Vested Interest Series by John Chapman

Book 1 in the series. "It's a story of corporate jealousy at the highest levels, greed, spite, vengeance, advanced technology, medicine, love and betrayal, and the very essence of life itself. WOW - that is a lot to cover in one book! Read this book - you will be glad you did." Donna Rigden is fed up with her boss at D'Netics Research Facility. She resigns - big mistake! Donna is now on the hit list of one of the most notorious men in the corporate US... moreBook 1 in the series. "It's a story of corporate jealousy at the highest levels, greed, spite, vengeance, advanced technology, medicine, love and betrayal, and the very essence of life itself. WOW - that is a lot to cover in one book! Read this book - you will be glad you did." Donna Rigden is fed up with her boss at D'Netics Research Facility. She resigns - big mistake! Donna is now on the hit list of one of the most notorious men in the corporate US. He's without morals and doesn't accept the word 'no'. Sir Richard, Donna's new employer showers her with luxury and makes her an offer she can't refuse. Now, once she's signed the contract, he asks her to use her medical expertise to commit murder. Donna probably would have walked away, but she'd been swept off her feet. Richard sides against her; Donna feels hurt and betrayed. She turns to her new friend for help. Donna's life is turned upside down. Two letters and two secrets steer her future. Donna must make a life changing choice. Once made, there's no going back. Was it the right choice? Death strikes! The infirmary's doctor is ordered to give his patient a mystery drug. He's told the drug is either a cure or a curse. Will he stand by his Hippocratic Oath or follow orders? Donna wakes from a deep coma with part of her memory gone. She starts to remember, but parts of her past don’t add up. She remembers being married to Richard but can’t remember why. Was she in love with him? She has flashes of two different lives. In one she’s happy. In the other she’s trapped. Which one is real? less

Book 2 in the series.Gary Browne learns the reason why his former fiancée called off their engagement and refused to explain why. Five years later he see her in the clutches of the man who killed his cousin, his employer's corporate rival. Fearing for her life, he tries to reason with her. When she doesn't listen, Gary does the only thing he knows that assures her safety - he kidnaps her and takes her underground... moreBook 2 in the series.Gary Browne learns the reason why his former fiancée called off their engagement and refused to explain why. Five years later he see her in the clutches of the man who killed his cousin, his employer's corporate rival. Fearing for her life, he tries to reason with her. When she doesn't listen, Gary does the only thing he knows that assures her safety - he kidnaps her and takes her underground.After being snatched from the jaws of death, Donna Triplet slowly regains her memories. Donna rekindles her relationship with her husband Richard, and remembers her love for him. What she doesn't remember are the feelings she kept hidden from everyone but Gary - herdeep love for Sam Kaliea. Memories come back, Donna is confused. She begins the hardiest battle of all - that of the heart. Donna's 'killer' strikes again. He creates a more technologically advanced form of the nanobug than he used on Donna the first time. He makes another attempt on her life by injecting her and her unborn child with nanonytes. To make matters worse, he also attacks her best friend, her best friend's mother and even the infamous Lady Triplet.As the Triplets struggle to overcome this new threat, they uncover the dark secret that has remained hidden for nearly a thousand years. Richard finds Donna ripped from his arms by an enemy he cannot fight! less

Book 8 of the series. Sam and Richard stepped out of the lift. The corridors of the complex looked like a body-littered obstacle course. The walls and floors stained red with the blood of her victims. Where had her strength come from? It was the worst carnage the Triplets had dealt with to-date. How could one woman cause so much destruction and why? The medical lab was dark. With the beams from their torches, James and Gary searched for survivors. James sensed Candice was in there somewhere... moreBook 8 of the series. Sam and Richard stepped out of the lift. The corridors of the complex looked like a body-littered obstacle course. The walls and floors stained red with the blood of her victims. Where had her strength come from? It was the worst carnage the Triplets had dealt with to-date. How could one woman cause so much destruction and why? The medical lab was dark. With the beams from their torches, James and Gary searched for survivors. James sensed Candice was in there somewhere. Broken glass and debris hindered him, but it was the body he fell over that made his heart stop. GW Forrest has changed, and not for the better. What hidden force fed his new persona? Who exactly was he, and why wouldn’t he stay dead? In Chichen Itza, under Forrest’s employ, José Vasquez and his brother Pedro headed a large archaeology team searching for a back entrance to Ian and Andrew’s time tomb. Why hadn’t they used the same entrance as Ian and Andrew? What secrets did the Mayan tomb hold that had prompted Forrest to leave his ‘beloved’ wife, Comtesse D’Vincent with less than the bare essentials, in a hotel in Phoenix, Arizona? With nowhere to turn, Comtesse D’Vincent called upon the code of The Order. Who answered her call, and why had they been so amused at her predicament? Of the large team that had gone inside the pyramid, only two were still standing, trapped and left for dead. Upon sight of him, the two men had bowed before Jared as though he were a god. Why? Was it because they believed he was a monster like the Others? What did the Dine’é Yá show Sam that changed his entire outlook on life? Who is Elle and what did she have to do with Sam and Juanita? Why had Sam been willing to undergo excruciating pain for Elle? Because of what had happened in the pyramid, would Sam lose his dancing aqua eyes? A man from the other side returned with a cryptic message for Rich. What was it and what did it mean? Gary and Sarabeth had been there with Rich. Who was the messenger, and why had Rich been the only person allowed to see him? less