Books

A Mother’s Justice (The Justice Series Book 1)

A Son’s Reckoning
Book #1 from the series: The Justice Series

Relatives keep dying in a small Oklahoma town, a poisoned glass of sweet tea, a fall from a porch step, a beam that shouldn’t have shifted.

Each time, Kay Hughes is there. Each time, her son Dustin is watching. And always, in the shadows, Grandpa is lurking.

A Mother’s Justice is a chilling psychological thriller about survival, silence, and the...

The Burden of Justice (The Justice Series Book 2)

Book #2 from the series: The Justice Series

The Burden of Justice (Book 2 of the Justice Series) finds Dustin Hughes torn between uncovering the truth and surviving it. As he digs deeper into the seams of his mother’s case, he uncovers corruption that reaches farther than he imagined. Detective Harper is back in the picture—offering help Dustin can’t fully trust—while Kay’s fate hangs in...

Final Justice (The Justice Series Book 3)

Book #3 from the series: The Justice Series

Final Justice (Book 3 of the Justice Series) brings Dustin Hughes to the edge of everything he’s fought for. With his grandfather trying to take the fall, Kay trapped between survival and ruin, and Detective Harper’s secrets closing in, the truth threatens to explode. Loyalties will shatter, the real killer will emerge, and Dustin must face the...

Almost: A Childhood Survived

A Memoir

Almost A Childhood Survived written by J.R. Barns under his real name Ray Hodges, is a raw and unfiltered memoir of a child who grew up in the shadow of violence, neglect, and emotional abandonment. Through vivid storytelling and painful honesty, Hodges takes readers inside a childhood defined by survival—early mornings spent doing farm chores...