Award-winning author, Steven J. Clark, is proud to announce the release of his fourth novel, Ransomed Hearts, set in the mountains of Southwest Colorado. Ransomed Hearts is the author's debut into the romance/romantic suspense genre and rates three flames on a five-flame heat index. Thirty-two-year-old widowed mother of two, Carrie Bringhurst, is the sole witness to a horrific motorcycle crash on a lonely highway just outside Ridgeway Colorado. As she rushes to the biker's aid, little does she know that doing so will dredge up her most painful memories and jeopardize everything she thought she knew about her future.
Clark's first book, All The Pretty Dresses, is a nail biting mystery about the first female sheriff ever elected in Nicholas County, West Virginia. Amidst considerable doubt about her ability to handle the job, Cass Rosier confronts the challenge of stopping a deadly killer who leaves his young victims dressed in beautiful, scarlet evening gowns. The book was awarded a top-ten finish in the prestigious Critique My Novel, international book competition.
Books two and three are mystery/thrillers set on the vast Navajo reservation in the Four Corners area. Wages of Greed, introduces young Navajo attorney, Danny Whitehorse and his investigator cousin, Chaco, whose struggling law firm learns of a nefarious conspiracy by a large oil company to cheat people on the reservation out of royalties on gas wells drilled on their property. Whitehorse sues, and the oil company decides that he has to go...permanently. The book achieved Amazon top-ten best-seller status in the Native American Fiction category shortly after it's introduction.
Fountains of Fire, book 3, weaves high mystery, heart-pounding intrigue, and steamy romance into an account of eco-terrorism on a scale the world has never seen. Along the way, readers receive a fascinating glimpse into Navajo history, tradition, and contemporary culture.
Mr. Clark resides in a beautiful mountain valley in Central Utah with his wife, Lauri, eight chickens and a large herd of cats that just seems to show up at the backdoor when it's time to eat.
Mr. Clark welcomes contact with his many fans via email at sjc@authorstevenjclark@gmail.com, or through Facebook, or via his website at www.stevenjclark.com. Mr. Clark is published by New Horizons Press/Publishers, LLC.