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Hillary Bell Locke

    Hillary Bell Locke is an author whose works delve into the intricacies of modern life. Her writing often explores the tensions between personal aspirations and societal expectations, employing insightful introspection and carefully drawn characters to examine the human condition. Locke's style is marked by its elegant simplicity and its ability to evoke deep emotion through understated observations. Readers turn to her stories for their honesty and for the way they capture the nuances of human relationships and the search for meaning in the world.

    Jail Coach
    • 2012

      Jail Coach

      • 250 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Jay Davidovich is a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan because he joined the National Guard in the late ‘nineties so that the taxpayers could put him through college. Nine-eleven took him by surprise – “sort of like Bush,” as Jay puts it. His job at Trans/Oxana is to prevent losses that Trans/Oxana has insured against – especially losses that unpleasant people want to happen. After Hollywood pretty boy Kent Trowbridge plays late-night bumper-car in his Ferrari, which bought an eight-figure Trans/Oxana policy insuring performance of Trowbridge’s Major Performing Artist Contract. Jay quickly realizes that Trowbrigde is going to do some county time. Because there won’t be any director yelling “CUT!” when things get dicey on the inside, Jay figures that Trowbridge won’t be in shape to perform anything once he gets out unless Jay finds him a Jail Coach. Enter Katrina Thompson whose past includes jail, the Marines, a daughter, and a hustler named Stan Chaladian. The first will help Jay, the second will impress him, the third will charm him, and the fourth with almost kill him – that’s life in the Loss Prevention business.

      Jail Coach