The Picture Kills (A Hollywood Thriller—Book 1 of The Quintana Adventures) When you’re covered in mud, running from men with guns, and stuck in small spaces with very little clothing on, it’s amazing what you can learn about a person. Steven Quintana was once a top Army Ranger reconnaissance photographer until he made a fatal mistake on a mission. A boy was killed, and Steven’s military career was cut short—all because of a photo he took. Now he works as a paparazzo in Hollywood where his photos can’t hurt anybody, the money is easy, and he can forget the past. But when mega movie star Julia Travers is kidnapped, Steven discovers the kidnappers used photos he took to cover up the crime. Realizing that he’s still harming people with his camera, he swears to fix his mistake, Rambo-style. But—life or death situation or not—the last person Julia wants coming to her rescue is the paparazzo whose photos got her into trouble in the first place. THE PICTURE KILLS is a fun, fresh, sexy, snappy, fast-paced thriller that starts in celebrity-obsessed Hollywood and climaxes in the exotic and remote cays of the Bahamas. Interview with the Author Q – Why are you writing The Quintana Adventures? A – I write what I love to read – page-turners that I can’t put down. I like thrillers with a dynamite premise, great characters, and an action-packed rollercoaster plot that keeps you on the edge of your seat. I also love stories with two protagonists, a man and a woman, who must work together to overcome obstacles. I also love international stories that transport the reader to amazing places around the world. The Quintana Adventures is my way of putting all of that into one series. Steven Quintana is a kick-ass Army Ranger Reconnaissance Photographer. Julia Travers is a beautiful, talented movie star with a razor wit and a quick mind. They couldn’t be more different. I then toss them into wild situations where they encounter crazy characters, and they must work together to survive. It also makes for a rocky relationship. SIX PASSENGERS, FIVE PARACHUTES is the sequel to THE PICTURE KILLS, but you can read the series in any order. Q – Why the Hollywood angle? A – Because I know it. My career has been a healthy mix of success and struggle, and I have worked with the famous, the infamous, and the bottom-feeders. My mental filing cabinet is full of experiences that I now use to write my stories. Q – Why the California angle? A – California has everything – the ocean, beaches, mountains, deserts, farmland, small towns and vibrant cities. Families that have been here for generations live alongside immigrants from around the world. I’ve lived in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, and in the smaller towns of Cazadero and Lemoore. I’ve worked with rice farmers in Butte County, marijuana growers in Mendocino County, and Navy families in Kings County. I want to put all of this into my books.

The Picture Kills (The Quintana Adventures)

Literature & Fiction

Bull, Ian

Action & Adventure

Story Merchant

Six Passengers, Five Parachutes (A Hollywood Thriller—Book 2 of The Quintana Adventures) It's a race from Los Angeles to San Francisco to Hong Kong to Mexico, culminating on a plane flying over the Pacific Ocean. Army Ranger reconnaissance photographer Stephen Quintana is tracking an international group of investors who create illegal high-end movies of their darkest murder fantasies. They’re the same men who funded the kidnapping and on camera attempted murder of movie star Julia Travers. Luckily for Julia, Stephen made sure he was there to save her before they succeeded. Now Stephen has uncovered the group's latest underground project: forcing convicted killers to fight to the death for the audience of high-rollers paying big bucks to gamble on the outcome. But before Stephen can uncover their identities, they shoot him and leave him to die—or so they think. Stephen survives, and now he's even more obsessed with exposing the group. And being “dead” is the perfect cover for digging deeper and infiltrating the show. The only person who knows everything is Julia Travers. She’ll do anything to keep Stephen safe, even if that means sabotaging his undercover investigation. In the second book of the Quintana Adventures, Stephen suffers deception, betrayal, and brutal attacks but never wavers in his determination to expose the most insane reality show ever created.
 Interview with the Author Q – Why are you writing The Quintana Adventures? A – I write what I love to read – page-turners that I can’t put down. I like thrilling stories with a dynamite premise, great characters, and an action-packed rollercoaster plot that keeps you on the edge of your seat. I also love stories with two protagonists, a man and a woman, who must work together to overcome obstacles. I also love international stories that transport the reader to amazing places around the world. The Quintana Adventures is my way of putting all of that into one series. Steven Quintana is a kick-ass Army Ranger Reconnaissance Photographer. Julia Travers is a beautiful, talented movie star with a razor wit and a quick mind. They couldn’t be more different. I then toss them into wild situations where they encounter crazy characters, and they must work together to survive. It also makes for a rocky relationship. SIX PASSENGERS, FIVE PARACHUTES is the sequel to THE PICTURE KILLS, but you can read the series in any order. Q – Why the Hollywood angle? A – Because I know it. My career has been a healthy mix of success and struggle, and I have worked with the famous, the infamous, and the bottom-feeders. My mental filing cabinet is full of experiences that I use to write my stories. Q – Why the California angle? A – California has everything – the ocean, beaches, mountains, deserts, farmland, small towns and vibrant cities. Families that have been here for generations live alongside immigrants from around the world. I’ve lived in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, and in the smaller towns of Cazadero and Lemoore. I’ve worked with rice farmers in Butte County, marijuana growers in Mendocino County, and Navy families in Kings County. I want to put all of this into my books.

Six Passengers, Five Parachutes (The Quintana Adventures)

Steven Quintana was once a top U.S. Army Ranger reconnaissance photographer, until he made a mistake on a mission that ended his career. Now he's a Hollywood paparazzo who makes easy money snapping photos of celebrities.Julia Travers is one of Hollywood's most talented young stars, but she also made mistakes in her past -- she was once a mistress to a billionaire who abused her.Steven is the paparazzo who takes the most embarrassing photos of Julia, yet they've never met. Steven stays hidden, but Julia knows he's out there snapping her picture. Their only connection to each other is through his camera lens......until the mistakes from their past return to haunt them, and their lives collide.Five years ago, Steven's team was tracking and photographing communist rebels in the Colombian jungle. Their target was a brutal kidnapper for FARC, Rolando Caballero, also known as El Sádico - the Sadist.But when Steven made a mistake and revealed his squad's presence, Caballero murdered a boy, shot Steven and his squad leader, and Caballero got away.Five years ago, Julia Travers was living in luxury on a Bahamian island, waiting for Xander Constantinou, her billionaire boyfriend, to spend time with her. They were supposed to finish the movie they had started together back in New York, in which she was the star.When she realized that she was one of many mistresses and that their movie would never be finished, she left -- but not before letting him know what she thought of him.Now, Julia is a successful actress, but her sharp tongue and temper make her a target for the Hollywood paparazzi, especially Steven. All he wants is to make enough money to retire to a small beach town and forget.So when Steven gets a tip from a tabloid editor that Julia Travers is skipping her next movie to sneak away to the Bahamas with her former billionaire boyfriend, he can't turn it down. Rumor has it that the reunited couple plan to finish their own film that they started five years ago, and the editor wants Steven to get exclusive photos of their departure.Steven flies to Miami and snaps pictures of Julia and her boyfriend boarding his yacht, surrounded by bodyguards. He uploads the photos, makes a huge payday and flies back to California, ready to retire.But when Steven sees his photo on the cover of the tabloid, he stops. The headline reads -- Julia Travers Sneaks Away to Billionaire Boyfriend's Tropical Love Nest - but the photo reveals something he hadn't seen before.One bodyguard in the background has a familiar face, a face that Steven hasn't seen since Colombia. It's the kidnapper Rolando Caballero. El Sádico - the Sadist. Julia Travers isn't sneaking away to some remote cay to finish a movie, she's been kidnapped, and they're using his photos to cover up the crime. Realizing that he's still harming people with his photos, Steven heads to the Bahamas to rescue Julia, stop Caballero, and to fix the damage he's done.However, the last person Julia wants to see coming to her aid is the paparazzo whose photos got her into trouble in the first place.

The Picture Kills (A Steven Quintana Thriller)

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Thrillers & Suspense

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When two thieves fall in love, they have a chance for happiness ... but can they trust each other? Liars in Love is a comedy crime thriller, full of romantic suspense.Liar One: Sam Webb is released from prison after serving two years for burglary and wants to go straight. Unfortunately, his old crime boss, Paul Barnes, still wants the half-million dollars that disappeared when Sam got arrested in the middle of his last safe-cracking job.Liar Two: Kath Battaglia was a punk runaway when Paul Barnes found her on the streets years ago, and he transformed her into a professional thief. Now she wants to escape the criminal life, but Paul won’t cut her loose until she pays back all the money she owes him.Sparks fly when Sam and Kath meet, along with some kicks and punches. Paul Barnes sees through their bluster and decides to use their fiery attraction to get back all the money he feels that they owe him. He makes them an offer they can’t refuse – Sam and Kath must work together as a burglary team for Paul, who will front everything they need for the heists. But Sam and Kath have secrets. Sam has a beautiful ex-wife, Rose, who disappeared the same night Sam got caught. Is Rose hiding the missing money? Kath has an Aunt Bella, whom she supports, which is how she got so deep in debt to Paul. Kath will do anything to protect her.Paul encourages Kath to let Sam’s attraction to her blossom into romance, but he has a warning for her: Sam is still in love with his ex-wife, and if Rose ever reappears Sam is bound to betray Kath. Paul tells her to find out the truth, then stick it to Sam before he can do the same to her. Only then will he set Kath free.However, Sam and Kath do fall in love. They know they must be honest with each other if they want to escape Paul and their lives of crime. But if they’ve lived their whole lives as liars, can love change them? Who will betray whom first?Ian Bull is the author of the thriller series The Quintana Adventures, about Army Ranger photographer Steven Quintana and movie actress Julia Travers. The Picture Kills and Six Passengers, Five Parachutes are the first two books in the series, and Danger Room will be out soon. He has also written the romantic thriller Reality Roadkill (A Love Story), and several books of nonfiction. Check out ianbullauthor.com, or email him at ianbullauthor@gmail.com. He grew up in San Francisco and now lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter.

Liars in Love

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