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Kira Brightwell might not wear a badge. But she still enjoys the challenge when she unravels a difficult case. The case of Taylor Christie proves no exception. The social media starlet prepares to shoot a video, when things go wrong. Horribly wrong. With an entire crowd in attendance. And more than Kira knows stands between her and the truth about what happened. A twisting, stand-alone short story from the fast-paced Kira Brightwell crime fiction...
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A nice, relaxing vacation. After all the mystery and mayhem over the past several months, a tropical getaway seems like just what Kira Brightwell needs.With only her best friend for company and no one back home aware of their location (detective friend, persistent sidekick, and nosy reporters included), Kira can finally unwind and try to forget. Maybe enjoy a cool, refreshing cocktail on the beach.But wherever Kira goes, trouble always follows only...
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Kira Brightwell enjoys two things-outsmarting bad guys and kicking ass.Well, that and listening to Nine Inch Nails. (Bonus, if she can manage all three at once.)She never expected anyone to call her a hero... But when life throws a punch, Kira always finds a way to hit back.This fast-paced starter collection includes the first three novels from the Kira Brightwell mystery series by the author of the Mackenzie Quinn mysteries, Jacquelyn Smith. (Originally...
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Who doesn't love the mall at Christmas? Kira Brightwell. And yet, here she finds herself-looking for a last-minute gift among a bustling crowd that would make someone who hasn't had one of the toughest years ever want to punch someone in the face-when a child tasks her with finding some missing donation presents.Of course whenever Kira gets involved, nothing is as it seems. Especially when Trevor Wright comes along for the ride.Looks like someone's...
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Kira Brightwell needs a change of scenery.
A few weeks have passed since her latest case. (Assuming you can call it a case without being officially hired or paid...) A nice, relaxing, solo trip to Toronto to visit her grandparents seems like a good idea-no nosy reporters, no criminals to take down with her MMA skills, and (most importantly) no self-appointed sidekick Trevor Wright.
But the moment Kira steps off the plane from California, she realizes...
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Rob has been Kira's best friend for years, but that doesn't mean he hasn't been keeping secrets from her.
Now one of those secrets threatens to come out as he's forced to take the lead on an unexpected case. (Which is a real pain in the ass, since holding down the fort and grumbling complaints from behind his laptop screen is really more his style.)His best hope is that Kira will play along without asking too many questions...So, yeah. He's definitely...
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Kira Brightwell just wants to mind her own business. Maybe go for a run, or hone her MMA skills while blasting some Nine Inch Nails. She never goes looking for trouble.But somehow, trouble always seems to find her. Usually the missing woman or dead body kind....Good thing she knows how to use her wits, as well as her fists.Dive into the ongoing cases of a clever detective who kicks ass in this starter collection of early, stand-alone Kira Brightwell...
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Kira Brightwell never expects much on her birthday. But this year promises an even more low-key day than usual, with a sick boyfriend, one of her few friends working a double shift, and her family too busy to celebrate until the weekend. Curling up with an ice cream cake to binge-watch some movies seems like the best way to salvage things. (And so what if she had to buy the cake herself?) ...Until an anonymous birthday card containing an immediate...
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Kira Brightwell was just a normal college graduate-until she escaped her own abduction and rescued seven other women in the process.
Three years later, Kira lives on her own terms. She trains in MMA, and works as the assistant of her best friend and white-hat hacker, Rob.
For once, Kira feels in control. Or at least she does until a familiar figure from her past turns everything upside down, and puts her back in the crosshairs when another life...
10) Black and Blue
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Kira Brightwell hates to lose-in the MMA cage or outside of it. But her failure to capture the serial abductor known as the Procurer rankles most of all.
Kira has had four months to obsess over the last time he slipped through her fingers, but now a new threat has arrived in La Valentia-a twisted, deadly menace, whose depth of obsession mirrors her own.
Good thing she has a certain arrogant playboy and a computer geek to watch her back...
An intense...
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Kira Brightwell has always known her life would change after graduation.
She never expected to have to fight for survival.
Kira finds herself at a crossroads-caught between her parents' plans for her and her own-when a group of seemingly unconnected, local women are reported missing, with no leads or suspects.
Probably not the best time to visit her grandparents' isolated cabin to sort out her future...
A tense, crime origin story of the Kira...
12) Low Blow
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Kira Brightwell knows how to take a punch. (Actually, she prefers throwing them.)
But a smear campaign in the local press leaves her rocked. Clients are suddenly few and far between, with cases ranging from cheating boyfriends to lost dogs.
...Until a tip from an unlikely source leads to something much bigger-and more disturbing-than Kira could have imagined.
Who says everything isn't connected?
A fast-paced crime novel and the third book in the...
13) Cornered
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Kira Brightwell knows where to find the Procurer.
After four long years of searching, she finally has him in her sights. But taking him down won't be easy. The clock is ticking, and he's a man who knows how to cover his tracks.
...And Kira isn't the only one looking for him.
A gripping crime novel and the sixth book in the Kira Brightwell series by Writers' Journal winning author, Jacquelyn Smith.
14) Weigh In
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Kira Brightwell might be a bad-ass MMA trainee now, but she doesn't remember her high school years fondly. In fact, she prefers not to think of them at all.
And yet she finds herself walking the familiar hallways once more-all thanks to her former tormentor and current sidekick, Trevor Wright. An old friend of his has a problem-the kind only Kira can solve.
Assuming she can step up to the challenge.
A quirky, short crime novel for both new and...
15) Game Plan
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Kira Brightwell knows the best defense is a good offense-whether facing an opponent in the cage, or chasing down a criminal on a case.
Four years after her abduction escape, Kira has finally uncovered a tenuous link to the Procurer's past-one that seems to raise more questions than answers. But the abductor for hire stopped underestimating her a long time ago, and Kira knows she is being watched.
How far will she go to slip his leash?
...And what...
16) Tale of the Tape
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Kira Brightwell can't wait for high school to be over.
Years before she becomes a local hero and kick-ass problem solver for hire, the teasing and bullying seems like it's never going to end...Until distraction comes in the form of a stolen car and an outrageous bet from rich jock and chief tormentor, Trevor Wright.
A quirky, crime short novel for both new and regular readers of the Kira Brightwell series by Writers' Journal winning author, Jacquelyn...
17) In the Clinch
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Kira Brightwell never thought it would come to this.
She had gotten so close to making some real headway in the Procurer case... Until he pulled the rug out from under her.
Almost every tie to Kira's support system has been systematically severed-her family, her friends... She has sacrificed everything in her hunt for the man who abducted her. And now an old enemy is determined to kick her while she's down.
A single question remains.
How much...
18) Under Wraps
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Halloween. A time for costumes, corpses, and causing trouble.
The La Valentia PD has received an anonymous tip with a growing list of decrypted names-a list that threatens to shake the suburban town to its core.
Good thing Kira Brightwell doesn't have any big plans for the night, because things are about to get interesting.
A quirky, short crime novel for both new and regular readers of the Kira Brightwell series by Writers' Journal winning author,...
19) Puncher's Chance
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Kira Brightwell and trouble seem to go hand in hand. Still, after escaping her own abduction over three years ago, becoming MMA trained, and solving two major cases in the past few months, most people would consider her above running down the streets of La Valentia with scrambled egg on her shirt to chase down a complete stranger… But even a local hero has her off days. A fast-paced, crime fiction misadventure for both new and regular readers of...