{"id":51,"date":"2021-07-21T13:43:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T13:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefingroup.com\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2021-08-25T17:02:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T17:02:07","slug":"simon-says","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.collendixon.com\/?page_id=51","title":{"rendered":"Simon Says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:35% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.collendixon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SS_Cover-3-195x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-272 size-medium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.collendixon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SS_Cover-3-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/www.collendixon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SS_Cover-3.png 321w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>LIFE\u2019S A GAME. ARE YOU READY TO PLAY?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The blood rushed from Alex\u2019s head, and his body went limp. As he passed into an abyss of darkness, the chilling final words of The Deliverer rang in his ears, words that would haunt him for the rest of his life. \u201cThe next time you pull a knife on someone, you better know why. It\u2019s not a toy. It\u2019s not a plaything. You be prepared to either use it for real or have it used on you.You either kill or be killed. Always remember that.\u201d<br>\u2014from&nbsp;<em>Simon Says<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alexander Baxter is a young man from the heart of D.C.\u2019s most notorious ghetto and seems destined for a life of crime. But his intelligence triumphs over his fists when Simon Blake, the city\u2019s illustrious mayor, plucks him out of the clutches of a violent fate and guides him to achieve his every wish. For Alex, it\u2019s a fairy tale come true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But this isn\u2019t a fairy tale\u2014and no good deed ever goes unpunished. In this riveting story of murder, intrigue, romance, suspense, and political high jinx, Alexander Baxter learns to be careful what he wishes for, who he trusts, and where he leaves his heart. And he learns it the hard way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grab the one that started it all&#8230; The first in the &#8220;Quadrilogy,&#8221; order <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Simon-Says-Intrigue-Betrayal-Strivers\/dp\/0812968816\/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&amp;keywords=simon+says+collen+dixon&amp;qid=1626886846&amp;sr=8-2#customerReviews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"SimonSays-Amazon\">Simon Says<\/a> from Amazon today!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>LIFE\u2019S A GAME. ARE YOU READY TO PLAY?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LIFE\u2019S A GAME. ARE YOU READY TO PLAY? The blood rushed from Alex\u2019s head, and his body went limp. As he passed into an abyss of darkness, the chilling final words of The Deliverer rang in his ears, words that would haunt him for the rest of his life. \u201cThe next time you pull a knife on someone, you better [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":49,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.collendixon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.collendixon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.collendixon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.collendixon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.collendixon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.collendixon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":309,"href":"https:\/\/www.collendixon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions\/309"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.collendixon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.collendixon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}