Cover Contest: The Killing Code by Craig Hurren

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The Killing Code

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The individual elements that make up the design relate to specific plot elements. I found the elements and had a graphic designer put them together.

Anna’s Fresh Start by Lori Soard

The weight of wartime is heavy, but through reinvention and redemption two people may discover the power of love and God’s forgiveness. In the years following the Civil War, Anna Heartfield looks as though she’s lived the typical life of a Southern belle. Under the surface, she has a dangerous secret that could ruin her family and turn friends into enemies. This secret, a web of clandestine activities she was forced into during the war, haunts her every step. She longs for forgiveness, redemption, and a fresh start. Her only choice seems to be to marry, relocate, and escape her past clandestine activities before someone discovers the truth.
When she hears about a matchmaker up north, the woman seems to be the answer to her prayers. She writes to her and begins
corresponding with a potential suitor. The quiet and serious Ezra Walters is a widower with a young daughter. He is immediately captivated by Anna’s intelligence and outgoing demeanor, sensing there’s more to her than meets the eye. However, he fears the dark truth about his late wife could drive her away.

As their connection deepens, Anna is torn between protecting her family’s reputation and the gnawing conviction to be completely honest with Ezra. She wrestles with whether she can trust him with the secrets she has never shared with anyone, a decision that could change the course of their relationship.

A mysterious figure from her past resurfaces, threatening to destroy her family and her new relationship. Working through the resulting fallout could spell disaster for their blossoming love or prove they can overcome anything.

All Money Ain’t Good Money by Tracey Lampley

The Private Detective

As a novice private detective, Jinx Curry could f*ck up a wet dream. But as an experienced PI, she hates her job. The single mom spends her days spying on cheating wives and husbands, but she aches for more importance.

When her boss, Capricorn Hayes, finally assigns Jinx a missing persons case involving a congressman’s granddaughter, Jinx jumps at the chance. Not only to solve it, but to earn the fifty-thousand-dollar bonus that would pay her bills, and get a menacing creditor off her back.

But the investigation proves more dangerous and costly than Jinx believes. After an unknown individual in a black Corvette nearly runs Jinx down and begins stalking her, Jinx has to sacrifice her relationship with her daughter by sending Arielle to live with her father. Can Jinx find the congressman’s granddaughter? Or will this job be her last?

The Players

Deebo: He’s the scintillating rapper who may be secretly married to the missing teen. A marriage revelation infringes on the rising star’s status as a sex symbol. Did Deebo off his wife to preserve record sales.

Bam: He’s Jinx’s childhood friend who loaned the sleuth a boatload of money. With Jinx unable to repay the loan, has Bam decided to make an example out of Jinx for lack of repayment?

Elena: She’s the missing person. Perhaps Elena doesn’t want to be found. Will she kill Jinx to prevent the sleuth from exposing her location?

Young Calloway: He’s the Georgetown Law dropout and only grandson of Congressman Calloway. After Jinx discovers the young grandson’s eBay and rivalry between he and Elena, Jinx uncovers Young Calloway’s dark past. Has Young Calloway decided to eliminate Jinx to coverup his crimes?

Congressman Calloway: U for re-election, the congressman cannot afford a family scandal. Did he hire Jinx to find Elena to coverup the teen’s possible murder? If so, has he decided to eliminate Jinx to cleanup the family mess?

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