My name is Angela Hollingsworth. My friends call me Angie. I’ve always dreamed of being an investigative reporter and getting a coveted anchor spot on the news one day. I thought my first big break came when I agreed to work as a columnist for the Gazette, a small-town local newspaper. Little did I know this job could one day put my life and the life of my family in danger.

I lived a normal life in the suburbs of New Jersey. Upper Montclair to be specific. It was a small town with a population of about 12,000. An only child, my parents wanted me to have the best of everything, and moved into an elite neighborhood that was perfect to raise a family. I was pretty sheltered growing up, but I convinced my parents to let me go out of the state to college when I finished high school. My trust fund was available to me after college, and I rented a townhouse in Short Hills, a swanky suburb in New Jersey, only 40 minutes from my parents and twenty minutes from New York. I hadn’t ventured out of my neighborhood much though because my job kept me busy with traveling.

Let me tell you about my job. I applied for a position with the Gazette. It was a small operation, or so I thought. They hired me as a columnist to write about interior decorating. I know it seems lame now, but I thought it would eventually get me my by-line and then I would move on to more investigative assignments, and eventually that coveted anchor spot. I was willing to start at the bottom. My job required me to travel all over the world, collecting artifacts and samples to enhance the information I used in my article. While there, I always had a few days to sightsee or enjoy time on a beach. I encountered interesting and intriguing situations. It sounded like an ideal job, but as an investigative reporter, I should have taken off my columnist hat and put on my investigative hat and explored why they were willing to send a new reporter on lavish vacations to collect art. I should have asked what were in the packages and questioned the creepy characters I met for my boss. Instead, I enjoyed the vacations and decided to ask questions later, much later.

After I’d been working for the Gazette for two years, my current boyfriend thought it was odd that I had gifts of famous painters and artifacts displayed all around my townhouse. Was it odd? Should I investigate or was this the rantings of a jealous boyfriend who didn’t like me receiving gifts from my boss.

I did some investigating to satisfy myself and my boyfriend. I was surprised by what I found. I knew I had to do something, so I contacted an old friend from college who now worked for the FBI. I didn’t know how to deal with what I thought was a smuggling ring, but I hoped my old college friend would know what to do.

As the FBI investigation heated up, my loyalty to my boss was tested. His partners were skeptical. Could I fool them into believing I wasn’t trying to interfere in their operation, while secretly working with the FBI? Was I putting my life and the life of my family in danger?

Things got complicated between my jealous boyfriend and my college friend because of the time I spent with my old friend. Did I want to save my relationship, or was I developing feelings for my college friend? Could I help the FBI and clear my name? How would this end?

You can read more about Angie in The Organization, a romantic suspense novel released June 2, 2019.

As a reporter for a local newspaper, Angela Hollingsworth has traveled all over the world collecting information, artifacts and samples, always bringing back a package for her boss from an associate in whatever country she visited. What she didn’t realize was that the packages contained drugs, stolen art or both.

Desperate to stay out of jail, Angela can only rely on one man, Glen Spencer, an agent for the FBI. Together, they devise a plan to take down one of the biggest drug cartels in New Jersey. Trusting her old college friend, Angela doesn’t anticipate the danger coming for her.

Now Angela is fighting for her life and her feelings for Glen. . .but time is running out. Will she be able to escape the Organization or will all her dreams end up in a body bag?

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Meet the author
Audrey Jane Snyder is an enterprising professional who has spent 40+ years in the corporate sector in the fields of human resource management and customer and community service. She has been an independent consultant specializing in online web-based training of interpersonal skills for first-line managers.

Audrey was an Adjunct Professor at DeVry University and Director of Customer and Community Relations for the Port Authority of Allegheny County. Audrey holds a BS in Business Communications and a Masters in Professional Leadership.

Now she spends her days authoring works and motivating other professionals. Audrey is a member of PennWriters, Inc., Sisters in Crime, Mindful Writers Group and Three Rivers Romance Writers. Audrey resides in Pittsburgh, PA.

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