Philip Anthony

Mandy Welch was a young teenage girl when she accompanied her family to Iran for her father's business as a curator for the British Museum. Just as her father finished the business part of the trip and they were on their way to the shore of the Caspian Sea for the rest of their vacation, Mandy's father was arrested, the family detained, and Mandy and her mother abused. Even more tragedy struck them all leaving Mandy alone and injured physically and emotionally. Fred Underwood was less than one year into a career in foreign intelligence, hoping to eventually get into the field as an agent. Having been in Iran for three years with his father some time ago, he was fluent in Persian and knew the country and customs well. He was selected among all his other fellow MI6 agents to go fetch Mandy Welch and bring her home in one piece, despite his youth and inexperience. It took time, effort, cunning and killing, but he brought her back, safe and sound, their growing feelings for one another unspoken. Apart for sixteen years, living their lives, Fred all over the world fighting terrorism, Mandy in the United States becoming a world-famous musician and singer, never forgetting about each other, they were reunited by chance during a terrorist attack in Las Vegas. Just before recognition set in, each saved the life of the other. Together after years of dreaming of one another, wishing for one another, they survived the massacre, but both knew that wasn't the end. The massacre was only a diabolical plot to cover Mandy's abduction, or murder, if that failed. The man who originally took her, finally found her after all the years, and he either wanted her back or he wanted her dead. Eventually, the attacks became assassination only as taking her wasn't going to happen. Tired of the attempts on her life, Mandy and Fred decided it was time to turn the tables on their sworn enemy. The second time around, Mandy holds all the cards.

Jerome (Cal) Anderson made a life altering discovery in the debris of an alien crash that occurred outside Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. That discovery gave him capabilities that mere humans didn't possess including extremely slow aging. After thirty years in the Navy, the final dozen with the Seals, he retired. For the next twenty-five years he worked on behalf of the American people by way of a long time United States Senator from Texas. Along the way, he fell in love with the Senator's granddaughter, Dianne Fowler, who also happens to be the daughter of the newly elected President of the United States Jonathan Fowler who won his seat in the 2016 election. He fought that love because he knew as she grew old, he would remain young. He stayed away until he just couldn't any longer. Jonathan's political enemies want him gone by any means possible. One way they tried over and over again is to kidnap Dianne and force him to withdraw or it will cost him his daughter's life. Cal stopped each and every attempt, while falling further in love with Dianne with each incident as she fell for her secret savior. Their next and final attempt will be to kill her. Dianne knows it. Cal knows it. Dianne's secret service team knows it. Everyone knows it. Can Cal, with the help of his powers, prevent it from happening? Will it be enough? Will Cal be able to save Dianne and make the promise of Forever a reality? The action spans decades and the great state of Texas as political will meets justice head on in a battle of ideologies and integrity.

When one dream ends, whether in disaster or attrition or by plan, is that it? Is it over and done? Mike doesn't think it is, so, he moves on, because he has something called Life's Ambition. In Mike's case, it was disaster, in the form of two of his best friends and colleagues perishing in a car accident and his best friend in the world, alienated from him and, then, almost dead from a drug overdose. He needs to find life again and moves somewhere quiet and secluded to find just that. He meets Hailee and her son, Billy J. and finds way more than he's looking for. With Hailee as inspiration, Mike finds himself, once again, and his Life's Ambition is becoming clearer and clearer...and it contains a lot more than he ever thought it would.

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The boy and the girl are all alone. They are outcasts in their high school. All they have to do is make through the next eight months, graduate, and go on to live their lives free and in peace. The question is, can they make it eight months. Events occur to make their survival difficult, maybe even impossible. Then, one path opens up to them. Just as they are about to take that path, another becomes available. Will they take it? Which one should they take? Which one will they take?

Jack Mason Barnes lost his parents to a horrible car crash when he was twelve. Then he lost his Uncle and Cousins during 9/11 when he was just starting college. He enlisted in the Army instead and rose to become a Delta Force Operator, the very top of the military food chain.Jennifer Louise Keller and her son, Ben, lost their husband and father, Mike, in Iraq, yet they both carried on. Though his dad wasn't in his life often due to his constant deployments, through his influence when he was, Ben was growing up strong, good and right. Jenny was also strong and good, and together, they were making it, without Mike. It wasn't easy but they persevered.Mike's brother, Darrell, and father, Ron, were not good men. Some thought that Mike must have been mixed up at the hospital at birth, he was so different. They were criminals, into drug dealing, prostitution, stolen cars and fencing hot merchandise. Mainly due to Ron's influence, Darrell's sons, Junior and Ronnie were on their way to following in their father's footsteps. Cousin Ben was their target of choice, especially for Junior, a bully now, a certain criminal in the future.Jack made Mike a promise before he died. Jack made good on that promise. What should have taken a month or two to fulfill it, was going on two plus years. For most of that time, Jack was in the background of Jenny and Ben's lives. Then everything changed. Jenny began to notice him. Jack began to notice Darrell and Ron's activities and decided to do something about it before Jenny and Ben were wrongly affected by them.Then the reason for Jack's departure from the Army and Mike's death followed Jack to where he lived just when Jenny and Ben were becoming his. From the deserts of Iraq to Washington DC and North Carolina to rural Arizona, the desert wind blows dust into a never ending cloud of danger, suspicion, and conflict, where survival is only a concept and death is lurking around every corner.

An overweight, hopeless romantic, Rex Kramer works for RC Production booking events and handling clients like no other can. In his free time, he loves to belly up to the bar at a local club, drink coffee and listen to the entertainment, well, actually, to one entertainer, in particular, Veatriz Corona, a hot blooded Latina songstress who drives him wild. Unfortunately, she goes for every other guy but Rex.Bob Pierce, one half of twins, works with his brother managing a number of businesses, but Bob has a side business of his own. As the money from this illegal and immoral venture keeps flowing in, the danger from his powerful and threatening partners builds almost to the boiling point. Bob is grateful that he has any number of women he can turn to for solace. Currently, Veatriz is his woman of the week. While on break from performing, Veatriz overhears Bob on the phone talking about a killing. The next day, she learns about a woman found dead, the circumstances similar to what she overheard. Could it just be coincidence? Or was there something to it? She decides there was no way and puts it out of her mind...for the moment. After another incident, a worse incident, the relationship between Bob and Veatriz ends and a new one begins...with Rex. Though it wasn't the kind of relationship Rex wanted with Veatriz, he was happy with whatever he could get. After she told him what she overheard, they found themselves investigating Bob Pierce...together.As their investigation ensues and they begin peeling the onion away to expose the layers underneath, the smell gets worse and worse and the peril grows and grows. Bob associates with truly evil people and now these people are onto Veatriz and Rex, who are blindly unaware until it's too late. If they survive what is to come, it will be a miracle. Rex and Veatriz disappear and where they are, they will, most likely, never be found.Scattered within the prose is another story; a story of love and passion and separation and heartache. In the past, Rex had engaged in a short but intense relationship with, arguably, the greatest entertainer of the time and, unarguably, the most beautiful woman ever, but it wasn't meant to be. Apples and oranges shouldn't mix. Apples with apples and oranges with oranges was how it was supposed to be. As Rex had been told, she was not for someone like you. Maybe that was why he and Veatriz weren't connecting. He already had his love, a true love, and he blew it. Did he deserve another chance with Veatriz? Only time would tell. First, they had to survive to find out.

Believe in the bible or not, angels and demons do exist. Just ask Caelan Holmes and Natasha Belleville. They've met their guardian angels, and, incredibly enough, Michael, the right hand of God. Ask Walter Ollident, too. He may not be aware of the devil's presence but the devil is well aware of him and his evil ways. Belial, one of the crown princes of hell, knows the value Ollident promises and the benefits he offers to hell in the war against heaven. Only Caelan and Natasha can stop Ollident and the shift in the balance of power to the dark side. As Belial and his reluctant ally, Abaddona, try to eliminate Natasha, Ollident's only threat to his climb to become the most dangerous and powerful man in the world, Caelan and Natasha join forces to bring Ollident down. They also join together in love, initiated when this struggle began while they were mere youths.From Arizona to England and back, the war between heaven and hell and good versus evil rage to a fiery conflagration with humans as pawns as angels and demons alike pull their strings.

Philip Anthony brings you: No Diminishing ReturnsEx-ForceRecon Marine, now private detective, Martin Glazman, takes four bullets in the back protecting the woman he believes will become the love of his life. A violinist with the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra with stardom just around the corner, Charlene Williams, who thinks Marty might just be the one, takes three of the bullets that passed through Marty, one ricocheting off her head, plunging her into a coma.They inadvertently stepped in the middle of a mob assassination, perpetrated by Bobby Groat, son of Vincent Groat, head of the largest crime syndicate in the valley of the sun. Trying to consolidate all of the Phoenix metropolitan area under their auspices by eliminating any and all competition, Bobby and Vince must silence Charly and Marty before they can identify Bobby as one of the shooters and disrupt all of their plans.Kino Kessay, Marty's boyhood friend, Marty's sister, Holly Glazman, a gorgeous, tough Phoenix homicide detective, and her partner, Frank Ducek, who has romantic aspirations of his own with Holly, try to protect Charly and Marty as they fight for their lives. The question is, how do you fight an entire crime syndicate once they have you marked for death?Find out as Charly and Marty struggle to regain their lives, putting them back on their original paths, destined to merge in what promises to be a perfect union while suffering no diminishing returns. Visit www.amazon.com for No Diminishing Returns and other Philip Anthony books.

Philip Anthony (www.philip-anthony.com) brings you: We meet Again.Under the tutelage of his father and the memory of his grandfather, both having fought against tyranny and injustice their entire lives, Drew Keller became an assassin for the Israeli Mossad. After many years on the job, disillusioned by the growing political nature of his assignments and near death injuries sustained on the job, Drew took a break only to become a contract killer for the CIA under the guidance of Fred Jones, who saved his live. Drew's exploits and unrivaled accomplishments gained him infamy, eventually earning him a reputation as the most dangerous man alive in certain circles, first as The Leopard when he was Mossad, later as Trudy with the CIA.Lisimba Badawi was a happy child growing up in Egypt until his father was killed while on a business trip to Libya as an American cruise missile on a retaliatory strike aimed at Tripoli veered off course. Lisimba's course changed that day, too, sending him on a path of death and destruction and revenge.Local militia leader Leroy Jefferson Davis spent nearly six years in a federal prison after his attempt to blow up government buildings in Phoenix was foiled by an informant. Once out, he is at it again, but this time, he has help. In an uneasy alliance, Leroy and Lisimba plot to carry out Leroy's original plans, but Lisimba has a different target in mind, an even more heinous target.After a decade together, Drew and Fred finally had enough of their thankless and perilous lives and go their separate ways into the serenity and relative safety of the public sector. As a small business owner, Drew finds it increasingly difficult to escape conflict, this time instead of fighting terrorists in far away countries, he faces local gangs in his own neighborhood, first in Chicago, then in Milwaukee. Despite that, he is content, until word reaches him that his friend and mentor, Freddie Jones, has been killed in an apparent robbery gone wrong.Drew Keller travels to Phoenix to look into Fred's unsolved murder. While there, he reunites with Trudy Wilson, a special agent with the FBI. They met briefly years before in Afghanistan. Neither forgot the encounter, each fantasizing about the other ever since. Together, as their unexpected reunion blossoms from unrequited dreams into overwhelming reality, they battle home grown and foreign terrorists across the valley of the sun, uncovering a plot to kill tens of thousands of innocent Americans. Eventually, they learn of Lisimba's ultimate target and the pressure to succeed intensifies with a likely conclusion of a massive death toll and an explosive conflagration, bringing America to her knees and striking a devastating blow for terrorism around the world. Visit www.readpa.com for We Meet again and other Philip Anthony books.

By chance, by accident or by design, many events can occur during pregnancy, potentially causing irregular if not devastating consequences in newborns. Some are; the mother-to-be having a bad fall or consuming alcohol or drugs, moderately or to excess, or abuse in all its many forms, physical or emotional. The list goes on and on. Is it necessary the by-products of any or all of those events result in wholly negative repercussions? Meet Jack and Jill.The twins were born with abilities that set them apart from all other children. Without a father on the scene from day one, and now, due to one of the...no...make that, due to THE final disastrous event, no mother, they were separated at birth. Jill was fortunate enough to be immediately adopted by a loving couple. Jack, waiting for an adoption that never came, entered the foster care system. Despite their separation, they grew up close to one another, their abilities gaining in strength with each passing year.At 12, tragedy struck Jill and she found herself in the same group home where Jack resided, The Randolph House. After nearly two years she was lucky enough to be placed with a family of four. The older child, Joey Jones, a dour, aimless college sophomore becoming addicted to heroin purchased from Jasper Johnson, an evil man with three equally evil cohorts, witnesses Jasper murder a man. Joey flees, only to have Jasper track him down and threaten his entire family, including Jill. The only problem for Jasper and his crew is never having come up against the likes of Jack and Jill and their unique powers, despite their young age.As the twins become teenagers, they face the typical problems that plague all our youth; love, romance, rivalries, bullying, all while fighting off the lethal aspirations of a band of drug dealers, rapists and murderers, concluding with one perilous final assault.Sprinkled throughout the present day story are reports from Joyce Whitaker, the twin's social worker who has been with them since their birth. She details important events through the years that demonstrate the twin's growth and development and abilities, forever in a quandary as to how much of their story to tell, their protection and privacy her number one goal.

Ed Michel is a college basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Basketball is his life, leaving no room for anything else, including love. Ed's best friend, Bob Cony, is the President and CEO of the largest entertainment production company in the state of Wisconsin. He drags Eddie up to Minneapolis for a concert while conducting a little business. At the concert, they are witness to a Grammy nominated group called Senses with nothing but promise in the light of day, but untenable problems behind the scenes.Patricia Hayes and Faith Peeples are known as the sensational pop group, Senses. They have finally made the big time, just coming into their own, on the cusp of true superstardom. The only problem is, they want a new label, a fresh start on the business end, different representation.Jeff Matchette, a California transplant from his New Jersey mob days, is the owner of their record label. He meant to start fresh, stay legitimate, but the old habits were hard to break. Though married, he begins a relationship with Faye Peeples, and as with anything he puts his hands on, it turns nasty and tainted. Faye gets involved in drugs and alcohol and begins dragging Senses down. After finishing the concert in Minneapolis and with Bob Cony's help, they travel down to Milwaukee in an attempt to escape Jeff's poisonous hold on them. Pat desperately tries to stem the tide of their imminent spiral down into oblivion as Faith's condition quickly deteriorates. Then, tragedy ensues. Now, Pat is a target that Jeff won't stop chasing until she is silenced.With nowhere else to go, she turns to Bob and Eddie for help. They, in turn, call in their friends, Louie Netz, a Milwaukee cop, Rex Kramer, one of Bob's most trusted employees and Jerry Zucker, a close friend and colleague of Pat Hayes and Faith Peeples. While the group protects Pat from Jeff and his henchmen, Pat and Eddie find something both had sought for years without success, love. As their relationship intensifies, they are on the run from a determined and professional lethal force that will stop at nothing to silence Pat forever. The action spans the entire city of Milwaukee and it doesn't seem to ever let up. It culminates in a warehouse where it comes down to good against evil, right against wrong, but in the real world, good doesn't always win and right doesn't always prevail. What will the outcome be this time?

Darryl MacArthur (Mac) Lester and Raymond Vincent (Raven) Watkins help people while running Mac's laundry and dry cleaning business. You have a child in trouble? You have a problem with crime in your neighborhood? If you have a loved one go missing? They will help you. Mac, a college graduate with a degree in cultural Anthropology, never able to ply his trade as a vocation due to inheriting the laundry from his ailing father, now uses what he learned in college as an avocation in the real world. Ray quit college his freshman year due to the murders of his pregnant wife, his cop brother and his brother's wife along with Ray, himself, taking two bullets to the chest. He went into the military after he recovered physically and remained there until the rage ebbed. Still troubled, he returned and went to work for Mac. In the years since, he has built a reputation as a crime fighting urban legend.Julia Olson, an award winning investigative reporter who, three years ago, lost her beautiful younger cousin forever as she tried to come from Mexico across the desert to live the American dream, specializes in writing about America's immigration issues. Julia is a strong voice for immigrant's rights within a sane American immigration policy. She digs deep, leaving no stone unturned, practices fair reporting but remains thorough and tough when she has to be.Somewhere in the desert south of Tucson, Arizona, a truckload of recent arrivals to America are gunned down. Julia comes down from Phoenix for the story. Mac and Ray come down because they believe the daughter of one of their employees might be among the dead. Together, the three of them investigate the incident that takes them back to Phoenix and a human and drug smuggling operation run by evil and greedy men who slough off human life for the almighty buck.As Ray fights his own demons and Julia and Mac find each other, they come up against ruthless drug and human smugglers and a Mexican drug cartel that will stop at nothing to protect their operation and themselves.The action spans the valley of the sun ending up all the way down to Mexico as the passion of love, the bittersweet taste of revenge and the challenge to stay alive against unbeatable odds reverberates from every page until the final fiery confrontation.