Around the Fire New Release Book Spotlight with Alana Lorens.

Summer is winding down. Some kids have already returned to school and soon others will follow. Many of you know the story behind my Agent Sam Carter series. Well, guess what? The real Agent Carter left for college yesterday. It's hard to believe he's so grown from the time he crawled across laps at a Christmas concert and said, "I want you to write a book about me. I want to ride a motorcycle and have a long mustache." The 3rd installment of Agent Sam Carter releases on September 4, 2024. Here's the pre-order link ​
www.amazon.com/dp/B0D38B4G6G
​And I' d appreciate it if you'd mark it on Goodreads as "want to read' 
www.goodreads.com/book/show/212693850-the-mystery-at-starling-mine
Now on to today's guest and her newest mystery.

Cruel Intentions
by
Alana Lorens
Mystery
Released July 10, 2024

Miami attorney Bet Lenard has had a rough year. She's battling an unknown illness that drives her to drink to cope with her pain. Her lawyer husband has divorced her and taken the best part of their business, their home and their children. On the night of May 16, 1996, Bet finds herself in the Everglades in the middle of the night, drugged, lost and next to a burned car with a dead body in it. Hoping she's hit bottom, Bet must drag herself out of her living hell and discover who tried to kill her. Was it her ex-husband, not satisfied with stealing everything that mattered? An angry client, unhappy with the outcome of their case? Her best friend's husband, livid that Bet's restraining order kicked him out of her life forever? Police officers fuming that Bet helped a client convict a dirty cop who was their friend? She has no idea. As she tries to sort out the motives behind her would-be killer, even more suspects come to light. The only thing keeping Bet sane is her relationship with her therapist, who encourages her to struggle and survive, despite everything that's gone wrong. How will Bet discover the truth and bring her enemy to justice before they strike again and, this time, succeed?
​Amazon
Walmart
Target
BooksAMillion
IndieBound
Barnes & Noble
Kobo
Google Books
ITunes

The Story behind the Story.
As a former attorney practicing in Miami and south Dade County, I lived in these neighborhoods and dealt with dangerous situations, both natural and manmade. Many scenes in this book are based on situations I experienced personally–unfortunately not where I made millions of dollars as a criminal defense attorney !The going into labor scene–100% true. 🙂 I still feel badly for that judge.
This book is dedicated to women with chronic illness, who often go years without proper diagnosis, seeing doctors who don’t believe them, and their ongoing fight to educate themselves and those around them. May they have their best lives in the end.

About the author.
Alana Lorens (aka Barbara Mountjoy) has been a published writer for over 45 years, including seven years as a reporter and editor at the South Dade News Leader in Homestead, Florida. Her list of publications includes the non-fiction book 101 Little Instructions for Surviving Your Divorce, published by Impact Publishers in 1999, stories in A Cup of Comfort for Divorced Women, in December 2008, and A Cup of Comfort for Adoptive Parents, in June 2009.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4829967.Alana_Lorens
https://www.amazon.com/Alana-Lorens/e/B005GE0WBC/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1
https://www.bookbub.com/profile/alana-lorens
@AlexanderLyndi
https://www.instagram.com/alexander_lyndi/