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Betrayal — a Cedar Shoals thriller

Book one · Available now · Paperback available on Amazon. Luke sees an unlit plane drop bundles at an island airstrip. Deputies under blackout collect them. Then a forged signature—his—appears on a county cash receipt.

The Books

• Why Good Employees Stay — Why do good employees stay—and what makes them leave? Dr. Dondi M. Day offers practical guidance for leaders who want to earn trust, strengthen employee retention, and build teams people choose to stay on. Explore honest communication, fair decisions, sustainable workloads, and meaningful growth, with self-assessment tools, discussion questions, and actions to put into practice. Available October 30, 2026 on Amazon
• Operational Contract Risk & Claims Management — A complete five-part treatment of the contract lifecycle, from formation through claims and disputes. Written for the professionals who decide an outcome before anyone knows an outcome is at stake — at the moment a contract is formed, drafted, and signed.
• Stoic in the Storm — Not a memoir, not a clinical text, and not a string of ancient quotations. It is a working philosophy built for the 2 a.m. call — stories from the field, Stoic principles adapted for real crises, and tools you can use in the next five minutes rather than the next five years. Paperback available now
• Ghosts, Smoke, and the Badge — A rookie faces a shotgun on a quiet winter shift. Dr. Dondi M. Day's law enforcement memoir follows more than twenty years on the North Carolina coast, the brotherhood of police work, and the hidden cost of service.
• Calico Creek: The Legend of the Howling Marauder and the Pirate's Secret — A coastal adventure set along the creeks and barrier islands of North Carolina — the legend of Howling Marauder and the pirate's secret, told for readers who like their maps worn at the edges.
• The Summer We Found Everything — A cedar box. A pirate ancestor. A family secret buried for nearly three hundred years. In Morehead City, North Carolina, twelve-year-old Dondi Smythwick finds the box. Paperback available on Amazon
• Betrayal — At 0152, Luke watches an unlit plane drop bundles on a forgotten island airstrip. Then county deputies roll in under blackout to collect them. He tells one person. By sunrise, the Sheriff's Office knows. Days later, a county cash receipt turns up with his signature forged on the line, and Luke has to prove what he saw before someone else finishes writing his story. Available now · Paperback available on Amazon
• Surge — Before Hurricane Imogen hits Merritt County, a grants officer warns Luke Garrison about a suspicious recovery contract. Then she vanishes after a desperate call from a flooded causeway. As federal money starts flowing, Luke follows the paperwork—and the people using the storm to hide the truth. Paperback available now · Ebook available October 29, 2026
• Signed — The storm leaves a thirty-year-old secret lying in the marsh. The report that closed the case carries a signature Luke never expected to see. Coming November 28, 2026
• Privilege — Nora Garrison takes on a case powerful people want buried. The retaliation comes from inside the courthouse. Coming December 19, 2026
• Across Bogue Sound — Book One of The Bogue Banks Chronicles, an apocalyptic series by Mike Anthony. In Across Bogue Sound, an overdue fishing boat draws mechanic and former Coast Guardsman Evan Mercer into the first signs of a spreading illness on North Carolina's Crystal Coast. Book 1 · Available now · Paperback available on Amazon
• The Mirador Season — The hurricane is over, but Bogue Banks has only a month of water left. As the Miradors regroup and the Coastal Recovery Authority makes its offers, a weak call from Harkers Island reaches Evan Mercer's community. Coming October 28, 2026
• The Severed Coast — Food and medicine are running out on Bogue Banks. Evan Mercer and his daughter, Abigail, must leave the island to discover which coastal communities can be trusted—and what each alliance will cost. Coming soon
• The Returning Shore — The wells are turning salt, and the island cannot sustain its survivors forever. In the series' final book, Evan Mercer leads a return to a mainland whose people have not forgotten who closed the bridges. Coming soon

Speaking

Leadership keynotes and workshops on contract risk, leadership under pressure, and first-responder resilience.