Betty Sullivan La Pierre

Betty Sullivan La Pierre

About

     Born and raised in Oklahoma, Betty Sullivan La Pierre attended the Oklahoma College for Women and the University of Oklahoma, graduating with her BS degree in e owned a Mail Order Used Book business dealing mainly in signed and rare books, but phased it out because it took up too much of her writing time.  She’s an avid reader, belongs to the Wednesday Writers’ Society, and periodically attends functions of other writing Speech Therapy with a Specialty in the Deaf.

     Once married, she moved to California with her husband.  When her husband was killed in an automobile accident, she was left with two young boys to raise.  She is now remarried and has had another son through that marriage. 

     Ms. La Pierre has lived in the Silicon Valley (California) for many years.  At one time, shorganizations.

      She writes Mystery/Suspense/Thriller novels, which are published in digital format and print.  Her Hawkman Mystery Series is developing quite a fan base.  She’s also written two stand-alone mystery/thrillers and plans to continue writing.   ‘BLACKOUT,’ Betty’s story about a bingo hall (of the Hawkman Series), ranked in the top ten of the P&E Reader’s Poll, and won the 2003 BLOODY DAGGER AWARD for best Mystery/Suspense.  EuroReviews recently picked ‘THE DEADLY THORN’ (One of Betty’s stand alone thrillers) for their 2005 May Book of the Month.

     Betty Sullivan La Pierre’s work is a testament to how much she enjoys the challenge of plotting an exciting story.   

The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky

The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky

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<p><em style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">After centuries of religiously motivated war, the world has been split in two. Now the Blessed Lands are ruled by pure faith, while in the Republic, reason is the guiding light—two different realms, kept apart and at peace by a treaty and an ocean.</em><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">Children of the Republic, Helena and Jason were inseparable in their youth, until fate sent them down different paths. Grief and duty sidetracked Helena’s plans, and Jason came to detest the hollowness of his ambitions.</span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">These two damaged souls are reunited when a tiny boat from the Blessed Lands crashes onto the rocks near Helena’s home after an impossible journey across the forbidden ocean. On board is a single passenger, a nine-year-old girl named Kailani, who calls herself “the Daughter of the Sea and the Sky.” A new and perilous purpose binds Jason and Helena together again, as they vow to protect the lost innocent from the wrath of the authorities, no matter the risk to their future and freedom.</span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">But is the mysterious child simply a troubled little girl longing to return home? Or is she a powerful prophet sent to unravel the fabric of a godless Republic, as the outlaw leader of an illegal religious sect would have them believe? Whatever the answer, it will change them all forever… and perhaps their world as well.</span></p>

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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;text-align:center;font:12px Times;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">THE ENEMY STALKS by Betty Sullivan La Pierre</span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;text-align:center;font:12px Times;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;"></span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Times;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;"></span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Times;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">I really enjoyed reading this nifty spy vs. romantic spy fable set in the Pacific Northwest.  It affirms once again, that love is blind. The Enemy Stalks focuses on Jennifer, a single woman living by herself in a sparsely settled lakeside community who becomes attracted to her neighbor, a bearded man with an eyepatch. The locals call him Hawkman because of his hobby with predatory birds. Jennifer and Hawkman live directly across a lake from each other along a narrow stretch of water.  The distance between them is close enough for each of them to easily observe the other.  Things can get a bit dull in the woods even with a satellite dish.  She likes dogs and he keeps falcons for hunting. They both like pets.  She feels a kinship. </span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Times;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;"></span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Times;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">Early on, the eccentric loner admits to her that he is obsessed with getting revenge for the killing of his late wife and that he has sworn to murder the perpetrator.  He also warns her that she herself is in mortal danger just by being close to him.  In the first chapter she finds him in his home lying in a pool of blood, the wounded target of a gunman.  The assassin lies dead of gunshot wounds in the yard.  This is not discouraging to the determined Jennifer.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Times;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;"></span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Times;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">As the plot thickens, &quot;The Agency&quot; becomes involved.  Unmarked helicopters circle overhead and Jennifer receives phone calls warning her of rape and mutilation if she continues to associate with Hawkman.  She can't tear herself away from him.  She becomes Hawkman's willing partner in his plans for revenge.  Although she had never liked having guns around the house, Hawkman gives her a gun and the courage to use it.  He teaches her marksmanship just in time to help him kill two Iranian hit men.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Times;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;"></span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Times;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">The story has a nasty sneering villain who hisses and snickers when he speaks.  Dogs bite him.  He's so mean that even birds peck him. <span class="Apple-tab-span"></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Times;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">This novel on cassette is a real mouse clicker and the strongest reason yet for investing in a palm pilot. </span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Times;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;"></span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Times;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">Gene Herd</span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Times;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">Executive Director</span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Times;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">Hollywood Radio and Television Society</span></p><div><span style="font-family:Times, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;"><br /></span></span></div>