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P.S.: I'm Innocent
By: Steve RuedigereBook Publisher: AuthorSolutions
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As a new employee for the Sanibel Island Environmental Conservancy in Florida, Lizzie Grant thinks she has it made. She is helping to preserve wildlife and working on a Florida beach. Life is ¿nally good-but it won't stay that way for long.
One night while researching sea turtles on the beach, Lizzie sees illegal aliens being brought ashore by a smuggler. Her accidental observation leads to her being threatened and stalked by the smuggler until he suddenly shows up dead in her apartment, and Lizzie is wanted for his murder. With the help of a semi-retired Ma¿a don named Joey, Lizzie tries to uncover evidence to clear her name. What she discovers is chilling: the illegal aliens are being used as slave labor on a farm next to her friend's wildlife refuge. In spite of Joey's help, Lizzie becomes a prisoner on the slave labor farm, where a forced marriage is planned.
Pursued by the police and men that want to kill her, Lizzie is running out of time. Will Lizzie ¿nd the strength and courage to ¿ght her way free and prove her innocence?
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| Title of eBook: P.S.: I'm Innocent | |
| Release Date: 12-12-2011 | |
| Publisher: iUniverse.com |
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| Parent title | P.S.: I'm Innocent |
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| SKU | 9781462069323 |
| File size | 1743 |
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P.S.: I'm Innocent
Chapter One
Eggs and Guns
A sudden splash followed by crunching noises startled Lizzie Grant. Her breath caught in her throat. Lizzie loved the beach at night but felt vulnerable alone on the long, empty stretch of sand. She stopped dead in her tracks, trembling from head to toe. She wanted to run but her feet would not move. Instead, she forced herself to slowly turn, afraid of who might be approaching behind her.
Lizzie gasped relief as she saw an enormous reddish-brown loggerhead sea turtle emerge from the Gulf of Mexico. She couldn't believe she was about to see a real loggerhead dig a nest and lay eggs.
Lizzie regained self-control and ran to find cover. In her haste, she almost dropped the bag full of posts, ropes, signs, and the infrared video camcorder she carried. Not wanting to alarm the turtle, she settled behind a clump of sea oats to watch the creature struggle up the gently sloping beach, carving a trail like a tank track.
As the turtle moved closer, the faint roar of distant engines disturbed the peacefulness of Lizzie's observations. She glanced up. Far out in the Gulf, a boat with no running lights sped along the coast, the distant roar of its engines echoed in the otherwise still night. Its shadowy outline was only faintly visible in the dim moonlight. Lizzie returned her attention to the turtle. A mysterious boat was a distraction when a real living loggerhead was only a few feet away.
She felt lucky to have sighted the large sea creature. Her new job included marking turtle nests for the Sanibel Island Environmental Conservancy (SIEC). Before escaping to Florid
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