Amanda M Lee

New Media & Old Grudges Amanda M Lee

Avery Shaw likes to win. Unfortunately, her single-minded focus on being declared victor tends to get her into trouble. That's never more true than when she decides to take on her archnemesis Tad Ludington. With an election coming up, Avery is ready to let her freak flag fly in an attempt to get Tad to show his true colors on television ... thus sabotaging his chance at getting into office. That backfires when, after a truly epic meltdown, Tad is shot and left for dead in his own home. Sheriff Jake Farrell knows Avery isn't guilty but his belief doesn't matter when the case is taken away from him and given to the Michigan State Police. The incoming investigator zeroes in on Avery almost instantly ... and makes her life a living hell. In addition to Tad, who is fighting for his life in the hospital, Avery also has to grapple with Eliot's former employee Fawn, a woman who won't stop flapping her lips about Avery's probable guilt ... all because she holds a grudge and finally has a platform to express it. Avery is in a bind. She's been banned from covering Tad's attack and the election, and she's being called a "suspect" on every television station in the state. If she wants to clear her name, she's going to need help. There's little more she loathes than asking for help. She has no choice this time. Avery has always attracted weirdos. This go-around, those weirdos are going to come to her defense. It's going to take a motley band of colorful characters to save Macomb County's favorite intrepid reporter. Will they be up for the challenge?