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Brand of Justice
Series · 8 books · 2022-2024

Books in series

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#1

Cold Dead Night

2022

The FBI betrayed her. Now they need her. Private Investigator Kenna Banbury lost everything two years ago at the hands of a serial killer. From the ashes of that encounter, she’s built a life she believes in, searching for the lost and forgotten all over the western US. Bringing her own brand of justice. When a series of murders drags her into an FBI investigation, Kenna finds herself back in the place where it all went wrong. Struggling to make sense of the case, Kenna’s past and present collide in a deadly plot that risks another betrayal and threatens to shatter everything she’s built. Kenna faces the darkest part of her past in this first book of a brand-new series from Lisa Phillips. \*Christian Thriller
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#2

Burn the Dawn

2022

A series of missing girls. Weeks after she got shot, Kenna is back. She's living free of a past that held her in the grip of fear, determined to move on-and keep fighting. This PI isn't going to let anything keep her from finding the lost and broken. A town in the grip of fear. After a deadly setback, Kenna realizes the case is far more complicated than she first thought. With an elite organization in the shadows, Kenna has to solve the case while a powerful enemy dogs every step and the echoes of her past threaten to tear her apart. Forced to hold it together long enough to find the latest victim, Kenna has to do the one thing she said she would never do again. It's the only way to bring her brand of justice. \*Christian thriller
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#3

Quick and Dead

2023

The FBI might’ve buried the truth, but she’ll find it. Private Investigator Kenna Banbury walks into a courtroom—and finds herself in the middle of a case. She’s looking for a missing young woman no one seems to know and hunting an elite organization that held an entire town in its grip. Something quite different is happening in Hatchet, New Mexico, and Kenna doesn’t have much time to untangle how it all fits together. Before a deadly killer strikes again. When someone close to her is threatened, Kenna signs on for a protection detail that quickly turns into a deadly game. She vowed not to let anyone else die for this case. This shadowy organization has already taken too many lives, and she’ll face losing even more before this is over. Unless Kenna can bring her brand of justice. \*Christian Thriller
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#4

Over the Limit

2023

One cold case might be the answer to everything. Las Vegas is the last place Private Investigator Kenna Banbury wants to go. After what happened when she visited the city with her dad, she’s determined to keep her head down and solve this case. Kenna has no home, no dog, and no way to figure out who murdered a Russian diplomat fifteen years ago. But since when has that ever stopped her? One case could lead her to the girl she’s been looking for. When the truth proves far darker than Kenna expected, she realizes it’s up to her to safeguard Maizie’s life. With an FBI Special Assignment team led by the director himself, a mob connected local criminal, and a group of mystery solving hobbyists in the mix, figuring out who hasn’t been compromised might be simpler than connecting each person back to an untouchable CEO. The only honorable FBI agent she knows seems to want to help her. If she can keep trusting Jax from leading to…more…then she might solve this case before her heart becomes the latest victim. What happens in Vegas needs Kenna’s brand of Justice. \*Christian thriller
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#5

Skin and Bone

2023

Dark secrets in northern Washington. Kenna is only slightly hiding from testifying in federal hearings about her actions in Las Vegas when a routine stakeout yields a mysterious invitation—and a startling connection to a case her father worked in his FBI days. Driven by her curiosity and a desire to reconcile her father’s past, Kenna explores the derelict compound where Malcom Banbury rescued a group of children from a deadly cult. While there, Kenna encounters a couple of trespassing teens. One is injured, and the other disappears, making it seem like the Children of the Morning might not be as dead as everyone thinks. Yet, Kenna is not alone in her quest. Even with Jax occupied by his duties in D.C. assisting the Department of Justice in closing the Rushman case, Kenna finds herself surrounded by allies in unexpected places. Plus she’s got Maizie and Stairns, with their unique expertise, to help her figure out exactly what is happening—though not before things quickly become deadly. As a hidden group relentlessly pursues the child under Kenna’s protection, driven by insidious motives, she knows one thing for sure… Her brand of justice is the only way to end this. \*Christian thriller
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#6

Dust and Ashes

2023

Coming this fall!
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#7

Long Road Home

2024

Coming in 2024!
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#8

Dead to Rights

2024

dangerous allegiance. Kenna is searching for evidence to prove what she knows to be true about a high-profile FBI Special Agent. She wants to clear Ramon’s name and restore his reputation, but Ramon seems determined to go his own way. When a trip to the bank turns dangerous, she loses an ally and gains another piece of the puzzle. But what does it mean? A dark history. Working the case takes Kenna and Jax on an undercover assignment, posing as husband and wife at a fancy Arizona resort. The sparks between them intensify, but romance doesn’t solve cases. Kenna has to figure out how to not ruin his career at the same time they’re fighting their growing feelings for each other. All while bullets fly, dead men keep showing up, everyone seems to have their own agenda…and the truth goes deeper than anyone imagined. Her brand of justice will unearth a conspiracy that must be stopped.

Author

Lisa Phillips
Lisa Phillips
Author · 77 books

Lisa Phillips is a USA Today and top ten Publishers Weekly bestselling author of over 60 books that span Harlequin’s Love Inspired Suspense line, independently published series romantic suspense, and thriller novels. She’s discovered a penchant for high-stakes stories of mayhem and disaster where you can find made-for-each-other love that always ends in happily ever after. Lisa is a British ex-pat who grew up an hour outside of London and attended Calvary Chapel Bible College, where she met her husband. He’s from California, but nobody’s perfect. It wasn’t until her Bible College graduation that she figured out she was a writer (someone told her). Lisa is a worship leader, tea aficionado, and dog lover of two crazy Airedales.

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