Witness Protection 9: S.N.A.F.U.

by Holly Copella

  “Dead Village”

  After strange happenings isolate a small resort town from the rest of the world, nearly one hundred residents seek refuge at the closed hotel. Only eight survive the night. And that’s just the beginning…

  One day after the entire population of Fox Ridge Village disappears, a car wreck forces several unsuspecting crash victims to seek help at the closed summer hotel. Within the hotel, they discover the grisly aftermath of a brutal slaughter. Crash victims Vander and Devon, a reluctant clairvoyant, team up to solve the riddle of the “haunted hotel” and the mass hysteria plaguing the remaining survivors. By the time they discover the hotel’s secret, they’re already drawn into the hysteria. As the body count continues to climb, it’s a race to isolate the source and bring everyone back to reality before they kill one another. Will Devon be able to communicate with the traumatized spirits before their fate becomes her own?

  “Town Darling”

  After surviving a brutal attack that claims the lives of those she loves, a young woman seeks revenge on a corrupt town.

  Going back home is never easy, but for Casey, it means returning to her corrupt hometown where she barely survived a brutal attack. Accompanied by two family friends, she seeks justice for the night that destroyed her life. Her physical scars are nothing compared to her emotional ones, forcing the local sheriff to believe that the town darling is back for revenge. As the conspiracy for her revenge appears to be leading up to the coveted town fair, the sheriff is determined to stop her from fulfilling her vengeful scheme...but guilt over his role on that fateful night continues to haunt him. Will his desperate need for Casey’s forgiveness be his undoing? Or will Casey’s desire for revenge destroy them both?

  “Basement Dwellers”

  A viral outbreak at a hospital leaves a mortician, sheriff, and coroner fighting for their lives against a horde of undead and the CDC.

  After a massive car wreck leaves several survivors in critical condition at the local hospital, a surgeon uses experimental drugs on his critical patients and accidentally causes a zombie outbreak. When local mortician, Lexx, receives an infected corpse as her client, she becomes stranded in the hospital basement during CDC quarantine along with the local sheriff and the coroner. The infamous surgeon struggles to find a cure for his infectious blunder by using the other survivors as test subjects. Meanwhile, Lexx and the sheriff attempt to locate his missing sister, who’s stranded somewhere in the battle zone that once was the emergency room. It’s a race against time and the ravenous undead. Can they survive the undead before CDC sanitizes the hospital of all infection?

  “Misfits, Inc.”

  A seemingly ordinary, young woman meets four misfits who claim she has given them supernatural powers.

  While on a business trip to a remote island paradise, a bored secretary, Hailey, has her world turned upside down when her path collides with a psychic freak, Skyler. He attempts to convince her that they had met in his dreams, and she had chosen him as one of her four mystic warriors. After Skyler foresees a woman’s death, they discover an unidentified creature has killed one of the guests. They are joined by a lounge pianist and a rich playboy, who also claim they had met her in their dreams. If Skyler’s prophecies are genuine, the evil entity controlling the ravenous creatures needs to destroy Hailey to ensure its survival. Reluctantly accepting her fate, Hailey has to locate the last and most powerful of her chosen warriors, The Guardian. Their fate is in doubt when The Guardian turns out to be a self-absorbed, former cat burglar with a bad attitude. Can Hailey turn her company of misfits into an elite team of mystic warriors? Or will The Guardian’s secret agenda destroy them all?

  “Deadly Institution 2”

  When blackmail turns into murder, a young woman finds herself caught in the killer’s crosshairs.

  The small town of Stony Ridge is no stranger to scandal and persecution of the innocent. When a brutal killing shakes the town’s prestigious country club, Jacey McMurray seeks help from a self-proclaimed vigilante, Konrad Churchill. As her professional and personal worlds collide, Jacey fears the stress of the country club killings have finally taken their toll on Churchill. Can a stressed out vigilante stop the killer before he strikes again?

  “Witness Protection”

  Also available in audiobook!

  After witnessing an execution, a resourceful young woman attempts to disappear while being pursued by a hitman and a handsome federal agent.

  A helicopter pilot, Jackie Remus, reluctantly agrees to go on a date with one of her clients, but her date is unexpectedly cut short when she witnesses a man being murdered. After narrowly escaping with her life, she is placed into protective custody. When the safe house is breached, Jackie makes a daring escape from both the hired killers and the handsome FBI agent, who wants to return her to protective custody. With a little help from her sly and crafty friend, Monroe, Jackie is convinced she can disappear until the trial. While on her journey to meet with her friend, she solicits help from a few shady but lovable characters along the way. Although she manages to stay one-step ahead of the hired killers, the federal agent remains in hot pursuit. Will Jackie reach Monroe before she’s captured by the FBI and returned to protective custody? Or will the hired killers silence her first?

  “Unconditional”

  A young woman puts her life on hold to care for an unstable, highly skilled combat soldier, who believes someone is trying to kill him.

  A botched military coup leaves a team of elite fighters injured with one clinging to life in a coma. When Harlan wakes from his coma, he’s left with no memory of his past life. His commander’s daughter, Indy, takes it upon herself to care for the fallen war hero. She’s challenged with more than just his physical care as she combats with not only his memory loss but also his newly found desire for her. His infatuation with her becomes the least of her worries when he sinks back into his role of a combat soldier. Believing his life is in danger, his fighting skills surface, turning him into an unpredictable and dangerous man. Will his memory return to him before Indy is forced to commit him? Or will he finally find his nemesis, “the coyote”, and possibly claim the life of an innocent person?

  “The Pen Pal”

  In order to save her friend, she must enter the mind of a serial killer.

  When her best friend is abducted, no one believes Jolynn saw it in a psychic vision. With nowhere to turn, Jolynn reluctantly joins Agent Harris Slade and his team on their hunt for a sadistic serial killer known only as “The Pen Pal”. Finally confronted with the killer, Jolynn realizes she must enter the mind of the psychopath in order to stop the brutal killings. But when her vision reveals a particularly disturbing death, can Jolynn sacrifice her lover for her friend?

  “Witness Protection 2”

  The Return of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

  Believing she holds the clue to millions in missing laundered money, a young woman is placed into the protective care of a former Navy SEAL team.

  Feeling sorry for her recently separated co-worker, Leeann invites Wiley to join her and her friends on their night out. Little does she know that finding her co-worker murdered is just the beginning of her nightmare. Leeann unknowingly holds the key to fifty million dollars in potentially laundered mob money. With hired killers pursuing her, the FBI places her into a different kind of protective custody. Former Navy SEAL team Whiskey Tango Foxtrot reunites to keep Leeann alive at their secret hideaway. What should be an easy assignment takes an unscheduled turn when secrets, lies, and betrayal threaten to derail their mission. Is the team prepared for a war on their own doorstep? Will Leeann’s misguided trust endanger the lives of those sent to protect her?

  “Witness Protection 3”

  Alpha Mike Foxtrot

  A helicopter pilot risks her life to help a team of retired Navy SEALs rescue two girls from a killer.

  When former Navy SEAL team Whiskey Tango Foxtrot asks for a simple favor, Jackie reluctantly offers her air-taxi services. What could go w
rong? What begins as a search and rescue for two girls turns into a fight for survival against a heavily armed drug cartel. Wanted by the law with the cartel in hot pursuit and their home base breached, the team is forced to call in a favor from a questionable ally. Unfortunately, their new safe house isn’t what it seems. Without knowing who the real enemy is, can Jackie and the team save their young witnesses from the hands of a killer?

  “Already Dead”

  Supernatural Collection

  From the already dead to the undead. Three supernatural tales of “things that go bump in the night”.

  “Bloodletting” - A vampire themed resort allows guests to participate in their Bloodletting Ritual to celebrate the island’s legendary vampires.

  “Reaper of Souls” - A young woman must outwit an evil sorcerer in order to save her brother or become one of his minions forever.

  “Already Dead” - When Flight 220 crashes, ten passengers make it to an isolated island, but only one man lives to tell the lie.

  “Witness Protection 4”

  O-Dark-Hundred

  A simple assignment turns deadly when a retired Navy SEAL team uncovers a plot to kill a notorious mob boss.

  When Whiskey Tango Foxtrot embarks on a simple stalking case, they’re not prepared for a trip to a private island paradise owned by an infamous mobster. With one of their own suffering from traumatic head injuries, the team is left scrambling to decide what is real or imagined. The situation escalates even further when they uncover an assassination plot where everyone is a suspect. Now targets themselves, can the team survive their trip to paradise?

  “Witness Protection 5”

  Outside the Wire

  After suffering several casualties on their last assignment, a retired Navy SEAL team discovers their misery is just beginning.

  When Whiskey Tango Foxtrot returns home after suffering a devastating loss, they’re hit with even more bad news regarding the rest of their team. Their grief is cut short when they discover their names are all on the same hit list. Hunted by relentless assassins, the scattered team must decide whether to remain safely hidden or find the man who put the price on their heads. Against the wishes of her teammates, Jackie strikes out on her own in order to save a friend who wants her dead. In a kill or be killed situation, will Jackie’s emotions finally betray her?

  “The Murder of Emily Fisher”

  After finding their favorite teacher murdered, the lives of two teenage girls are forever changed.

  Everyone loved Emily Fisher. While walking home one afternoon, two teenage girls, Sidney and Trisha, stumble upon a gruesome murder scene. The brutal murder of Emily Fisher, a young, attractive schoolteacher, shocks the small town of Marilina. After graduation, Sidney moves far away from the memories of the small town while Trisha retreats deeper into denial. Eight years after the murder, Sidney receives a desperate call from her childhood friend, forcing her to return home. Trisha believes Emily’s killer was falsely accused and she manages to turn the entire town against her while attempting to prove it. When Trisha receives a death threat, Sidney realizes there may be some credibility to her friend’s wild accusations. Is Trisha’s mental breakdown a result of childhood trauma? Or is the real killer actually attempting to silence her? In order to save her friend, Sidney must answer the eight-year-old question. Who murdered Emily Fisher?

  “Once Upon a Disaster”

  A young homicide detective finds herself at the mercy of a hitman in the aftermath of an earthquake

  While investigating the murder of a hitman, Detective Jade Wesson pursues a lead connecting the dead man to a break-in at a computer programming company. She’s drawn into the world of nightclub owner and front man for the mob, Cody Riley. Her investigation keeps pointing to Cody’s right-hand man and possible hitman, Vahn Lott. Despite her efforts to keep her investigation on track, Vahn has plans of his own for the attractive detective. When an unprecedented earthquake rocks their east coast town, Jade must put her life in Vahn’s hands if she wants to survive. Can she trust a man who might be the killer she’s hunting?

  “Awaken the Dead”

  A grieving innkeeper struggles to keep her haunted hotel out of foreclosure.

  After losing her parents in a suspicious boating accident, Harley Brandon is determined to keep the family hotel out of foreclosure. Unfortunately, the hotel ghosts have other plans. Built with tainted money, the century old Horizon Hotel thrives on a tradition of murder, scandal, and suicide. As the paranormal activity increases to alarming levels, Harley discovers the truth about the hotel and its residents. Can Harley save her friends from the hotel’s frightening hidden secrets?

  “Castle Bloodshed”

  Murder Collection

  From a deadly island paradise to haunted castles. Three novella length tales of murder, mystery, and malicious intent.

  “Castle Bloodshed” – A tour of Wesley Castle turns into a fight for survival as six stranded tourists discover the haunting secrets within the castle walls. A mystery writer teams up with an uptight butler in order stop a killer who may already be dead. Novella length paranormal murder mystery.

  “Fleshies” – Is Uncle Rutger crazy? Five years ago, four business partners died within their newly purchased, fixer-upper castle. Their bodies were never found. The surviving partner, Rutger, claims a demon keeps him as its slave. Rutger’s nephew schemes to save his uncle by sacrificing the lives of a group of stranded motorists and a high-profile novelist. Novella length supernatural murder mystery.

  “Demon Island” – A group of strangers are invited to a remote island for the reading of a will. The guests soon discover they were brought to the island to be executed one-by-one. It’s up to a private detective and a tenacious young woman to solve the murders and find a way to escape paradise. Novella length murder mystery.

  “Brighton Island”

  When a psychic visits a haunted island mansion, he inadvertently awakens the ghosts’ tortured souls.

  Something’s not right with Simon. When Jacklyn brings her eccentric friend to her uncle’s island mansion, she didn’t expect him to slip into psychic overload. As Simon attempts to solve a decade-old, double homicide, Jacklyn is confronted with the possibility that she could be next to join the mansion ghosts. When they find themselves stranded on the secluded island, her Uncle Hyland wages his own war to save them from a flesh and blood killer. Will her uncle’s “shock and awe” military tactics save them or get them killed? Can Simon bring peace to the tortured souls or unexpectedly join them?

  “A.L.F. Resort”

  A fantasy vacation turns into a nightmare when the resort’s artificial life forms are compromised.

  Welcome to A.L.F. Resort where you can live out your fantasies with safe, state-of-the-art artificial life form robots! When a young journalist and a photographer are sent to A.L.F. Resort to do a story for their magazine, Shay and Becka believe they’ve hit the jackpot of all work-cations. The engineers pull out all the stops to make their fantasies memorable. Unfortunately, the newly designed A.L.F., the Gen X, is smarter than his programming and creates havoc within Shay’s fantasy. A computer malfunction removes their safety inhibitors and the A.L.F.s play out their own hostile fantasies. Zombies, bikers, and mobsters run amuck, turning fantasies into nightmares. Shay gets more of a story than she anticipates, but will she survive long enough to write it?

  “Jungle Princess”

  While stranded on a prison island, a young woman discovers a creature of “unknown” origin.

  After their cruise ship sinks, Alex and two of her shipmates are stranded on a deserted, tropical island. Unfortunately, the castaways soon realize they’re not alone. They discover an abandoned prison with over two dozen inmates living on the island’s south side. While avoiding the prison on the far side of the island, Alex discovers a strange but loveable creature of unknown origin. When one of her fellow castaways is in trouble, Alex reluctantly seeks help from the prisoners. After the brutal murder of several inma
tes, their questions surrounding the abandoned prison are about to be answered. What really killed over one hundred prisoners? And is it still out there?

  “Murder in Wax”

  A series of brutal murders plague a quiet farming community when beautiful women audition for the same acting job.

  While all the young women in town are fighting over a once-in-a-lifetime acting opportunity, Devon Vincent is excited about her new job at the local wax museum. Although supportive of her friend’s acting aspirations, Devon has a hard time understanding the rivalry among the women in town. When the aspiring actresses are brutally murdered one-by-one, Devon fears her friend may be the next victim. Devon finds herself in the middle of a murderous revenge plot that leads back to the wax museum’s doorstep and possibly implicates her boss as the killer. Will Devon’s newly found feelings for her boss bring a killer closer to her? Or is the killer already in her circle?