels. I adore the scifi element of this mystery series as well as the well-defined characters. I like how the author lets us feel the personal struggles Janey has, not only with her job but also with juggling a personal life as well as a (hopefully) a love life."
-- Keri Kruspe