Bøger af Alex Dean

A Brave Young Woman Risks Everything to Fulfill Her Life's Purpose... After surviving a harrowing past, Lula Darling has made it her life's purpose to right the wrongs of injustice and racial inequality. But first, some pitfalls will put her and her mother, Ella Mae's faith to the test and their lives in danger. As they seek a way forward, the two women learn what life entails in an America that has become more divisive than ever. But through the assistance of family and friends, including a wise and fearless matriarch named Mama D., and some entertaining moments, Lula and her mother allow the tragic events of their past to be used for good. "The Rise of Lula Darling," the compelling conclusion to Alex Dean's Lula Darling series follows the lives of two former slaves as they find strength and empowerment to bring hope in today's world! Includes a surprise ending!

Lula Darling is a fourteen-year-old slave growing up on a plantation in Natchez, Mississippi. After the untimely deaths of her father, and then brother, her perilous life could not seem to get any worse. Under the watchful eye of the slave owner and his father, an inventor, Lula, along with her mother, Ella Mae, are losing any and all hope of ever being free from the bondages and terrors of slavery. But one day, while hiding in fear in the slave owner's attic Lula makes a startling discovery that transports her through time and space into the future. Finding herself in uncharted territory, Lula is befriended by another young girl named Ariel, whose parents' warm embrace offers Lula hope against the most formidable odds imaginable, allowing her to become a shining and positive example to the youth of today. Filled with inspiration, action and adventure, The Secret Life of Lula Darling is a heartwarming story of a young girl's journey through time, the triumph of the human spirit, an unlikely friendship and the appreciation of life that should be shared by all. ALEX DEAN is also the author of the thrillers: Restraining Order, The Bogeyman Next Door, Stalked, and The Client. He is an entrepreneur, former musician, and somewhat of a health enthusiast who enjoys being creative. He writes mystery and suspense thrillers, as well as other sub-genres of fiction and lives in Illinois with his family.

Where do you turn for help when you can't trust anyone? Alexis Fields was sure that moving across state lines would be nothing more than a change of scenery and the start of a new career. But when a shadowy figure murders four men in the vacant house next door, her life quickly turns into a living hell, as she discovers that the idyllic location is not what it seems--and evil can come from the most unsuspecting places. Alexis along with a friend, John Hill, put their lives in imminent danger to expose evidence of a shocking crime ring and are suddenly drawn into an underground world of terrifying depravity. But when they learn that what they are about to uncover is part of a much bigger conspiracy, the two find themselves prey to a twisted and ruthless mastermind who will stop at nothing to murder anyone who gets in his way. Will Alexis and Hill survive? Will the perpetrators be stopped before the death toll rises? With more action, twists, tension and suspense, this is the second installment of Alex Dean's scariest, most chilling series yet.

Lula Darling and her mother, Ella Mae, have escaped the terrors of slavery in the deep antebellum South and are now living on Chicago's South Side. After being transported through time and space into the present, they have finally found a new life and the freedom that they had hoped and prayed for. But life in the twenty-first century is anything but safe or easy. After surviving the bondages and horrors of slavery, Ella Mae is now suffering from post-traumatic stress and is experiencing nightmares. Lula has begun to fight as an activist and leader against racial injustice, police brutality, and the plight of the poor. When she begins a movement, it leads to new, unexpected fears and dangers. Now, Chicago's vicious gangs and drug dealers want her dead and top-level agencies are watching her every move. But despite the terrifying risks and perils of taking a stand, Lula is more determined than ever to spread a universal message of hope, and save humanity from spiraling out of control. After escaping the harrowing life they lived in the past, will Lula and Ella Mae survive?

Alexis Fields is now a doctor living happily in Chicago with a new life, a new career, and a new found freedom to replace the harrowing past she left behind. But when several women are found brutally murdered near downtown, Chicago police fear the worst: A deranged serial killer could be responsible for the killings. Alexis suddenly finds herself in the throes of a sadistic psychopath, who raises the stakes in a game of cat and mouse each time he strikes. Chicago Police and FBI Special Agent Preston Ponder of the VCAU (Violent Crime Apprehension Unit) are under intense pressure to solve the cases before another woman's body is found. But Alexis' ex: Wilfred "Will" Bachman has also been seen in the area. He is now more demented and more determined than ever to finish what he has started: The ultimate payback. Can the police and the FBI solve the gruesome murders before the killer strikes again? Can Bachman be found before he achieves his goal of hell-bent revenge? With more action, twists, tension and suspense, this is the third installment of Alex Dean's scariest, most chilling series yet.