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A savvy sheriff. A motorcycle-riding tech genius. Veronica Barker Peyton has come back home. This time, she's the new law in town, instead of an awkward teenager from one of Echo Key's most prominent families. With a few early wins for the sheriff's department under her belt, the promise of her...

Before this hour is up, I'm going to kill you, the patient announces to her doctor. It is the last straw for an entitled, socialite, trophy wife who has become enraged with her psychiatrist after she maintains he took advantage of her. He declares it was a mutual, adult relationship. In a story that takes place during the pairs final fifty-minute therapy session, words fly back and forth as the psychiatrist tries to deescalate the situation while his patient becomes increasingly erratic and emotional.

Every day, numerous children in the US enter foster care due to circumstances beyond their control. With the US Department of Health and Human Services allocating over $200 million annually to Child Welfare Services, and an alarming 400,000 children in the system according to the Children's Defense Fund, the need for intervention is clear. Regrettably, these vulnerable children often endure physical abuse and exposure to drugs in their homes.