"Gayle Brown's debut novel unravels a web of secrets and lies that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Buckle up, A Deadly Game is a heart-racing thriller." -Anna St. John, author of Doomed by Blooms

When local college student, Jaden Pierce, disappears one night playing 'Manhunt in the Woods' with his fraternity brothers, Nicole, an empathetic stay-at-home mom living a blissful life, joins the search party.

Combing through the wooded area, Nicole unearths her son Kyle's license and withholds this potential piece of evidence. She trusts him, but a sliver of doubt festers below the surface, thanks to one unresolved incident from middle school and his shady pastime. After he is officially named a person of interest, she must decide what to do next. Unsettled but determined to protect him, Nicole searches for the answers on her own.

While probing deeper, surprised by her unethical actions interfering with the investigation, Nicole realizes she's being followed. As the situation deteriorates, she is blindsided by the truth, suddenly shattering her trust in people as well as her entire belief system. Now, unsure who to believe and running out of time, Nicole faces her most challenging moral dilemma: With someone's fate resting in her hands, will she reveal what she's learned or keep it to herself?

A Deadly Game is a fast-paced, action-packed thriller raising the question, "How far is a mother willing to go to protect her child?" The constant guessing and unexpected, riveting twists will keep you turning the pages.

Gayle Brown is the debut author of A Deadly Game. Although she started her career as an elementary school teacher, then switched gears to work in her family's business while she raised her children, she now writes full-time and is a writing mentor for The Book Incubatora-novel writing program. Gayle's passion for writing started when she could hold a crayon in her hand, using the walls as her storyboard, and it hasn't stopped. Whether partaking in creative writing classes and workshops or writing short stories and books, she has connected pen to paper or fingers to keyboard, with some of her work appearing on blogs and parenting websites. When not reading or writing, you can find her spending time with her family in Florida.