His patients are dying to get better.

Fresh off a case of murders staged as suicides, K-9 trainee detective Indie Reign faces another nightmare...the Sherwood County mayor lies broken at the base of a cliff. On the surface the story looks tidy: a married official, a secret affair, a new cancer diagnosis, a jump.

Except he didn’t.

The coroner’s report says he was cancer-free, and his wife and his mistress both swear he wouldn’t jump. So what happened on that cliff?

When a second "terminal" cancer patient dies of an apparent overdose, Indie recognizes a chilling pattern. The rot isn’t inside their bodies. It’s inside the local treatment center.

When her boss disagrees and orders her to stand down, Indie goes rogue to drag the truth into the light, even if the price is her career. Or her life.

Broken Reign is the gripping second novel in the Indie Reign series by Mary Stone and Karen Guyler, where power protects the guilty, loyalty is tested, and justice refuses to look away.

Published
November 20, 2025
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Mary Stone

Mary Stone lives among the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains of East Tennessee with her two dogs, four cats, a couple of energetic boys, and a very patient husband. As a young girl, she would go to bed every night, wondering what type of creature might be lurking underneath. It wasn’t until she was older that she learned that the creatures she needed to most fear were human. Today, she creates vivid stories with courageous, strong heroines and dastardly villains. She invites you to enter her world of serial killers, FBI agents but never damsels in distress. Her female characters can handle themselves, going toe-to-toe with any male character,…