Crime & Passion: Three Short Stories

By Francelia Belton

Love and betrayal—the ingredients in any crime of passion. But how dangerous can desire be? For the women in these tales, falling in love may prove to be deadly.

In "Lewenda Gets Married," a cold-blooded killer questions if happily ever after is possible for someone like them.

In "Sorry, Wrong Address," a mix-up in house addresses gives pause to immediate revenge.

In the never published before "Collateral Damage," a railyard robbery gang member will learn if blood is truly thicker than water.

Philosophers and playwrights say, "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned," but will these women find their better angels and learn to live and let live?

Read Crime & Passion: Three Short Stories to find out.

***

The elegant, tightly written stories in Francelia Belton’s collection Crime & Passion slip under your skin with the ease and suddenness of an assassin’s knife. The takeaway? Beware a woman scorned. She’ll unman the villains, clean up the mess, and be on her way before the bad guys know what hit them. Readers who love strong women and terrific writing will applaud this anthology.

—Barbara Nickless, Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cactus Bloom Press
• Release date: Dec 4, 2021

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Crime & Passion

Three Short Stories

Francelia Belton

Cactus Bloom Press

Description:

Love and betrayal—the ingredients in any crime of passion. But how dangerous can desire be? For the women in these tales, falling in love may prove to be deadly.

In Lewenda Gets Married, a cold-blooded killer questions if happily ever after is possible for someone like them.

In Sorry, Wrong Address, a mix-up in house addresses gives pause to immediate revenge.

In the never published before Collateral Damage, a railyard robbery gang member will learn if blood is truly thicker than water.

Philosophers and playwrights say, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, but will these women find their better angels and learn to live and let live?

Read Crime & Passion: Three Short Stories to find out.

***

The elegant, tightly written stories in Francelia Belton’s collection Crime & Passion slip under your skin with the ease and suddenness of an assassin’s knife. The takeaway? Beware a woman scorned. She’ll unman the villains, clean up the mess, and be on her way before the bad guys know what hit them. Readers who love strong women and terrific writing will applaud this anthology.

—Barbara Nickless, Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author

Copyright

Copyright © 2021 by Francelia Belton

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by reviewers, who may quote brief passages in a review.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

Published by Cactus Bloom Press

Cover Design by Kathy R. Jeffords

Contents

Lewenda Gets Married

Sorry, Wrong Address

Collateral Damage

About The Author

Lewenda Gets Married

She was smarter than he gave her credit for, but that was his mistake not hers. Lewenda saw the trap he had tried to set up for her long before he had fully conceived it. She just didn't let him know she was on to him. More than anything else she was curious to see if he would actually go through with it. To her disappointment, he tried.

Lewenda finished