New and notable author Liz Bradford

 

I ran across this author a couple years ago. I read the first book in her Knoxville FBI series - I think I got the ebook free. I liked it well enough, but never went on to read any of her books. Not sure why. Fast forward to this year. 10 authors went together on a 10 book ebook set titled Smalltown Danger. I am not big on ebooks, but it was not available in paperback, so I bought it at the preorder price of 99 cents. I started checking out the authors, as some were new to me. One of the authors contributing was Liz Bradford. I decided to give her another try.

 I re-read the first book in the Knoxville FBI series, and loved it. I then read the other two books in that series, and enjoyed them. She also has a 5 book series The Detectives of Hazel Hill. I went on to read them. The FBI series is really good, but the other series is even better.  There is also a prequel novella to both series.

It is had to pick a favorite book of hers, but the one that was the most intense and difficult to put down may be my favorite: Pursued, #2 in the Detectives of Hazel Hill Series.

The premise:
Missing person cold cases dating back over the last decade ... and the stack keeps growing ...

New to the Hazel Hill police department, Detective Amelia Banik's first task is to sort through a pile of missing person cold cases. When she finds a pattern in the stack that exactly matches her missing aunt's case, she is compelled to prove herself and find answers. But what good is a pattern if you have no evidence to follow? When another couple that fits the profile of the cold case victims goes missing, she is determined to find out what's happening. But will she be too late?

Paramedic Caleb Johnson has taken advantage of his single life to serve the Lord, but he longs for a family. When a beautiful widow shows up in his life with her adorable little children, hope ignites in his heart. But the shadow that hangs over Amelia's heart threatens to shut him out forever. Will she stop running from God and open her heart to love again? Or will the case she's working catch up to them?

It is an awesome read that definitely had me on the edge of my seat.

The author has an e-book out titled Too Late, Tracking Danger #1. Book #2 of that series, Swept Away, is part of the Smalltown Danger 10 book, 10 author e-book collection, and hopefully there is more coming from that series, a search and rescue series.

I love it when an author weaves all the characters of a series throughout the whole series, and Bradford does that with her books.

Next up for the author: There are 3 books coming out in a Summer Heat Collection. Each book will have 4 stories, each by a different Christian author. The first, Stay With Me is coming out June 20th. Bradford has a story in it titled "Abandoned", which she takes her readers back to Hazel Hill:

Description:
Police officer Zara Grant is new to Hazel Hill, and despite her attempts to keep people at arms-length, she’s connected with the strong and steady, Officer Will Cooper. But how long will he stay around? Everyone else in her life leaves, why not him? Especially when her past creeps up on her in the form of a previous arrestee coming to town and making threats. Can she trust Will to stick around? And how serious are those threats?

Will Cooper always dreamed of becoming a detective. Not that he’ll admit that to anyone, especially Zara. Not when he’s content enough being a uniformed officer instead. Why take the risk of failure? But when Zara finds out he’s abandoned his dream, her own fears of abandonment rise up between them. Is this something they can overcome or will fear—and outside threats—destroy what they have?

As the threats turn into a break-in at Zara’s house while she’s gone, she’s left to wonder what the invader will do if he comes back? Can she trust Will to help protect her, or will he abandon her to face this alone?

Check her out. She writes Christian romantic suspense, and does it well.

About the Author

Liz Bradford didn’t always know she was a writer, but story ideas have always been a part of her life. When she finally took an idea seriously, she started writing and hasn’t been able to stop. She is a member of ACFW and ACFW-Louisville Chapter. Even though Liz’s heart yearns to live in the mountains of North Carolina, she and her husband live in southern Indiana where she homeschools their three daughters.