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Love, Danger, Homecomings & Heart β€” Your June Reading Escape Starts Here

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One disastrous night. One devastating man. One diabolical proposition.


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He’s stubborn. She’s tougher. His kid? Already picked the bride.


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A small-town second chance wrapped in danger, desire, and Sharon Sala heart.


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She came home to save the ranch… and found the cowboy she never forgot.


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From reality TV heartbreak to real-life reinvention.


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A missing twin. A deadly cartel. One K-9 team caught in the crossfire.


South Beach Shakedown by Don Bruns

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Also by Don Bruns:

Hotel California, May 2022
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Thrill Kill, June 2017
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Casting Bones, October 2016
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Reel Stuff, December 2013
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Hot Stuff, November 2012
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Too Much Stuff, December 2011
Hardcover / e-Book
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, December 2010
Hardcover / e-Book
Stuff To Spy For, November 2009
Hardcover / e-Book
Bahama Burnout, March 2009
Hardcover / e-Book
Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, September 2008
Hardcover / e-Book
St. Barts Breakdown, March 2008
Hardcover / e-Book
Stuff To Die For, September 2007
Hardcover / e-Book
South Beach Shakedown, September 2006
Hardcover / e-Book
Jamaica Blue, November 2003
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Barbados Heat, November 2003
Hardcover / e-Book

SOUTH BEACH SHAKEDOWN
By: Don Bruns

The Diary Of Gideon Pike

Caribbean Series #3
Oceanview Publishing
September 2006
On Sale: September 1, 2006
Featuring: Mick Sever; Gideon Pike
288 pages
ISBN: 1933515023
EAN: 9781933515021
Kindle: B001CQ5R1S
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Entertainment journalist Mick Sever owes his career to pop star Gideon Pike. Pike allowed Sever into his inner circle back when Sever was a fledgling reporter, and that entrΓ©e put Sever on the map. Fame went to Sever’s head (not to mention his liver and his neural synapses) as he lived in the shadow of the pop idol; his excesses cost him his marriage, and very nearly his career as well. Now Gideon Pike is in a jam, and through a mutual acquaintance (Sever’s ex-wife, for whom Sever still carries an Olympic- size torch) he has summoned the writer to help bail him out.

It will not be easy, though, for when Sever arrives in Miami, he finds that Gideon Pike has disappeared, and that Pike’s compadres are dropping like flies. A Korean mobster adds a bit of Asian! spice to the dish, and Sever’s ex, Ginny, supplies the sizzling heat. The banter, particularly between Sever and Ginny, is relaxed and believable, just what you’d expect from old lovers who are still friends.

With the relentlessly action-packed South Beach Shakedown, Bruns has crafted what may be this season’s quintessential suspense read." Someone is about to make a killing in the music industry.

Why would songwriting legend Gideon Pike mysteriously disappear just when he is about to turn his 30-year career into a multi-million dollar profit?

Caribbean Series

Jamaica Blue
JAMAICA BLUE
#1.0 β€’ November 2003
Barbados Heat
BARBADOS HEAT
#2.0 β€’ November 2003
South Beach Shakedown
SOUTH BEACH SHAKEDOWN
#3.0 β€’ September 2006
St. Barts Breakdown
ST. BARTS BREAKDOWN
#4.0 β€’ March 2008
Bahama Burnout
BAHAMA BURNOUT
#5.0 β€’ March 2009

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