Now they must battle on two fronts, trying to uncover a poker cheat while unraveling a tangled web of murder and lies. Unfortunately, things are never what they seemвЂ¦ No sooner have Daggers and Steele set sail than the supposedly simple vice case takes a decidedly deadly turn. But the thrill of high stakes poker and an all-expenses-paid trip on a luxury cruise liner beckon-as does the possibility of spending time alone with his beautiful and brilliant half-elf partner, Shay Steele. Buy them today!ДЇor Detective Jake Daggers, вЂformal attireвЂ™ means spritzing his leather jacket with cologne, so when a prospective vice case calls for a tuxedo, heвЂ™s understandably hesitant. So when he and his sexy half-elf partner, Shay Steele, get called to a murder scene featuring a bare-bottomed doughy dude with an icy dagger sticking out of his chest, he's not amused.Even less happy? The Captain, when the lone murder turns into a frosty-bladed epidemic.In a case featuring frost mages, enchanted weaponry, and a jaded mystery writer, Daggers and Steele must race against the clock to discover who's delivering deadly doses of COLD HARD STEELE.TIME TO STEELE (Daggers & Steele #3): Detective Jake Daggers doesn't care for the unexpected, so he's perfectly content when he and his half-elf partner Shay Steele's next case seems to involve nothing more than a madman with a hammer.That's when a dude in a purple bathrobe shows up claiming to be from the future.Now the body count's rising, and Daggers is forced to enlist the self-professed time traveler's help in navigating uncharted waters rife with elven prostitutes, bratty gnomes, and undiscovered magics.Can Daggers and Steele catch the killer in time, or will they have to find TIME TO STEELE?***Daggers & Steele books four, five, and six, FINE BLUE STEELE, CRUCIBLE STEELE, and STEELE-FACED, are now available. She's a powerful forensic psychic, and she's got sass oozing out of her boots.In a debut case teeming with fire mages, foundries, and a dead guy who's crispier than bacon, it's pretty clear Daggers isn't the only one getting a heaping helping of RED HOT STEELE.COLD HARD STEELE (Daggers & Steele #2): Detective Jake Daggers hates three things-mornings, walking, and naked guys. For fans of Garrett P.I., Nikki Heat, and The Dresden Files.RED HOT STEELE (Daggers & Steele #1): Detective Jake Daggers likes his murder investigations the way he likes his women-straightforward, easy, and with a killer body.So when his older-than-dust partner throws his back out on a goblin raid, his captain assigns him a new running mate-a sexy young half-elf by the name of Shay Steele.It seems like a match made in Daggers' imagination, but Steele's no pushover.

вЂњLet he who is without sin cast the first stone,вЂќ is another saying of Jesus that applies to those who would judge and condemn an easy target.This boxed set features the first three novels in the Daggers & Steele fantasy mystery series, collected together for the first time in one low-priced volume.

Even if they themselves had nothing to be embarrassed about in all their life of adventures and misadventures, they ought to have compassion for those who struggle with greater problems than their own. Evidently the words of Jesus to вЂњJudge not lest you be judged,вЂќ make little impression on such folk, who pretend to themselves that if their worst, most embarrassing moments were made into headlines in the papers, they would do just fine. While those who never had bipolar or done drugs may criticize KaraвЂ™s manic behaviors as if she were evil - and this, perhaps, according to Christian morality as they interpret it - anybody who has actually suffered from psychosis puts this to the lie and knows that psychotic behavior is not a moral issue, but a chemical imbalance. This can exacerbate their bipolar symptoms, leading to worse problems than if they were completely unmedicated and struggling only with the bipolar itself. It is true that many people who suffer from bipolar self-medicate impatient with prescription drugs, they might use drugs that have a more pronounced effect, such as meth or cocaine. This was offered as a counter-explanation to her shocking behavior. In the case of Kara, it has been suggested that her behavior related to meth use or the use of other street drugs.

Living with the aftereffect of a manic episode can be difficult to cope with. It alternates between depressions, long plateaus of a normal state, and sometimes a bright or manic effect, which may also be accompanied by psychosis, when the person acts in ways that do not resemble their character or values when properly medicated or in their right state of mind. Like all mental illnesses, bipolar can be difficult to live with.

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