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Former Delta Force Operative Joe “Judge” Smith came to work at the Lucky Lady Lodge to help rebuild the old girl to her former glory. Tired of killing, he wants to shoot a nail gun, not a military-grade rifle. Since arriving at the lodge in Montana, he and his team have been embroiled in one dangerous mission after another, unable to avoid using their combat training to help people defend themselves against evil. During the grand reopening of the lodge, Judge foils a man’s attempt to plant explosives, bent on destroying Judge’s team. In the fight that ensues, the man falls to his death. The local sheriff’s department identifies the man is the brother of a leader in a local militia bent on reshaping the US in their version of “right”. The dead man’s brother wants revenge. Female trained assassin, PJ, has been tasked to kill Judge for killing the leader’s brother. Unwilling to kill Judge, she kidnaps him and holds him hostage in a mine until she can figure out how to take out the leaders of the militia, including the most elusive one. Cutting off the head of the snake could bring the organization down. Only then can she be free of their threats to hurt her friends if she doesn’t kill her assigned targets. With a looming deadline to provide proof of her kill, she’s forced to accept Judge’s help to find and eliminate the leaders of the militia before they activate other assassins to kill PJ’s friends and the rest of Judge’s team.
Author

Award-winning author Elle James grew up as an air force military brat. She received her work ethic from her rock-solid father, her creative streak from her artistic mother and inspiration from her writing partner and sister, Delilah Devlin. As a former member of the army reserves and a current member of the air force reserves, she's traveled across the United States and to Germany, managed a full-time job, and raised three wonderful children. She and her husband have even tried their hands at ranching exotic birds (ostriches, emus and rheas) in the Texas hill country. Ask her, and she'll tell you what it's like to go toe-to-toe with an angry three-hundred-and-fifty-pound bird and live to tell about it! Her adventures in the army and air force reserves, and the wild antics of her life on a small ranch in Texas give her fodder for mystery, suspense and humor in her writing. Elle writes gothic, paranormal mystery for the Harlequin Intrigue line and paranormal romantic comedy for Dorchester Publishing. A former manager of computer programming and project management professionals, Elle is happy she now has the opportunity to pursue her writing full time.