The Evangeline Series

"A razor-sharp, ultra-cool, gritty hero ignites this worthy tale." --Kirkus Reviews   Persist has been recognized as a B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree by IndieBRAG and was a Finalist in the Independent Author Network Book of the Year awards.   Sam was laid off from her job just as she had a breakthrough on a strange case she was assigned regarding the disappearance of four hikers. This twist of fate comes with a silver lining: a new job opportunity as a field agent with a well-known government contracting firm, The Baxter Group; a role that would allow her to continue her work on the case of the missing hikers. Being a field agent is her dream job—the job she's spent years grooming herself for—but she must prove herself first in an extensive training environment. Benjamin Baxter, the Director of Field Operations at The Baxter Group, was a field operative for nine years until his grandfather, John Baxter—the founder and CEO of The Baxter Group—pulled him out of the field and put him in the Director role. Ben resents this new role and craves being in the field again. When the profile for a field operative trainee, Evangeline Grace Sampierre (Sam), comes across his desk, he balks at her lack of experience, but through her finds a way back into the field. Sam—focused, headstrong, and a recovering social recluse—needs to earn the respect of her would-be boss, Benjamin Baxter. But her stubborn need to always be in control and self-reliant plagues her. She is determined to solve the case of the missing hikers, but can she do it on her own? Ben—smart, handsome, but painfully aloof—has to navigate his new role as a leader while satisfying his need to be in the field. Will Ben give Sam a chance to prove herself? Sam and Ben—two people from two different worlds—collide unexpectedly under a shared purpose at Hampton National Forest. What will they learn? How will they grow and change? And to what lengths are they willing to go to get what they want?

Sam's story continues in Collide. She had him. Charles: the man responsible for the missing hikers. He even confirmed that he'd killed them. She had Charles. And Ben let him go. Her mission was clear: Find the John Doe responsible for the missing hikers and make an arrest. She had pictured coming back into the office in triumph, excited to prepare her report and close this case. She imagined testifying at the trial and hearing the gavel come down on his life sentence as the hikers' family members cried and hugged each other in relief, having answers and justice at last. But that would never happen. And Ben was responsible. But she soon learns that what Ben did was more complex than the simple betrayal she'd labeled it.

Who was Henry before he was The Crocodile?   In Henry, we meet the infamous criminal before the events of Persist when Sam first encountered him at Hampton National Forest. What could have possibly happened to him to make him into the man he is?   What turns a man into a monster?

How do you proceed when you are betrayed by someone you trusted? When Sam discovers someone she had considered a friend is the son of The Crocodile--the criminal mastermind she's tasked with capturing--she has to proceed with caution, not raising suspicion that she knows who he is or what he's done. Evangeline Sampierre may be fierce, intense, independent, and strong, but trying to keep herself from The Crocodile's jaws is going to take everything she has. As she and Ben not only proceed to dismantle the empire of a dangerous criminal, they also have to fight for their relationship. Disagreements, differences, and danger push them to their limits, both personally and professionally. Can their partnership withstand the weight of the world on their shoulders? Can their love strengthen them through the sacrifices they each have to make? Can they stop The Crocodile?

Sam and Ben continue to search for breadcrumbs to lead them to Henry, but their progress is interrupted when they discover that the task force has been compromised.   When options become scarce, they resolve to play their Ace: leveraging the secret of someone associated with Henry, giving them renewed hope to put an end to The Crocodile and his menacing deeds.   But The Crocodile mercilessly trolls Sam as she and Ben continue to dream and build a life together, carrying on to experience both the bitter and sweet in their own happily ever after.   Can their happily ever after last? Or will The Crocodile haunt them further in a game they no longer wish to play?

Caroline Delaney has the perfect life. She and her husband, Jack, run a successful art and antiques brokerage. They live in an amazing, historic brownstone in Brooklyn. And they are both eager to start a family. But Caroline's lost memories from a recent accident on her husband's freighter ship is a constant source of frustration. And the strange dreams she's been having lately about a woman named Sam have vexed her. When she meets a beautiful—but crazy—man who claims to have an explanation for her lost memories, she has to decide if he's telling the truth, or if she's the victim of a cruel deception as their worlds collide. What is real? ••• Ben is doing everything he possibly can to not fall apart in the aftermath of Sam's kidnapping. He's prepared to leave no resource untapped to track her down and take her back from Henry, as he promised. His persistence knows no limits when it comes to reuniting with his wife. But when he gets arrested for Sam's murder—her decomposed body having been found in a rural Maryland field—his hopes are shattered into a million pieces and he loses his will to live. Until his dad and grandfather visit him in prison, bringing him news that Sam's death may not be what it seemed. That's the catalyst he needs to renew his determination. ••• Is Ben able to bring Sam back; not only for himself, but for her? Will Henry finally be brought to justice? Find out in the thrilling conclusion of The Evangeline Series.