title: Blood Pearls: A Tale of Intrigue, Romance and Murder
author: Pat Booth Lynch
description: Pat Booth Lynch considers her life a true adventure. She's discovered the joy of traveling to exotic places, engaged in a rewarding corporate career, developed talents that have expanded her horizons, raised a talented daughter, Kyle, and has been married to a dynamo of a husband Jack, who has made the journey seem like a trip to a candy store. Currently, while living in Florida, she's involved in writing thriller novels, namely Blood Pearls and Blood Image as well as short stories that have won awards, some of which are highlighted in an anthology titled, Tales to tease the senses. When she's not pounding our provocative stories or managing her Ease-on Apparel Corporation, you'll find her traveling to those far away places with the strange sounding names in search of that next adventure.
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  Betrayal by Blood
  
  
  Prequel to the Stones of Terrene
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  R. J. Metcalf
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2019 R. J. Metcalf
  
  
  
  
  
  Published in Santa Clarita, California by R. J. Metcalf
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
  
  
  reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means
  
  
  without permission in writing from the publisher.
  
  
  
  
  
  This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places,
  
  
  and incidents are either used fictitiously or are products of
  
  
  the author’s imagination. All characters are fictional, and any
  
  
  similarity to persons living or dead is coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  Printed in the United States of America
  
  
  
  
  
  Cover design © 2019: DogEared Designs
  
  
  Photo credit: istockphoto
  
  
  Model: Allison Burdett, photographed by Caleb Effinger
  
  
  Texture credit: Sascha Duensing
  
  
  
  
  
  ISBN-13: 978-1-7328546-1-1
  
  
  ISBN-10: 1-7328546-1-0
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Table of Contents
  
  
  [Acknowledgments](part0004.html#id_Toc786451)
  
  
  [Prologue](part0005.html#id_Toc786452)
  
  
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