STEVEN LABREE

Steven first published short stories about life adventures through a national magazine. A Miami native with an insatiable curiosity, he worked with newspaper, law enforcement, healthcare, and technology before deciding to leave corporate life and pursue writing full time. Through those experiences, he creates stories of love, mystery, human frailty, and the reality of truth. He builds an imaginary journey reflecting human nature and the perfectly imperfect using fallible, quirky, and honest characters. He loves to keep you on the edge of your seat with twists and turns served with love and compassion. Life keeps him near the Atlantic ocean in Northeast Florida.

Besides his many short stories, Steven published two novels through an engaging storytelling voice brimming with both life experience and pathos.

Cold Water Creek - The one thing about killers? They look like you and me.

Police located a van with the remains of a young female. Detective Caine thinks it’s a simple case, but nothing is that simple with murdering someone you love. His investigation will test everything he’s ever believed in as he uncovers his own truth. Sometimes the dead come back and tell you everything.

A Heart Lies Within Us - Nothing lies more than your heart. Nothing destroys you faster than love.

Lucas Colby embarks on an epic journey across America during the late 1900s, leading him to New York City, where he stumbles upon a speakeasy in Manhattan during the time of prohibition, gambling, and prostitution. He falls in love with a woman who is beyond his reach, ultimately destroying their relationship with his recklessness. She sees the authentic man within him but leaves him, and watches him from afar, influencing him through his friends. Alcoholism nearly ends his life, but he turns his life around and becomes a journalist. Through his career, he discovers how the lies of his heart have shaped him. Meanwhile, the woman waits for her one true love. This epic love story explores human frailty, life, and forgiveness because you can find true love even when the heart lies within us.

Steven is currently working on his 3rd novel - Saving Hemingway

Award-winning author Susan Slater says “Superb storytelling with characters I got to know and care about! Looking forward to your next novel!”