Former government agent Robert Bohnert has left the life behind-but it won't leave him. Broken by the destruction of his family, he agrees to one last job-this time for the other side. As a "straightforward" diamond smuggling operation goes south-literally-Bohnert finds himself trekking through Mexico, pursued by a dangerous alcoholic smuggler, a cross-dressing hit man, and a psychotic meth addict. An unlikely love story complicates his flight, as the woman who defects from his pursuers becomes the one person who might offer him salvation, and Bohnert tries to follow an ever-more-complicated trail-one that leads to a confrontation with violence he never could have imagined. "For fans of the TV show "24," this should fit the bill....(K)ill a few hours enjoying the suspense and human drama." - Publishers Weekly

Finalist for Best Literary Fiction - (eFestival of Words). Monroe Colson, a successful children's book illustrator living in small-town Texas, baffles family and friends when he unceremoniously announces he's moving to Mexico, ostensibly to paint. In Mexico, the true nature of his mysterious behavior not only comes to light, but takes an unexpected turn when he runs into a vibrant young American woman who has been abandoned, penniless, by her fiance. This emotionally powerful and often humorous story with its controversial resolution is a poignant testament to love and the resilience of the human heart.