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Shadow Box: A Kira Brightwell Short Story - cover

Shadow Box: A Kira Brightwell Short Story

Jacquelyn Smith

Publisher: WaywardScribe Press

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Summary

Abduction survivor, MMA trainee, local hero—trouble always seems to find Kira Brightwell.

And with Christmas only a few weeks away, her current bout of trouble includes surviving her first holiday away from her childhood home, and figuring out what to get her best friend and roommate, Rob.

...Until a secret project turns everything upside down, and Rob’s present becomes the least of Kira’s problems.

Join Kira and Rob on a fun, holiday misadventure from the Kira Brightwell Quick Cases mystery series by the author of the Mackenzie Quinn mysteries, Jacquelyn Smith.

(This adventure takes place before the Kira Brightwell novel Split Decision.)
Available since: 12/03/2023.

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