Crime & Passion

It made sense at the time.

The moment comes quietly. 

A decision feels justified. 

A line disappears.

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Crime & Passion is a collection of crime and noir short stories about the moment someone becomes dangerous.

Not the crime. 

Not the aftermath. 

The decision that makes it possible.

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Love. Betrayal. Revenge.

In these stories, desire turns, loyalties fracture, and ordinary people find themselves capable of things they would have once refused.

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Early praise for Crime & Passion:

“The elegant, tightly written stories in Francelia Belton’s collection Crime & Passion slip under your skin with the ease and suddenness of an assassin’s knife.

The takeaway? Beware a woman scorned. She’ll unman the villains, clean up the mess, and be on her way before the bad guys know what hit them.

Readers who love strong women and terrific writing will applaud this anthology.”

— Barbara Nickless, Wall Street Journal bestselling author

Francelia Belton writes crime and noir fiction about ordinary people pushed toward irreversible action, where justification comes before consequence and nothing feels wrong until it does.

If you like your fiction dark, psychological, and tightly wound, this collection is for you.