Choices Made Series

Choices Made: The Street Years Shocked into a new life with his mother's death, Jamy begins a search for his biological father, but succumbs to the dangers of the street after a vicious sexual attack. Haunted by the act, he is too afraid of his father's possible rejection to pursue his search. Becoming another lost kid, beaten, pimped, and drugged, Jamy grows more introverted by the barrage of abuse until, in defense of others like himself, he finds a dark future as a gang leader and protector - The Street Lord of the 42nd Neighborhood. Prostitution, drugs, and protection money fund his generosity to others, but the realizations of becoming a father at 16 urges him deeper into danger for want of money. Moments alone with his son make him dream of the normal life he once had. To protect himself and his new friends from the rising power of the drug lords he now works for, he devises his Domino Game. Based on his skill as an artist, his sketches and diaries become the pieces of the game. Dominoes placed, Jamy decides to start toppling the world of the drug lords when he agrees to become a 'mole' for the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD) in exchange for freedom from prosecution. Though freedom is at hand, he returns to the street to save the undercover agent he befriended. Nearly losing his life, his foot is set upon on a path toward a life that holds his biological father. (Choices Made Series consists of 4 books - 1 - Street Years, 2 - Fathers and Sons - 3 Missouri or Misery, 4 - Always -- Look for them all here on Smashwords!)

In a world turned upside down on the streets, Jamy MacGregor, a.k.a. Lord Chance, seeks stability when he enters a Witness Protection Program that relocates him to the hometown of his once sought after biological father. Placed in the home of the local sheriff, his father’s brother, Jamy struggles with the urge to reveal his true identity when he sees the life his father’s family lives while he craves acknowledgement and normalcy in his own life. Breaking the shackles of secrecy, Jamy confronts his father who adamantly rejects him and wants him out of town. Blowing his cover in Witness Protection, his father sends the killers straight to his brother’s front door, and Jamy. Retrieving Jamy from danger, the bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD) Witness Protection Program returns him to St. Louis where he is forced to re-evaluate his future and face his step-father, the BNDD agent he has rejected. His past as a Street Lord fully revealed while testifying against the Drug Lords drives a wedge between them, which his reunion with his own toddler son complicates. His life a shambles, Jamy takes his child and runs, finding shelter with another MacGregor relative long exiled from the family. Learning the truth of his birth and given time to evaluate his life, Jamy must decide where his future lies. (Choices Made Series consists of 4 books - 1 - Street Years, 2 - Fathers and Sons - 3 Missouri or Misery, 4 - Always -- Look for them all here on Smashwords!)

Book 3 - Choices Made: Missouri or Misery is the third book in the Choices Made Series chronicling the life of Jamy MacGregor, aka: Lord Chance. He dreamt of family, being a part of one. He dreamt of providing for his son, but had no education. He dreamt of being an artist, traveling the world. He dreamt of leaving his past behind, but could he? Dreams can transform like a cloud on a summer’s day or vanish in a storm tearing the world apart. Missouri was his dream, but instead became his misery. Receiving a scholarship to a prestigious university in Paris for art, Jamy leaves misery behind, as he continues his pursuit of a new life for himself and his son. With his Uncle Ian to help, Jamy takes on a new name and persona, as CeCe Chaumbers. A sought after artist, the new favorite in demand at the parties, CeCe begins his rise in the social circles of Paris, but in his sleep, his dreams propel him back to the nightmare of Juxton, Missouri, and the family secrets he left behind. Paris is his dream, but can he keep his past at bay or does he succumb to Misery? (Choices Made Series consists of 4 books - 1 - Street Years, 2 - Fathers and Sons - 3 Missouri or Misery, 4 - Always -- Look for them all here on Smashwords!)

The exciting finale in the Choices Made Series - Choices Made: Always Torn between his life in Paris that has brought him great notoriety and success in everything, except his personal life, Jamy dreads returning to Missouri, a place that has brought him untold sorrows, and the one place his son, JamyNick wants to go. Missouri has Linde, ex-girlfriend, mother of his son, and one of those hurts that plague his memories. Telling JamyNick his mother was abusive to him doesn’t stop his pleas to meet her. Jamy dreads the return, but knows that until JamyNick can face his mother on his own terms, there will be no peace. He has changed during the ensuing years, has Linde? In a small corner of his heart, he still loves her. Could their return be the beginning of the family he has always dreamt of, or will he be alone – Always? The Choices Made Series: Choices Made: The Street Years Choices Made: Fathers and Sons Choices Made: Missouri or Misery Choices Made: Always