Kindle Edition Amazon April Nunn Coker Category:  Mystery/Suspense Publisher: Amazon ISBN-10:  1798421356 Type: Fiction Pages: 254 Copyright: Feb. 17, 2019 ISBN-13: 9781798421352 Price: $3.99 (eBook) Jolie Sowell is a single mother who works nights as a zookeeper. Just as she falls for a handsome young banker, strange things start to happen at the zoo.  Jolie Sowell is not looking for love. As a young single mother with a toddler daughter and a full-time job as a night zookeeper, she barely has time to comb her hair, much less forge a relationship. After a shotgun marriage ended in divorce and left her with a baby, she just isn't interested in men. But when her friend Kaycie talks her into going on a blind date, she has to reconsider. Cade Bishop has looks, style, charm, charisma, and a steady job. Does she dare believe that she might find real love and a father for her little girl?  Timber City Zoo, in the heart of East Texas, is a small but world-class haven for well-tended wildlife as well as a tourist destination and school field trip favorite. Jolie loves her job there . But when her supervisor Jay is injured in a storm and she finds a dead squirrel monkey out of its enclosure, she starts to wonder. Soon more animals die and then even some employees. Someone who knows the inner workings of the zoo is on a killing spree, someone with keys to every lock and gate. To her utter dismay, her parents and Cade urge Jolie to find another job and leave the only place she has ever wanted to work. Shattered from the latest death and feeling pressured by Cade and her parents, Jolie flees Timbert City only to return when another coworker is badly injured. What animal or which keeper will be next? Can Jolie help stop the killing? Will her relationship with Cade survive? Excerpt As Lucas entered the room, he flipped on the lights and paused to listen. In a couple of minutes he heard it again. The cry was coming from behind the stack of hay bales on the right side of the barn. He walked over and pulled some hay bales away from the wall, revealing a fawn so tiny and helpless that it must have been born just an hour or two before. Strange that he hadn't been aware of any doe pregnancy. He wondered if Jay knew. Something was wrong, though. The fawn's head rested on the concrete floor, and it didn't raise as Lucas got closer. Then he noticed a deep red puddle forming under its head. The sound--the cry--was become weaker and more faint. Was that blood? As he moved closer and bent to investigate, he felt the impact of something heavy smashing his skull. Everything went black as Lucas fell unconscious beside the dying fawn, missing the attacker raising a piece of rebar for the final blow.

Romance and Murder--Behind the scenes at the Zoo
April Nunn Coker has given her growing audience thrills and chills as the reader follows Jolie Sowell, her family, and her co-workers at the local East Texas zoo where she is one of the night keepers. Jolie juggles her career with the demands of being a single mother of a young child. Romance blossoms when she meets Cade Bishop. As they learn how much in common they have, Jolie comes to rely on Cade more than she thought possible. But mixed in with this romance, are the tragic murders of some of the zoo animals. Then the killing escalates to include Jolie's work partner, Kaycie. The twisting and turning of events will keep the reader on edge wondering who is behind the murders, why are the animals being killed, and what will happen to Jolie and Cade in light of these events against the backdrop of a zookeeper's life behind the scenes hidden from the public?

A Page Turner
Who knew the Zoo was no longer a safe place to take your kids. Just when you thought you had things figured out, a twisted turn by someone with a twisted mind takes you in a different direction. Who is causing the death of these animals and better still how? You'll enjoy every page of this exciting book.

Mystery, Suspense, and Romance
Mystery, suspense, and romance all come together in this fast paced story with well developed characters. The plot flows smoothly as it engages you in the lives of each character, and is seasoned with a side helping of murder. Loved it!