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Another great Luna Cruz-Rattlesnake Lawyer thriller. Kidnappers have snatched Judge Luna Cruz's daughter. They will kill the girl unless Luna releases a Hollywood movie star who is making a film in New Mexico. While stuck in jail, Public Defender "Conflict Contract" Attorney Dan Shepard gets a call from a mysterious woman with a Russian accent.

Featured on MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews" and HuffPost Live. Columbia University Prof. Marc Lamont Hill declared: "Make sure you check out this book. It's an awesome book, and a great contribution to the national conversation." In The Recovering Politician's Twelve Step Program to Survive Crisis, more than a dozen "recovering politicians" share their twelve step program on how to survive crises - from highly publicized and politicized scandals, to smaller, more intimate interpersonal struggles. They outline deliberate, focused and vigorous courses of action and reaction, gleaned from their own experiences - often dramatic, sometimes painful - under the piercing lights of the political arena. Crisis management, of course, has captured the zeitgiest: Scandal's Olivia Pope and The Good Wife's Eli Gold have brought the crisis manager to the mainstream; PR firms are racing to rebrand themselves as crisis advisers; and it seems like every Clinton and Bush era senior official is offering his or her wares or writing a book on the subject. Moreover, many of the most widely-read news stories of the past few decades have involved politicians, athletes, and celebrities struggling through crises that involve sex, lies, audiotape, drugs, criminal activity, and/or unethical behavior. Just recently, consider the cases of Lance Armstrong, Manti Te'o, Anthony Weiner, Mark Sanford, David Petraeus, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Penn State football, even Beyonce's lip synching at the presidential inauguration. Most Americans probably view scandal through the prism of ideology, partisanship, or even conspiracy. At the heart, however, are flawed human beings making mistakes, acting emotionally, and desperately trying to preserve their reputations and careers. In The Recovering Politician's Twelve Step Program to Survive Crisis, a diverse, bi-partisan collection of former politicians, draw lessons from their own scandals - ranging from allegations of ethical and sexual impropriety, to suffering through alcoholism and depression, to being censured and forced out of office, to serving time in federal prison - and share their guidance on how everyday readers can transcend crisis, recover, and launch their own second acts.

Dead Lawyer. Drugs. Dormant Volcano? Disgraced former prosecutor Luna Cruz has one chance at redemption, defending her only client and only friend, Jen Song. Jen is a legal secretary accused of killing her boss and leaving him atop an Albuquerque volcano. During the investigation, Luna uncovers a conspiracy involving lawyers and illegal prescription drugs coming across the border. Luna journeys into Texas, and then down to Mexico only to find hat her friend might be the real volcano and she's ready to erupt.

"The Compassionate Community is Miller's blueprint for a new vision of the common good. He outlines innovative policy prescriptions to tackle some of our most pressing problems. When we all take action on issues such as poverty and climate change, Miller argues, we truly reflect our shared moral values."--BOOK JACKET.

"Watch for Rattlesnakes" reads the sign at the first rest stop within new Mexico's "Fighting 14th" judicial discrict. Young attorney Dan Shepard has been fired by his mother's prestigious Washington, DC law firm, and now must make his home aming the rattlesnakes. A failed stand-up comic forced into the law to pay the bills, Dan finds nothing amusing about his first case. His client, Jesus Villalobos, faces a murder charge, but nothing is what is seems, and the State is a little too eager to pin the charge on Jesus. Along the way, it is hard to tell who is the lawyer and who is the client. Rattlesnake Lawyer is a darkly comic tale of a young lawyer's coming of age in a small town where everyone knows what's going on--except him.

Right as he's about to propose, Sam Marlow's fiance Selena Mondragon is kidnapped by her ex-husband. With the help of Heidi Hawk and her plucky crew from Navajo Repo ("Sometimes we repo people"), Marlow has to rescue Selena and escape the bad guys as they hide out through reservations of the southwest."

Jonathan Miller uncovers the dirty secrets that put Professional Athletes into financial ruin. Wait Don't Sign That Contract delivers a fantastic overview of financial education while still providing the keys to having a detailed financial game plan. Whether you are a Collegiate Athlete, Professional Athletes or Former Athlete your keys to success are hidden inside this book. In this book you will learn: How to Build a team of professionals that will guide you throughout your athletic career and beyond. Learn the lingo of Banking and Credit and how to manage your finances to your advantage. What to watch for before you get swindled. Life lessons of former NFL, NBA and MLB players. Over 30 years in the Sports and Entertainment world Jonathan Miller has seen it all, heard it all and is about to tell it all. Wait Don't Sign That Contract is a detailed yet high level introduction of all you need to know as a current or former athlete. Throughout the book you will find all of the perils and pitfalls of the professional athletes finances. You want to read and understand this book BEFORE you sign any contract.

Winner of a silver medal from the Foreword Book of the Year Awards: Multicultural Fiction, and a finalist in the New Mexico Book Awards: Novel - Adventure or Drama. LaBajada is the descent where Santa Fe ends and Albuquerque begins. Santa Fe attorney Dan Shepard has made it to the top. Unfortunately his girlfriend, Ophelia Paz, may have killed the governor's wife and dumped her in a ditch. After Ophelia reveals the governor's dark secret, Dan would like to "ditch" Ophelia. Dan feels compelled to help, but needs attorney Luna Cruz to guide him. In the process, Dan falls in love with Luna, which puts the case at risk. Dan also wonders how deeply he must descend into political muck to save Ophelia, and if he will take Luna down with him.

The ghost town of Shakespeare, NM sits at the end of America and perhaps the edge of the earth. Was it also visited by aliens in 1947, the same year as the Roswell incident? Denny Song claims that he shot at deputies near Shakespeare because the "aliens made him do it." When his sister, budding attorney Denise Song, comes to town, she raises the insanity defense to save her brother. But suppose he's telling the truth? Denise has secrets of her own and soon finds herself in a courtroom drama that could unlock a vast conspiracy involving law enforcement, the military and perhaps parties unknown. And can she trust her new boyfriend, the mysterious stranger who seems to have the files that could blow this case wide open?