Terrabyte Security

 A sleepy little town, Aspen Ridge, nestled in the Colorado Rockies, is experiencing major growing pains. As is Candle's adorable pup.

 

Former CIA agent, Candle Bearclaw’s new security firm, Terrabyte is expanding by leaps and bounds. When her best friend’s husband, a high-profile software entrepreneur, comes up missing, Candle and her husband, Miacoh, also the new chief of police, find themselves knee-deep in international intrigue.

 The same day, an indigenous woman, Molly Reacher, pleads for Candle to take her convoluted case with identity theft overtones. Come to find out, Molly’s friend, a Native American woman, is also missing.

Cayson, an employee of Terrabyte Security, is assigned to protect Molly as the company works through the intricacies of her cases.

Law enforcement are supposed to be all over both missing person cases until Miacoh discovers the indigenous woman’s case is nearly invisible. Will either be found alive?

my review...

This is a book I chose from its synopsis. I had never read a book by Tena Stetler but had heard of her before.

My first thought about this book was “oh no”. Not because it isn’t written well nor because it isn’t easy to read. It’s great on both those counts. However, it’s of the paranormal genre. Not my favorite genre. But you know what? I didn’t miss a word.

This read just like a suspense novel, almost a thriller. I surprised myself actually. Some of the small town “oddities” (magical ones) began to fit with the story. What turned out was that I enjoyed every bit of it. Will read another.

Tena Stetler has lots of books published on Amazon. 

You should check them out. https://bit.ly/4gSDAfO

read an excerpt...

The door banged open and Gabby rushed inside, wind scattering the papers again. Terra jumped up and barked, circling Gabby. This time Miacoh scooped up the papers, put them on Candle’s desk, and plopped a procedural manual on top, winking at his wife.

 Gabby paced the floor between Candle’s desk and her own flinging her arms in the air as she talked.

Gabby couldn’t talk if you tied her hands down. Candle’s smile faded as she became aware something was terribly wrong.

“Ben is missing. There’s no one to run his office since he and his ex-partner, Ken, parted ways over a major disagreement. I dropped Natalya and Nash off at school and checked the office to see if he returned early, but no. He’s missing,” she wailed. “What am I going to do?”

“Whoa, slow down, Gabby. How do you know Ben’s missing?” Candle jumped up from her chair to catch her best friend mid-stride.

Tears rolled down Gabby’s cheeks. “He caught a red-eye last night to Las Vegas to tie up loose ends from Ken’s unauthorized dealings. Ben never arrived in Las Vegas. Airport security showed him boarding the plane, but he didn’t get off the plane in Vegas. If he’d had a change in plans, he’d have called me. I haven’t heard a thing from him.”

Miacoh stood and offered his chair to Gabby. She plopped down in the seat and began to sob.

“Gabby, we are going to need your husband’s calendar, itinerary, flight number, and hotel reservation. I’ll have Cayson start tracking down his movements.”

“Did I hear my name?” Cayson, a tall Aussie with the high cheekbones of a Norse god and shaggy blond hair of a Swede swaggered into the office. His cocky smile faded as he surveyed the faces in the room. “What’s wrong?”

about Tena Stetler...

Tena Stetler is an international best-selling author of award-winning paranormal tales. Some call her crazy others creative. She deals with the voices in her head by writing them down and creating a fantasy world and characters you won’t soon forget.  Her books tell tales of magical kick-ass women and mystical alpha males that dare to love them. Travel, adventure, magic, and a bit of mystery flourish in her books along with a few companion animals to round out the tales.

Colorado is home, where she shares it with her husband of many moons, a brilliant Chow Chow, a spoiled parrot, and a fifty-two-year-old box turtle. When she’s not writing, she kayaks, camp, hikes, bikes, or just relaxes in the great Colorado outdoors.

 

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