Five hard hitting crime fiction short stories. Love and crime are the two elements that tie them all together. 1) ELENA A rouge DEA agent, a young handsome Sheriff in a Texas border town & the powerful boss of the top drug cartel in Mexico, all want one thing more than life itself . . . Elena The border will explode as they battle for her love. 2) CE'LINE Nick is a cabbie on the West L.A. night shift working his way through law school, until he meets Ce'line. At 27, Ce'line is a beautiful blond from France who has carved out a high paying gig torturing the city's most powerful men for fun & profit. When Nick & Ce'line fall in love & team up on a $10 million heist hard rain starts to fall. 3) JESUS' LONELIEST DAUGHTER A young man on the run from lost love and his fast L.A. lifestyle lands in Portland Oregon. When his life is saved by a young beauty named Gina he thinks he's found a gem. He soon discovers that perfect looking Gina at only 19, is a hooker addicted to heroin. He sets out to save her from herself . . . Can he do it? 4) ONCE UPON A TIME IN VEGAS It's the early 70's and Rick the Rod is the mob's main man in Las Vegas. The Stardust is Rick's number one job. Rick blocks a take over from the Chicago outfit and starts a war with a new kid the old man has sent out from Kansas City. Rick finds love with Gloria who helps out by running his side business, a porn studio. This is a close up look deep inside their world. 5) THE INDIAN COWBOY The Indian Cowboy and his Watson, Dr. Construction are on another road trip adventure to save an imprisoned man who they feel is innocent. It's when they stop in Barstow to check on their childhood friend Frosty that they are forced to confront a SWAT team and a group of angry federal agents.