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Marcus has written thousands of pages of law enforcement reports describing the details of cyber crimes, sexual assaults, drug trafficking, and murders during his career as a federal agent. He now uses all of that "practice" to tell stories that excite, entertain, and engage. While life doesn't always have a happy ending, there is always hope found in family, friendships, and kindness.

He and his family have lived all over the world and love exploring and making friends wherever they find themselves: from California's high desert, to Sicily's historical marvels, to the beaches of the mid-Atlantic coast, to the rain soaked forests of Washington, to the base Mt Fuji, and to the majestic Rocky Mountains. The world is full of mystery and untold ...more

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	The Christmas Stars: A Christmas Novel About Family 4.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snow Falls Soft on the Hidden Valley 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Flaming Grenade: Fountains of Power Book 1 by Marcus Williams (Goodreads Author), Caleb Williams (Editor) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Case of the Missing Baseball Card it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gifted really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Katana's Edge: Fountains of Power Book 2 by Marcus Williams (Goodreads Author), Caleb Williams (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ten Rules to Build a Successful After School Theater Program: From a Bake Sale to Over 20K in the Bank 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fire God (Fountains of Power, #3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Dragon Stones (Fountains of Power #4)

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Marcus Williams rated a book really liked it Cougar's Cache (Gabriel Hawke, #12) by Paty Jager (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
An enjoyable story reminiscent of CJ Box's Joe Pickett series. You can tell the author did her research and spoke with experts before writing law enforcement scenes, which I really appreciate. The author tends to include descriptions of daily tasks ( ...more
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Marcus Williams rated a book really liked it Christmas After All (Happily Ever After All, #1) by Cece Louise (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A cute and heartwarming tale of family, sacrifice, and love told through the enemies to lovers trope. This is a clean Christmas romance safe to read for all ages. What is more important at Christmas time than family and forgiveness? The narrators als ...more
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An erotic short story set during the Christmas season. The story does what it sets out to do with a naughty encounter with a stranger during the holiday season. I feel a little more attention could have been given to the Santa character and the tensi ...more
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Marcus Williams rated a book really liked it The Haunted Lighthouse (Tales of the Lost & Found #1) by Shana Gorian (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A great middle grade mystery, entertaining for the entire family. Facing ghosts, danger, and an old mystery, our intrepid detectives follow the clues to help set the ghost free. Well narrated as well. Give it a listen!
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I enjoyed this book. There are definitely some "teenager finds out she had magical powers" tropes, but they are done well. I'm not a big fan of the petulant teenager character, but it is common in this genre and style, so I can't really complain. It' ...more
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Marcus Williams rated a book really liked it The Black Blade: A Huckster Novel by Jeff Chapman (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I really enjoyed this story. It is a great mashup of genres and an entertaining read. It is fairly short and could have dived a bit deeper into the origins or powers of the blade, the back story of the evil old man, and development of the protagonist ...more
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“But think about it,” I continued. “If you know where people are hurting, you can help them face it and heal. You can provide understanding no one else can!”
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“But think about it,” I continued. “If you know where people are hurting, you can help them face it and heal. You can provide understanding no one else can!”
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