Kira Brightwell

Kira Brightwell was just a normal college graduate-until she escaped her own abduction and rescued seven other women in the process. Three years later, Kira lives on her own terms. She trains in MMA, and works as the assistant of her best friend and white-hat hacker, Rob. For once, Kira feels in control. Or at least she does until a familiar figure from her past turns everything upside down, and puts her back in the crosshairs when another life is at stake... She should have known better. A fast-paced crime novel and the first book in the Kira Brightwell series by Writers' Journal winning author, Jacquelyn Smith (writing as Kat Irwin).

Kira Brightwell hates to lose-in the MMA cage or outside of it. But her failure to capture the serial abductor known as the Procurer rankles most of all. Kira has had four months to obsess over the last time he slipped through her fingers, but now a new threat has arrived in La Valentia-a twisted, deadly menace, whose depth of obsession mirrors her own. Good thing she has a certain arrogant playboy and a computer geek to watch her back... An intense crime novel and the second book in the Kira Brightwell series by Writers' Journal winning author, Jacquelyn Smith (writing as Kat Irwin).

Kira Brightwell knows how to take a punch. (Actually, she prefers throwing them.) But a smear campaign in the local press leaves her rocked. Clients are suddenly few and far between, with cases ranging from cheating boyfriends to lost dogs. ...Until a tip from an unlikely source leads to something much bigger-and more disturbing-than Kira could have imagined. Who says everything isn't connected? A fast-paced crime novel and the third book in the Kira Brightwell series by Writers' Journal winning author, Jacquelyn Smith (writing as Kat Irwin).

Kira Brightwell knows the best defense is a good offense-whether facing an opponent in the cage, or chasing down a criminal on a case. Four years after her abduction escape, Kira has finally uncovered a tenuous link to the Procurer's past-one that seems to raise more questions than answers. But the abductor for hire stopped underestimating her a long time ago, and Kira knows she is being watched. How far will she go to slip his leash? ...And what price will she pay if the Procurer finds out? A gripping crime novel and the fourth book in the Kira Brightwell series by Writers' Journal winning author, Jacquelyn Smith (writing as Kat Irwin).

Kira Brightwell never thought it would come to this. She had gotten so close to making some real headway in the Procurer case... Until he pulled the rug out from under her. Almost every tie to Kira's support system has been systematically severed-her family, her friends... She has sacrificed everything in her hunt for the man who abducted her. And now an old enemy is determined to kick her while she's down. A single question remains. How much more does she want to lose? A gripping crime novel and the fifth book in the Kira Brightwell series by Writers' Journal winning author, Jacquelyn Smith.