Bücher von O'Neal J.I. O'Neal

Noah gazed at the still, small form and sighed. Franks was right: it was always bad when it was a kid... Long glossy black curls obscured her face. One hand lay on the asphalt, pale as milk. She looked so still and perfect. It is spring, 2006. Three months after Detective Sgt. Noah Harkham lost his partner - and mentor - Detective Sgt. Rob Meares to a sudden death he gets the news he's been dreading: he's been assigned a new partner, Detective Alan Franks.On their first day, the pair get put on a hit-and-run that left one young girl dead and two families forever altered. When a witness leads them to a member of one of the city's most powerful families, the two must put aside their differences to close the case- and keep their star witness alive. "Impact is a hard hitting 'who done it' that makes you want to buckle up and ride right along with Detective Sergeant Noah Harkham." -Katelyn Hensel for Readers' Favorite

Would you risk starting a war to avenge the one you love?When Meris Brand witnesses the brutal murders of her fiancé, Ellias, and his entire mining crew at the hands of Stell-Ore Mining Company's elite security unit, she storms the headquarters intent on taking down the only man who could have ordered the attack, Stell-Ore's Head of Operations, Darius Alazar.Along the way, she enlists the help of the only Stell-Ore employee she can trust, Ellias' best friend, Berent Gaehts.Soon, however, Meris learns that not everything is as it seems and there is far more to this story than she ever could have dreamed. And the one man who knows what really happened would sooner see Meris and her allies dead than reveal the truth - no matter the cost. Received Honorable Mention in the L Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest, September 2015.