Desperate Consequences: A Sequel to Desperate Strangers

This book brings back together Michael Ryan, the 38-year-old attorney in Phoenix, and 23-year-old Jennifer Spencer, the raven haired, blue eyed beauty he met through her boss, Addam Stein, form whom Jennifer worked as a paralegal. Jennifer married Tony Enriquez, a suave handsome Hispanic man who she fell for on first sight. She marries him not knowing that behind that veneer was a man who was sadistic nature of a drug dealing head of his own syndicate. Addam was being pressured by Tony, his criminal defense client to come up with $5 million dollars to purchase drugs. Addam sends Jennifer to seduce Mike into killing her husband. Using her beauty, she does just that. Mike falls in love with her and realizes it is foolish. After Tony is killed, she leaves Mike only to meet him again for one last weekend in Las Vegas. The story begins with her sister calling Mike to inform him that Jennifer has attempted suicide. What does he do? He rushes to help her again only to become involved with her desperate life. Felipe Lopez, Tony's second in command, takes over the drug business on Tony's death. He is running out of money to buy large shipments of cocaine and marijuana. He needs to find Tony's stash of money and Jennifer remains his last key. He intends on kidnapping Jennifer and access Tony's riches. Now, Mike needs to protect her... and himself.

After 40 years of practicing law, Bruce retired and uses some of his real life experience by weaving them into his stories. His first novel, DESPERATE STRANGERS was published in 2010. He moved to Arizona in 1951 where he grew up, attending Arizona State University, then University of Arizona for law school. He returned to Phoenix and started his own practice in 1967, retiring from the firm of Carson, Messinger in 2007. He writes from first hand experiences of cases he tried in state courts, and from his appearances in the Arizona State Supreme Court. From his characters in his first book come the characters in this second exciting novel. He gives thanks to Robert MacLean of Zombie Frog Production, in Hawaii for the format and his daughter Kim whose beautiful eyes adorn the cover.