Raised in an orphanage in Dickens, Daniel doesn't know who his parents were, where he comes from, or even his last name. Like all orphans, on his 16th birthday, he's sold to the highest bidder.Not knowing where he's going, who's bought him, or what they even want with him, Daniel embarks on an adventure he never thought he'd take. He finds love, a family, and a secure future - yet in a split second, makes a decision he ends up regretting the rest of his life.Brothers is set fifteen years before the Red Dog Conspiracy series.Warning: Language, smoking, use of alcohol and drugs, M/M underage sexuality with consent issues, forced servitude, gun violence, a man being beaten by a horsewhip, blood, murder, discussion of child prostitution, underage M/F sexuality with age gap (female older).

NO ONE IS AS THEY SEEM ...While the villain Frank Pagliacci has been defeated, all is not well in Bridges. The Four Families accuse each other of spying while Red Dog attacks escalate. Aristocratic jewel merchant Dame Anastasia Louis, styling herself "The Queen of Diamonds," hires her long-time friend, private eye Jacqueline Spadros, to collect from her debtors so she can leave the city.But Jacqui can't leave David Bryce's kidnapping and the murders of her teenage informants unpunished. Convinced that her mortal enemy, the madman "Black Jack" Diamond, was complicit in the crimes, she pursues ways to prove it. The scoundrel and his crew, however, seem to be one step ahead: the terrifying man in white is seen outside David's home, forged letters are appearing across the city, and merchants in the Spadros quadrant report threats from a man who fits his description.Jacqui is warned of a plot against her life. Those who try to warn Jacqui are murdered, and evidence emerges that...

From NY Times and USA Today bestselling author Patricia Loofbourrow:The Ace of Clubs brings you the third suspenseful chapter of the Red Dog Conspiracy.The one secret which could destroy everything ...After financial disaster and the zeppelin bombing, the city of Bridges is reeling. Three of the four Families are implicated, and an inquest is called to investigate.After her failure to prove Jack Diamond's guilt in David Bryce's kidnapping and the deaths of her friends, private eye and mobster's moll Jacqueline Spadros has had enough. While she and her former lover Joseph Kerr try to learn who killed their family friend, they also begin making plans to leave the city.But the secrets Jacqui has kept over the years are coming back to cause her serious trouble. Will she be able to escape Bridges? Or will she be forced to face the terrible consequences of her lies and trickery once and for all?Now available for pre-order!Note: this is chapter 3 of a 13-part serial novel. While it's not...

After decades of violence, a far future neo-Victorian city is now split between four crime families. 22 year old Jacqueline Spadros, forced to marry a mob boss, finds bits of freedom as a small-time private eye. But her murdered best friend's little brother disappears. A mortal enemy and her ex-lover appear. Then someone starts following her. That's when matters turn terrifying and deadly.