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Betty Sullivan La Pierre

Betty Sullivan La Pierre

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     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.   

Along The Watchtower

Along The Watchtower

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<p><strong><em>A tragic warrior lost in two worlds... Which one will he choose?</em></strong></p><p>The war in Iraq ended for Freddie when an IED explosion left his mind and body shattered. Once a skilled gamer as well as a capable soldier, he's now a broken warrior, emerging from a medically induced coma to discover he's inhabiting two separate realities.</p><p>The first is his waking world of pain, family trials, and remorse—and slow rehabilitation through the tender care of Becky, his physical therapist. The second is a dark fantasy realm of quests, demons, and magic, which Freddie enters when he sleeps. The lines soon blur for Freddie, not just caught between two worlds, but lost within himself.</p><p>Is he Lieutenant Freddie Williams, a leader of men, a proud officer in the US Army who has suffered such egregious injury and loss? Or is he Frederick, Prince of Stormwind, who must make sense of his horrific visions in order to save his embattled kingdom from the monstrous Horde, his only solace the beautiful gardener, Rebecca, whose gentle words calm the storms in his soul.</p><p>In the conscious world, the severely wounded vet faces a strangely similar and equally perilous mission to that of the prince—a journey along a dark road, haunted by demons of guilt and memory. Can he let patient, loving Becky into his damaged and shuttered heart? It may be his only way back from Hell.</p>

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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Times;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">Molly’s Reviews (Molly Martin)</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;">Double Trouble</span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Times;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">by Betty Sullivan LaPierre</span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Times;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">SynergEbooks</span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Times;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">ISBN: 1591092167</span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;line-height:18px;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;">Hawkman, Tom Casey, now owns a Private Investigation business. He is married to Jennifer and has adopted a son Sam. Hawkman's PI Agency is off to a fine beginning, cases are beginning to come in, things are going good.</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;">Nancy Gilbert is terrified that she is going to be the next victim of the person who killed her sister. She is certain her former husband Drew Harland is Tonia's murderer, of course she comes to Hawkman for help in finding the killer. Convicted of bank robbery almost a decade ago, Harland has just gotten out of jail on 'good behavior' and is now out looking for Nancy.</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;">It is not long before Hawkman begins to uncover a whole lot more to the story than Nancy realized. Following Drew's death, Nancy's attorney husband Jack convinces her that Hawkman is no longer needed; despite Nancy's dismissal Hawkman continues his investigation and begins to uncover some very interesting facts concerning both Tonia and Nancy's husband Jack.</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;">Writer LaPierre has produced an appealing treatise filled with good writing, entertaining characters and creditable situation. She skillfully hooks the reader with her opening line and holds interest right on through to the end of the narrative. Evocative of the drama found in Christine Spindler's Faces of Fear along with the rich characterizations present in Paula Boyd's Hot Enough To Kill, LaPierre's Double Trouble is a gripping read. Betty throws a red herring or two into the mix just to keep the reader on their toes.</span></p><div><span style="font-family:Times, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;"><br /></span></span></div>