The multi-bestselling Marla Adams series has earned multiple national awards, including Independent Author’s Book of the Year finalist, Romance Writers’ Kiss of Death score of 100, an Eric Hoffer Award nomination, and others.
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THE MOST DANGEROUS PREDATOR ISN’T ALWAYS IN THE WATER
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DEA Special Agent Marla Adams returns to a drug-plagued coastal town, bizarre marine deaths, and family secrets that should never be unburied.
The Marla Adams Series books and Fabricated Lies are all on Amazon, B&N, Walmart, Goodreads, Booksamillion, and other websites.
THE PURSUIT OF MARLA ADAMS (2024)
The Pursuit of Marla Adams reached an immediate top twenty status on Amazon. 5 star rating from Readers’ Favorite, 5 star rating from Bookfest, and Gold medal winner on Literary Titan.
In the deadly heat of San Antonio, Texas, summer, DEA Special Agent Marla Adams hunts a vengeful doctor lurking in the city’s underground stormwater system. The doctor unleashes a radical stem cell experiment, transforming a homeless individual into a lethal adversary.
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The Desperation of Marla Adams (2023)
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Patrick Hanford’s award winning, best-selling series continues in the highly anticipated sequel to THE CREATION OF MARLA ADAMS. THE DESPERATION OF MARLA ADAMS became an immediate top ten on Amazon and has won two national awards. Final score of 100 from the RWA Kiss of Death competition.
Marla Adams is desperate to save her husband after being shot and finds a British doctor promising miracles with his unconventional stem cell therapy, but when she discovers his ulterior motive, the fate of everyone hangs in the balance.
The Creation of Marla Adams(2022)
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The Creation of Marla Adams is a 5 Star rating with Literary Titan and Reader’s Favorite. Nominated for the Eric Hoffer Award.
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The first in a Texas series. People are dying in Hildebrandt, Texas. Marla Adams, a small-town cop, turns from wallflower to warrior in the hunt for a killer to save her town, her family, and herself.
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Fabricated Lies was released on March 28, 2022, and is available on Amazon Kindle and paperback, B&N, Walmart, Goodreads, Booksamillion, and most other online bookstore websites.
Disgraced after a fatal Chicago ambush, an officer goes undercover to hunt a wave of cop killers. Framed for murder by a fabricated video, he must outmaneuver both the law and the assassins to clear his nam