SpeakEasy is our collaboratively written Community Novel Project. Read online, download to your ereader or listen to the audiobook version. Each week, we’ll publish a new chapter by a new Topeka author. In chapter 11, author Dennis E. Smirl takes Ronni, Pete and Julia to a quiet interlude to share information. Their plan must be abandoned in a hurry, and Ronni calls in a favor to try to escape the approaching threat.

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SpeakEasy is our collaboratively written Community Novel Project. Read online, download to your ereader or listen to the audiobook version. Each week, we’ll publish a new chapter by a new Topeka author. In chapter 10, author Diana Marsh has Julia unveil the surprising contents of the bottom compartment of her jewelry box. Ronni and Pete take Julia out to dinner, where they engage in equal parts historical research and banter, until a shocking phone call cuts short their conversation.

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SpeakEasy is our collaboratively written Community Novel Project. Read online, download to your ereader or listen to the audiobook version. Each week, we’ll publish a new chapter by a new Topeka author. In chapter 9, author Marian Rakestraw lets Ronni give Julia a brief recap of recent events, and in return Julia shares the details of how she disposed of Billy’s body, which is just the beginning of the mysteries from her past….Having Julia’s trust is crucial for Ronni, without it all of her goals are out of reach. Can Ronni reveal just enough of her own truth to forge an alliance with Julia?

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SpeakEasy is our collaboratively written Community Novel Project. Read online, download to your ereader or listen to the audiobook version. Each week, we’ll publish a new chapter by a new Topeka author. In chapter 8, author Stacy Spilker races Ronni back to Topeka to confirm Julia’s personal safety at the Manor, but when Ronni meets someone from Julia’s past, she has more questions than answers.

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SpeakEasy is our collaboratively written Community Novel Project. Read online, download to your ereader or listen to the audiobook version. Each week, we’ll publish a new chapter by a new Topeka author. In chapter 7 by Janet Jenkins Stotts, Ronni reveals why she is dating Charles, someone at the Manor is seriously hurt in an accident, and suddenly no one seems safe.

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