Protecting Summer by Susan Stoker

Protecting Summer by Susan Stoker

A violent felon unexpectedly set free. An anonymous tip to a newspaper reporter. An ugly scandal that threatens a gubernatorial candidate. Together, they amount to another high-stakes crisis for Jonas Hawke--especially since the newspaper reporter is his son and the violent felon a former client.
With the election drawing close and his son eager to run with a story he can't verify, it's up to Jonas to unwrap the mystery, protect his son, and see that justice is done. What he discovers tests his loyalties and thrusts him squarely into the middle of a political campaign.
Hawke's Discovery, a stand-alone third novel in Mark Willen's Jonas Hawke series, has everything readers have come to expect--a page-turning plot with true-to-life characters confronting ethical dilemmas that have no easy solutions.

Praise for Hawke's Discovery

Characters traverse a dense and intriguing morally gray area . . . An unhurried tale that makes its enthralling characters the biggest mystery of all.
Kirkus Reviews

In his third novel, Mark Willen continues to explore how and why characters make the critical decisions that shape their lives. With a controversy that pits individuals' rights to privacy against the people's right to know, Willen proves he's a master of creating compelling circumstances and pushing readers to decide what the characters should do about them. Hawke's Discovery is outstanding fiction. It kept me guessing and made me think.
Sally Whitney, author of Surface and Shadow

Beacon Junction is the kind of place where you can walk everywhere but might not need to go anywhere--until the town becomes the pulsing heart of Vermont--and the site of this page-turner. Willen's style brings to mind that of Richard Russo. A five-star read
Gary Garth McCann, author of The Man Who Asked to Be Killed

Susan Stoker is the author of the bestseller Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes, SEAL of Protection, and Delta Force Heroes series, which has been featured in the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal. Stoker, who is married to a retired army noncommissioned officer, has lived all across the country, from Missouri and California to Colorado and Texas, and now calls Tennessee home. Stoker enjoys creating tales in which romance turns to love, as he is a firm believer in happily ever after. Visit www.stokeraces.com to learn more about the author and her work, or find her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/authorsusanstoker.