Now available on the Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble, Sony eReader and Apple iBookstore! Murder, romance, racial unrest, environmental concerns, tourism, and oil interests swirl along the Guadalupe River in this suspenseful novel set in the Texas Hill Country. Sent by his editor to cover the increasing tension between conservationists and developers, journalist Clay Aker unexpectedly encounters Mary Frances Wiley, a classmate now operating a canoe livery and campground on the river. Drought conditions has lowered visitation and her revenue stream cannot support payments on a pending bank loan. She is battling to keep her land from being sold to oil interests bent on using pipeline right-of-way to pump oil across the fragile Hill County. The physical attraction between Clay and Mary Frances causes sexual tension throughout the novel. Clay meets Sharkbait Guy, an experienced outdoors writer who helps him with his assignment. They discover the body of a brutally slashed teenager on the river. Deputy Sheriff Julio Ramirez is on a personal quest to find his niece who was with the murdered boy while fighting prejudice within the department. Clay, Mary Frances, Sharkbait and Deputy Ramirez team up to uncover the killer and thwart the sale of her land. Read an Excerpt | Read a Review | Order the Book
	Coming to eBook soon! Journalist Clay Aker teams with up with Texas Ranger Julio Ramirez in search of Clay’s brother, Jack, an environmental activist who disappeared from the Texas Gulf Coast with his girlfriend, Vicky, while sampling for mercury poisoning. Was their disappearance an accident? Clay is determined to discover what happened to his brother as murder, theft, kidnapping and environmental pollution complicate the search. Multiple side storylines keep readers enthralled as they try to determine the motivation behind the actions of two suspicious boaters, discover a business man’s plot to dump toxic waste, learn of an oil tycoon’s revenge, follow an unlikely friendship and choose sides in a love story with moral and ethical implications. Color of Blood received the 2009 Reviewers Choice Award for Fiction (Mystery/Thriller/Suspense, Honorable Mention). Read an Excerpt | Read a Review