Vested Interest

"If you had a cure that could save millions of people from injury and disease, should you make it public and then face the resulting unknown consequences? The authors take the reader on a winding path into the darkness of just such a dilemma. Along the way there are romantic rivalries, near death experiences, car chases and a stalker. The book is fast-paced and intriguing, the women are smart and beautiful and the men are rich and handsome." -- Colorado readerDonna Rigden has just lost the most important person in her life. She's fed up with her boss at D'Netics Research Facility. She resigns - big mistake! Donna is now on the hit list of one of the most notorious men in the corporate US. He's without morals and doesn't accept the word 'no'.Donna refuses to leave the US without saying goodbye to her parents and grandparents. While leaving the cemetery, she's shot and whisked away to safety. Donna wakes up on her way to the UK.Sir Richard, Donna's new employer showers her with luxury and makes her an offer she can't refuse. Now, once she's signed the contract, he asks her to use her medical expertise to commit murder.Richard Triplet wants more from Donna than she's willing to give; she feels trapped and desperate. She turns to a new friend for comfort. Her world is turned upside down. Two letters and two secrets steer her future. Donna must make a life changing choice. Once made, there's no going back. Was it the right choice?Death strikes! Sam, the infirmary's doctor, is ordered to give his patient an untested drug. Sam knows the drug is either a cure or a curse, but goes against his patient's wishes. Will he stand by his Hippocratic Oath or follow Sir Richard's orders? Will it cure his patient or kill her?Contains adult content but not 'erotic.' We started the 'A Vested Interest' series in 2007 and it took over a year before I came up with an ending we were happy with. At 170,000 words A Vested Interest was too long though for a printed book. We cut it heavily but still ended with a 140,000 word book. There was no alternative, we had to split it into a two book series. Doing that, we thought, would allow us to put back some of the content we had cut and expand the second book (Dark Secrets) a little.Well that was the plan. We ended up splitting the second book and making a trilogy by adding 'No Secrets'. The original ending didn't quite fit now so we moved it into a fourth book - Stones, Stars and Solutions.And so it goes on. We are now writing book 10 and 11 of the series. Shelia has written a spin-off 'Blood of the Rainbow' trilogy. Altogether it's 2 million words so far! In terms of time, we've only covered a few months. There is an end in sight but not for another 5,000 years. Maybe I'll get to use my original ending then?About the AuthorsJohn and Shelia Chapman are a husband and wife team who met on Internet and crossed the Atlantic to be together. John, an English ex-science and computer teacher contributed the technology and 'nasty' bits while Shelia drew on her medical experience in the USA and produced the romance. The humour? That came from real life.

The doctor who developed the immortality virus is dead. Her body has been treated with her drug though; can she be brought back to life?The second part of the 'A Vested Interest' series - follows 'Immortality Gene.'Dr. Donna Rigden is clinically dead. Two letters and two secrets steered her future, now one is missing. Who took it and why? Who blackmailed her into marrying Richard Triplet when she was still in love with Jared Thundercloud, and more attracted to Dr. Sam Kaliea?The killer strikes again. Using a more technologically advanced form of the nanobug, John Liu injects Donna and her unborn child with nanonytes. To make matters worse, he also attacks her best friend, her best friend's mother and even the infamous Lady Triplet.As the Triplets struggle to overcome this new threat, they uncover the dark secret that has remained hidden for nearly a thousand years, and Donna is ripped from Richard's arms by an enemy he cannot fight.Contains adult content but not 'erotic.' We started the 'A Vested Interest' series in 2007 and it took over a year before I came up with an ending we were happy with. At 170,000 words A Vested Interest was too long though for a printed book. We cut it heavily but still ended with a 140,000 word book. There was no alternative, we had to split it into a two book series. Doing that, we thought, would allow us to put back some of the content we had cut and expand the second book (Dark Secrets) a little.Well that was the plan. We ended up splitting the second book and making a trilogy by adding 'No Secrets'. The original ending didn't quite fit now so we moved it into a fourth book - Stones, Stars and Solutions.And so it goes on. We are now writing book 10 and 11 of the series. Shelia has written a spin-off 'Blood of the Rainbow' trilogy. Altogether it's 2 million words so far! In terms of time, we've only covered a few months. There is an end in sight but not for another 5,000 years. Maybe I'll get to use my original ending then?About the AuthorsJohn and Shelia Chapman are a husband and wife team who met on Internet and crossed the Atlantic to be together. John, an English ex-science and computer teacher contributed the technology and 'nasty' bits while Shelia drew on her medical experience in the USA and produced the romance. The humour? That came from real life.

What lies buried in the murky waters of the Louisiana Bayou?What does a message and an old photo album have to do with Donna's mother? Is she still alive?Who is Constance Manning, and what is her connection with Donna's mother? Where and what is Spirit Canyon, and what important secret does it protect?What is Sam hiding from Sir Richard and Donna? Who are Abigail Kaliea and Matthew Jones? How do they fit in with the Triplets and what do they have to do with Sam? What secrets will Abigail reveal when their paths cross?If Forrest is dead, what is he doing in the back of a of a black Mercedes in a small southern town in the United States warming up to a woman in her nineties? Is his future about to take a turn for the worst or for the best?Will Sir Richard at last hold Donna's mother in his arms, or will they find the truth etched in stone?What will Donna do about the baby she's carrying? Who sends the text to Richard that makes him turn against Donna?Has Lady Triplet lost her sting, or is she just getting warmed up? How much deeper do the roots go into the Triplet family tree and how many more people will we find resting in its branches? What does Lady Triplet have in store for Kate Robinson and her son Tom? Will Kate still see the same person when she looks in the mirror?What will Richard do when he realises he's trapped between a rock and a hard place?For Sam and Donna to find the answers they need to have no secrets.Contains adult but not erotic content. We started the 'A Vested Interest' series in 2007 and it took over a year before I came up with an ending we were happy with. At 170,000 words A Vested Interest was too long though for a printed book. We cut it heavily but still ended with a 140,000 word book. There was no alternative, we had to split it into a two book series. Doing that, we thought, would allow us to put back some of the content we had cut and expand the second book (Dark Secrets) a little.Well that was the plan. We ended up splitting the second book and making a trilogy by adding 'No Secrets'. The original ending didn't quite fit now so we moved it into a fourth book - Stones, Stars and Solutions.And so it goes on. We are now writing book 10 and 11 of the series. Shelia has written a spin-off 'Blood of the Rainbow' trilogy. Altogether it's 2 million words so far! In terms of time, we've only covered a few months. There is an end in sight but not for another 5,000 years. Maybe I'll get to use my original ending then?About the AuthorsJohn and Shelia Chapman are a husband and wife team who met on Internet and crossed the Atlantic to be together. John, an English ex-science and computer teacher contributed the technology and 'nasty' bits while Shelia drew on her medical experience in the USA and produced the romance. The humour? That came from real life.

Who are the Sky People and what is the Sky's Eye? What do they have to do with the ancient document held by the Triplet family since 1099? What is the purpose of the mysterious stone, kept with the document? Why was the document written in thirteen different languages? Does the number thirteen provide a clue? When translated, what is the ultimate power the document speaks of?Sir Richard and his 'family' will begin a quest for the answers. Unfortunately, he and his group aren't the only ones looking for this ultimate power. His opponents already have a two-day head start. Their journeys will lead them to the cradles of civilisation, but where does their journey start? What will they discover at the end? Why are James and Donna so important to this quest?What about the situation between Richard and Donna? Is he still lying to her? Did he send the threatening letter? Everyone, including Joyce believes Richard would be the logical choice. Richard swears he didn't send it, but if he didn't then who did? Who sought Joyce's help through a mysterious phone call to the mine? Would Joyce regret the choice she made?Where does Kate fit in? Does she hide a secret of her own? Is Tom an ordinary little boy, or is he special like James and Donna? Why does he know so much about the Dine'é Yá? Who told him? Who is Candice Stuart and what important part will she play in James's future? We started the 'A Vested Interest' series in 2007 and it took over a year before I came up with an ending we were happy with. At 170,000 words A Vested Interest was too long though for a printed book. We cut it heavily but still ended with a 140,000 word book. There was no alternative, we had to split it into a two book series. Doing that, we thought, would allow us to put back some of the content we had cut and expand the second book (Dark Secrets) a little.Well that was the plan. We ended up splitting the second book and making a trilogy by adding 'No Secrets'. The original ending didn't quite fit now so we moved it into a fourth book - Stones, Stars and Solutions.And so it goes on. We are now writing book 10 and 11 of the series. Shelia has written a spin-off 'Blood of the Rainbow' trilogy. Altogether it's 2 million words so far! In terms of time, we've only covered a few months. There is an end in sight but not for another 5,000 years. Maybe I'll get to use my original ending then?About the AuthorsJohn and Shelia Chapman are a husband and wife team who met on Internet and crossed the Atlantic to be together. John, an English ex-science and computer teacher contributed the technology and 'nasty' bits while Shelia drew on her medical experience in the USA and produced the romance. The humour? That came from real life.

Shortly upon their arrival in the UK, Ian Allen and Andrew Forrestson find themselves behind bars for charges brought against them by a dead woman. Why are they so reluctant to tell their side of the story?Bored rigid from attempting to enter nearly fourmillion characters of binary alien code by hand, James takes Candice on an exploration of the old lead mine tunnels. They're trapped behind an invisible barrier. In order to bring it down, Sam and Donna have to break James's complicated musical nanonyte combination lock.One problem. James told Donna, the code was thirty-five numbers long. His text contained twenty-eight numbers.Triplet Hall's doors are reopened for Sir Richard and Marie's wedding. Lady Triplet's rival, the 'black widow' of The Order – Comtesse Danielle D'Vincent and her daughter would be among the guests. In the wee hours of the morning, Sir Richard gets a mysterious phone call – a cry for help. A few hours before his father's wedding, Richard learns Chantelle and her daughter are missing and presumed dead. Chantelle's daughter was ten. Could Richard be her father?Comtesse D'Vincent is furious! Jack is suspicious. Who's to blame - Sir Richard, Comtesse D'Vincent, or someone else in The Order?Donna warned them – they didn't listen - now Kate and Tom are gone. Where did they go? What happened to them? The answers could turn Sam and Donna's world upside down, and shake the very foundation of the Triplet Legacy. We started the 'A Vested Interest' series in 2007 and it took over a year before I came up with an ending we were happy with. At 170,000 words A Vested Interest was too long though for a printed book. We cut it heavily but still ended with a 140,000 word book. There was no alternative, we had to split it into a two book series. Doing that, we thought, would allow us to put back some of the content we had cut and expand the second book (Dark Secrets) a little.Well that was the plan. We ended up splitting the second book and making a trilogy by adding 'No Secrets'. The original ending didn't quite fit now so we moved it into a fourth book - Stones, Stars and Solutions.And so it goes on. We are now writing book 10 and 11 of the series. Shelia has written a spin-off 'Blood of the Rainbow' trilogy. Altogether it's 2 million words so far! In terms of time, we've only covered a few months. There is an end in sight but not for another 5,000 years. Maybe I'll get to use my original ending then?About the AuthorsJohn and Shelia Chapman are a husband and wife team who met on Internet and crossed the Atlantic to be together. John, an English ex-science and computer teacher contributed the technology and 'nasty' bits while Shelia drew on her medical experience in the USA and produced the romance. The humour? That came from real life.

Book 6 in the 'A Vested Interest' series.Eight years ago their hands touched and their worlds stood still. Jared Thundercloud understood the attraction between them. It was one he'd searched and longed for, one he thought he'd already found. He was committed to another, yet this person in front of him was his other half, of that he had no doubts. He made a decision to honour his commitment and severed all connections with his perfect match.Four years later Jared held her in his arms. Life was everything he wanted it to be. There was love in her eyes, he could see it. Why did he make such a stupid mistake? How could he have been so insensitive? Realising his mistake, he went back, but she wasn't there. Jared tried, but he couldn't find her. It was as if she'd disappeared off the face of the Earth. Another year later, he's told to be in a specific place at a specific time or lose his last chance to be with her.With the Atlantic Ocean between them, Donna never expected to see Jared again. When he stepped out of the cave at Spirit Canyon, she couldn't believe her eyes, but now the tables were turned, and Donna was pregnant. What was he going to do? Walk away? Lose her again? He cursed the very thing that kept bringing them together - Fate. We started the 'A Vested Interest' series in 2007 and it took over a year before I came up with an ending we were happy with. At 170,000 words A Vested Interest was too long though for a printed book. We cut it heavily but still ended with a 140,000 word book. There was no alternative, we had to split it into a two book series. Doing that, we thought, would allow us to put back some of the content we had cut and expand the second book (Dark Secrets) a little.Well that was the plan. We ended up splitting the second book and making a trilogy by adding 'No Secrets'. The original ending didn't quite fit now so we moved it into a fourth book - Stones, Stars and Solutions.And so it goes on. We are now writing book 10 and 11 of the series. Shelia has written a spin-off 'Blood of the Rainbow' trilogy. Altogether it's 2 million words so far! In terms of time, we've only covered a few months. There is an end in sight but not for another 5,000 years. Maybe I'll get to use my original ending then?About the AuthorsJohn and Shelia Chapman are a husband and wife team who met on Internet and crossed the Atlantic to be together. John, an English ex-science and computer teacher contributed the technology and 'nasty' bits while Shelia drew on her medical experience in the USA and produced the romance. The humour? That came from real life.

Although conceived by him, Sam Triplet was no longer the father of Donna's unborn child. The baby she carried now belonged to Jared Thundercloud, a man she hadn't seen for months. When the discovery was made, Donna was just as shocked as everyone else, but it had been genetically proven.On the quest, the alien Dine'é Yá had intervened. They gave Donna a choice. To save her from explaining the change they'd made to her baby, the Dine'é Yá would wipe Sam's memory, and that of everyone else who helped rescue her from the hostile 'Others'. Sam would not remember being in love with Donna, and whatever experiences they'd shared, or how their relationship had changed Sam's character, would be lost too. The part that bothered Donna most? Sam would be given no choice in the matter. Sam had been unfaithful to Donna, but did two wrongs make a right?How much would Donna risk to be with Jared? How many lives was she willing to change in order to keep the extraordinary gift she'd been given? What would be the consequences of her choice? The Dine'é Yá had warned her, they would make no further changes, nor would they interfere if she made the wrong choice. We started the 'A Vested Interest' series in 2007 and it took over a year before I came up with an ending we were happy with. At 170,000 words A Vested Interest was too long though for a printed book. We cut it heavily but still ended with a 140,000 word book. There was no alternative, we had to split it into a two book series. Doing that, we thought, would allow us to put back some of the content we had cut and expand the second book (Dark Secrets) a little.Well that was the plan. We ended up splitting the second book and making a trilogy by adding 'No Secrets'. The original ending didn't quite fit now so we moved it into a fourth book - Stones, Stars and Solutions.And so it goes on. We are now writing book 10 and 11 of the series. Shelia has written a spin-off 'Blood of the Rainbow' trilogy. Altogether it's 2 million words so far! In terms of time, we've only covered a few months. There is an end in sight but not for another 5,000 years. Maybe I'll get to use my original ending then?About the AuthorsJohn and Shelia Chapman are a husband and wife team who met on Internet and crossed the Atlantic to be together. John, an English ex-science and computer teacher contributed the technology and 'nasty' bits while Shelia drew on her medical experience in the USA and produced the romance. The humour? That came from real life.

Sam and Richard stepped out of the lift. The corridors of the complex looked like a body-littered obstacle course. The walls and floors stained red with the blood of her victims. Where had her strength come from? It was the worst carnage the Triplets had dealt with to-date. How could one woman cause so much destruction and why?The medical lab was dark. With the beams from their torches, James and Gary searched for survivors. James sensed Candice was in there somewhere. Broken glass and debris hindered him, but it was the body he fell over that made his heart stop.GW Forrest has changed, and not for the better. What hidden force fed his new persona? Who exactly was he, and why wouldn't he stay dead?In Chichen Itza, under Forrest's employ, José Vasquez and his brother Pedro headed a large archaeology team searching for a back entrance to Ian and Andrew's time tomb. Why hadn't they used the same entrance as Ian and Andrew? What secrets did the Mayan tomb hold that had prompted Forrest to leave his 'beloved' wife, Comtesse D'Vincent with less than the bare essentials, in a hotel in Phoenix, Arizona? With nowhere to turn, Comtesse D'Vincent called upon the code of The Order. Who answered her call, and why had they been so amused at her predicament?Of the large team that had gone inside the pyramid, only two were still standing, trapped and left for dead. Upon sight of him, the two men had bowed before Jared as though he were a god. Why? Was it because they believed he was a monster like the Others?What did the Dine'é Yá show Sam that changed his entire outlook on life? Who is Elle and what did she have to do with Sam and Juanita? Why had Sam been willing to undergo excruciating pain for Elle? Because of what had happened in the pyramid, would Sam lose his dancing aqua eyes?A man from the other side returned with a cryptic message for Rich. What was it and what did it mean? Gary and Sarabeth had been there with Rich. Who was the messenger, and why had Rich been the only person allowed to see him? We started the 'A Vested Interest' series in 2007 and it took over a year before I came up with an ending we were happy with. At 170,000 words A Vested Interest was too long though for a printed book. We cut it heavily but still ended with a 140,000 word book. There was no alternative, we had to split it into a two book series. Doing that, we thought, would allow us to put back some of the content we had cut and expand the second book (Dark Secrets) a little.Well that was the plan. We ended up splitting the second book and making a trilogy by adding 'No Secrets'. The original ending didn't quite fit now so we moved it into a fourth book - Stones, Stars and Solutions.And so it goes on. We are now writing book 10 and 11 of the series. Shelia has written a spin-off 'Blood of the Rainbow' trilogy. Altogether it's 2 million words so far! In terms of time, we've only covered a few months. There is an end in sight but not for another 5,000 years. Maybe I'll get to use my original ending then?About the AuthorsJohn and Shelia Chapman are a husband and wife team who met on Internet and crossed the Atlantic to be together. John, an English ex-science and computer teacher contributed the technology and 'nasty' bits while Shelia drew on her medical experience in the USA and produced the romance. The humour? That came from real life.

Billionaire Sir Richard Triplet, a member of the secret order controlling the world, wants to save earth from the ultimate apocalypse. It's far in the future though and his first priority is to make people live long enough for it to pose them a hazard. He needs Donna Rigden, a genetic engineer working for a vengeful corporate rival. Getting her to join forces is easy. Keeping her alive is not.This box set contains the first three volumes of the best-selling 'A Vested Interest' series.In 'Immortality Gene the sciences of senolytics and genetic engineering cure aging and prevent death.In 'Dark Secrets' we get the story behind how a secret 'Order' came to rule the world and how nanotechnology will improve it. A hero turns out to be a villain.In 'No Secrets' we find the Triplet family is far more complex than first thought. Nanotechnology explains how a dead man is seen warming up to a woman in her 90s and how that villainous dead man turns out to be a hero.Currently there are a further six books in the series telling how an alien telepathic race (who you won't meet) visited long ago to guide our civilization and how they left their mark today. The series features lots of technology, much of which we are developing now. Find out more at the series website avestedinterest.info We started the 'A Vested Interest' series in 2007 and it took over a year before I came up with an ending we were happy with. At 170,000 words A Vested Interest was too long though for a printed book. We cut it heavily but still ended with a 140,000 word book. There was no alternative, we had to split it into a two book series. Doing that, we thought, would allow us to put back some of the content we had cut and expand the second book (Dark Secrets) a little.Well that was the plan. We ended up splitting the second book and making a trilogy by adding 'No Secrets'. The original ending didn't quite fit now so we moved it into a fourth book - Stones, Stars and Solutions.And so it goes on. We are now writing book 10 and 11 of the series. Shelia has written a spin-off 'Blood of the Rainbow' trilogy. Altogether it's 2 million words so far! In terms of time, we've only covered a few months. There is an end in sight but not for another 5,000 years. Maybe I'll get to use my original ending then?About the AuthorsJohn and Shelia Chapman are a husband and wife team who met on Internet and crossed the Atlantic to be together. John, an English ex-science and computer teacher contributed the technology and 'nasty' bits while Shelia drew on her medical experience in the USA and produced the romance. The humour? That came from real life.

Before the success-before they fell in love and found their futures-there was the friendship. How it all started. A brief look at the start of BAM. Bentley. Aiden. Maddox. Vested Interest.The beginning.

We fear pandemics but what if the elixir of eternal life turns out to be a virus that grants you immortality?Book one of this collection tells how three genetic engineers came to develop a cure for death - the Immortality Gene. Of course there's more to immortality than a simple medical mystery. In the story you'll find romance, the mystery of a secret organisation ruling the world, high technology, greed, power struggles, hidden places and murder. It follows the fortunes of a genetic engineer who flees a dying maniac trying to kill her.Dr Donna Rigden is fed up with her job. She resigns - big mistake. Donna is now on a ruthless killer's hit list.Ambushed at a cemetery, she's shot and wakes up on her way to the UK. Richard Triplet had rescued Donna, but he wants more from her than she's willing to give. Feeling trapped and desperate, she turns to a new friend for comfort.Sir Richard, Donna's new employer showers her with luxury and makes her an offer she can't refuse. Once she's signed the contract, he asks her to use her medical expertise to commit murder. Donna must make a life changing choice. Once made, there's no going back. Was it the right choice?Death strikes! Sam, the infirmary's doctor, is ordered to give his patient an untested drug. He knows the drug is either a cure or a curse and goes against his patient's wishes. Will he stand by his Hippocratic Oath or cave and follow orders?How does Sir Richard fit into this equation? He's a member of a secret society operating at the edge of the law. He knows that in the year 7141, the Earth will be destroyed by an apocalyptic collision with a rogue planetoid. The scale of the cataclysm will destroy all life on earth - not even leaving a dystopian civilization. Should Sir Richard be concerned? He'll be dead and gone by then. Maybe - maybe not. He has a plan. One of the key elements in his plan is to greatly extend the human lifespan. Does Sir Richard's quest to live forever offer our happy ever after? Let's re-evaluate this situation. If you were to become immortal would you feel more inclined to worry about an event taking place thousands of years into the future? I would be, but what about the ethical and social implications of immortality? What about overpopulation, living space and the diminishing food supply? What about the wars waged to control this miracle.'Immortality Gene' is based on advanced technology, currently under development. It deals with corporate jealousy, greed, spite, vengeance, nanotechnology, medicine, murder, mystery, love and betrayal, and, of course, the very essence of life itself.Book two, included in this edition, is 'Dark Secrets'. For a thousand years a secret cabal has ruled the earth keeping their place in the pyramid of order by utilizing a dark secret.Dr. Donna Rigden is clinically dead. Two letters and two secrets steered her future, now one is missing. Who took it and why? Who blackmailed her into marrying Richard Triplet when she was still in love with Jared Thundercloud, and more attracted to Dr. Sam Kaliea? The killer strikes again. Using a more advanced form of the nanobug, he injects Donna and her unborn child with nanonytes. To make matters worse, he also attacks her best friend, her best friend's mother and even the infamous Lady Triplet. As the Triplets struggle to overcome this new threat, they uncover the dark secret that has remained hidden for nearly a thousand years, and Donna is ripped from Richard's arms by an enemy he cannot fight.Immortality Gene and Dark Secrets are a unique blend of thriller, romance and science fiction. If you like books by Michael Crichton, Danielle Steel and Dan Brown, stories combining complex plots, compelling characters, and scientific explanation, then you'll love This collection. Be warned - this Smashwords only e-book is long - 1150+ pages. We started the 'A Vested Interest' series in 2007 and it took over a year before I came up with an ending we were happy with. At 170,000 words A Vested In