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Sam and James A Test of Will is the continuing story of Sam and James. It is the third of a series. The first was the award winning A Police Action and the second was the highly acclaimed Sam and James The Missing Teen. The action takes place some seven years later when the couple is married and have a family. They have a successful business and have a vast ranch in Colorado. The action starts out with a murder on the streets of Washington DC. Through their friendship with the parents of the victim they are dragged in to try and solve who killed the young man. The crime gets Sam and James involved in a conspiracy, which threatens to drag the pair down and may cost them all of that they have achieved. More importantly it reveals and exposes all of the couples hidden secrets. The caper tests all of their resolve and puts into question their will to see the mystery to the end.

Sam and James A Test of Will is the continuing story of Sam and James. It is the third of a series. The first was the award winning A Police Action and the second was the highly acclaimed Sam and James The Missing Teen. The action takes place some seven years later when the couple is married and have a family. They have a successful business and have a vast ranch in Colorado. The action starts out with a murder on the streets of Washington DC. Through their friendship with the parents of the victim they are dragged in to try and solve who killed the young man. The crime gets Sam and James involved in a conspiracy, which threatens to drag the pair down and may cost them all of that they have achieved. More importantly it reveals and exposes all of the couples hidden secrets. The caper tests all of their resolve and puts into question their will to see the mystery to the end.

Who is the mysterious Rudy Kazoody, and what, if anything, did he have to do with the events that occurred to a group of teenagers during one fatefulsummer in New York City's Bronx neighborhood in the early 1960s?Growing up is difficult enough. But when you're a recent immigrant arriving in a country that is going through its own coming-of-age process, fueled byrock 'n' roll, the Civil Rights movement, the Vietnam War, free love, the pill, LSD, and the Cold War, it's downright confusing, and for some-lethal.With the various upheavals shaking America to its core, Joey, whose family emigrated to the Bronx from Italy's Apennine Mountains, struggles to retainhis innocent, optimistic outlook on life as he and the other young teenagers on Arthur Avenue-virtually all of whom also come from immigrant, working-class families-try to find their place in this new order.From the euphoria of first love to the despair of dashed dreams and betrayal, Joey emerges from the summer sadder but wiser in this romantic, mysterious, and nostalgic tale. Behind it all lurks the mysterious Rudy Kazoody, an enigma that Joey feels he must solve or else remain forever just outside the inner circle of life and love.

Samantha and James Coppi are living the good life. A massive horseranch in Colorado Springs almost as big as the Island of Manhattan.A sixteenth-century chateau in Lyon, France. A business global empirethat has a worth larger than most countries. An empire so powerful thatit can overthrow governments. Now the Coppis are embarking on a newventure: the expansion of a railroad.And not just any railroad, but a behemoth that encompasses the entireSouthwest, from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean. Not bad, for a confusedcouple that met by chance in a country honky tonk. The Coppis future backin 1968 looked bleak-she was pregnant with someone's child, not James's.He was assigned to an infantry brigade headed to a war in Southeast Asia. Itappeared that all the odds were stacked against the young duo back in 1968.But now it is 1981. Sam is pregnant and is expecting their fourth child. Whatthe Coppis desire most is an unexciting and routine lifestyle, an existencethat will allow the couple to enjoy the fruits of their labor. But you reallycannot turn back the wheels of time, can you? With so much wealth, canthe couple ever hope to find a peaceful, ordinary life?You don't get to their status without overcoming obstacles on the road toriches. A fortune cannot be made without eliminating threats that want totake it all from you. And you don't get to the top without creating enemiesalong the way.This political thriller begins in Los Angeles, continues to Africa and South America, and eventually reaches Washington, DC.AA FREDA is an award-winning author of several novels including GoodbyeRudy Kazoody, A Police Action, A Test of Will. When he is not writing, Freda enjoys racing thoroughbred race horses, hiking through mountainsand shooting pool. He lives is Easton, Connecticut where he can stay intouch with world affairs. Manning a Raptor is the fifth book in the Sam and James series.

Samantha and James Coppi are living the good life. A massive horseranch in Colorado Springs almost as big as the Island of Manhattan.A sixteenth-century chateau in Lyon, France. A business global empirethat has a worth larger than most countries. An empire so powerful thatit can overthrow governments. Now the Coppis are embarking on a newventure: the expansion of a railroad.And not just any railroad, but a behemoth that encompasses the entireSouthwest, from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean. Not bad, for a confusedcouple that met by chance in a country honky tonk. The Coppis future backin 1968 looked bleak-she was pregnant with someone's child, not James's.He was assigned to an infantry brigade headed to a war in Southeast Asia. Itappeared that all the odds were stacked against the young duo back in 1968.But now it is 1981. Sam is pregnant and is expecting their fourth child. Whatthe Coppis desire most is an unexciting and routine lifestyle, an existencethat will allow the couple to enjoy the fruits of their labor. But you reallycannot turn back the wheels of time, can you? With so much wealth, canthe couple ever hope to find a peaceful, ordinary life?You don't get to their status without overcoming obstacles on the road toriches. A fortune cannot be made without eliminating threats that want totake it all from you. And you don't get to the top without creating enemiesalong the way.This political thriller begins in Los Angeles, continues to Africa and SouthAmerica, and eventually reaches Washington, DC.AA FREDA is an award-winning author of several novels including GoodbyeRudy Kazoody, A Police Action, A Test of Will. When he is not writing, Freda enjoys racing thoroughbred race horses, hiking through mountainsand shooting pool. He lives is Easton, Connecticut where he can stay intouch with world affairs. Manning a Raptor is the fifth book in the Sam and James series.