Miracles Can Happen

by Alexis Powers, Rayford Hammond

When Los Angeles homicide detective Danny Kelley accompanies his partner and friend, Detective Robert Jackson, on a mission to determine whether Jackson’s ex-wife’s boyfriend is abusing his 5-year old son, things quickly escalate to the point where Danny has to use deadly force to save his partner’s life.When he is put on suspension pending investigation, Danny consults Amanda Lewis, a seasoned, well-respected defense lawyer to whom he has been attracted since the last case in which they were involved. Amanda agrees to help him, not admitting to herself that she is attracted to him. While she grapples with her personal feelings toward Danny, an unexpected major upheaval occurs in her life, causing Amanda to confront life-changing decisions concerning her career, her emotional capacity to love anything besides the law, and to question the core of her lifestyle. She is forced to take a soul searching look at what her life is about and whether the road she has chosen is really what she wants out of life. Adding to her complicated uncertainties, a family secret causes her entire family to re-evaluate their relationships.The cast of characters continues their intertwining lives in this book, with Willow Buchanan once again coming back into Amanda’s world. With razor sharp visions of Los Angeles, the reader will be intrigued by this engaging suspense-romance.

250 pages, Paperback

Published October 2, 2011

About the author

Alexis Powers has been writing books for 25 years. For the last five years, she has facilitated a Motivational Writers' Workshop at the Oro Valley Library in Tucson.

Not only is she a best-selling author, she edits books for her students, coaches students and has helped over forty students publish their work.

Alexis's latest book, Gotcha!, is about a high-end attorney in Los Angeles who settled a case for a client for $30 million. Unfortunately, opposing counsel gets fired and takes the matter personally. He is dead set on killing Samantha Worth, the protagonist.