The Water Lord Book Blog Tour and #Giveaway #LoneStarLit

“The Representative, The District Manager, and The Water Lord are companion books but interwoven…loose sequels. It is not necessary to read them in order to follow them.” – Author Matt Minor

THE REPRESENTATIVE. Equal parts romance and political mystery, The Representative reminds us that even politicians are human.

John David Dothan is a romantic, an artist, who has lost his way. Put up as a patsy by his father-in-law, who is also his employer, Dothan the underdog unexpectedly wins a seat in the Texas Legislature. But he is more than just a patsy to his father-in-law’s business interests; he is a pawn in a ruthless political plot as well; a conspiracy that begins with a school bus bombing on the southern border.

Oddly befriended by an influential colleague, the freshman representative finds himself appointed to an august committee created to address the recent attack. Once there Dothan discovers his first love, Rachael Logan, is now a state senator and serving beside him. Soon the two become a hot political item and the public face of the committee’s contentious legislation.

But what the legislature and the public don’t know about their past relationship can not only destroy them, but the committee’s objective as well.

When Dothan’s disgraced former opponent turns up dead, things begin to unravel. But each unraveling only leads to another twist.

Tryphena Taylor, Dothan’s inexperienced but intuitive Chief of Staff, guides the Representative towards the ugly truth of power, and by doing so, his uncanny redemption.

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THE DISTRICT MANAGER. “Doing the right thing means you don’t eat,”

So begins the sweltering narrative of District Manager, Mason Dixon. Mason is an unsettled man; both cynic and idealist. Outraged by injustice, he has himself suffered an injustice. But nothing can prepare him for what he is about to trip into.

After receiving an intriguing constituent call at the district office of his employer, Texas House Representative Haliburton Crane, Mason begins his fall into a malevolent conspiracy. A plot that finds him laboring to determine the connection between lavish political donations and a perverse crime ring: A network that includes not only illegal drugs, but child prostitution and vicious dog fighting.

While these events percolate, Mason, struggling with self-doubt – and still deeply in love with his wife Ann – begins to date a fellow government employee. Brenna is a single mother working through her own impossible issues. Is a future possible for the two?

When Brenna and her family are captured by the drug cartel, Mason must act – and fast; particularly when he discovers his boss is also in danger.

Former Alabama State Trooper, P.I. Rusty Stern (from The Representative) proves to be an invaluable ally. He and Mason will drop deeper and deeper into the abyss, ultimately learning that,

‘Hell is filled with the respectable.’