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AN AMERICAN HERO had been forced to work for the CIA until renegade agents tried to kill him. In SWITCHBACK, the DEADLY DRIVER sequel, while celebrating the Christmas holidays in Park City, his home and his treasured trophy room are burned to the ground, and from there, day after day, everything that was important to him is taken by fire, force, or a bullet. He must rely on old and new friends to get back on track, but can he trust them with his life and survive?

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The Lost Bird

A retired Marine returns home to Texas from his job in the Arabian Gulf to say goodbye to his ailing father. There, he learns that his younger brother was somehow involved in stealing a restored World War II bomber during an airshow. Chris Boone is then forced to form an awkward partnership with the aging pilot who surrendered the plane to keep his brother out of jail, help restore the pilot’s reputation, and find the national treasure. But someone’s kept a secret for decades …

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Deadly Driver – Spy Driver

Who could imagine a near-fatal crash in the woods of Vermont would propel Bryce Winters into a successful career in NASCAR and IndyCar racing? When a chance encounter with a billionaire with dreams of an F1 championship takes Winters to the highest of international racing highs—at any cost—he is thrust into a clandestine world as a spy for the CIA. Winters must pursue a championship and an elusive love interest while plotting to free himself from his handler’s dangerous and often deadly assignments. Sending a lethal message to the Russian mob, luring a terrorist to a children’s party, or coming face to face with the gun of a Chinese spy – all while dealing with a pending loss that will shake him to the core. The question isn’t “Will he succeed?” but “Will he survive?” Please note that the titles SPY DRIVER and DEADLY DRIVER have been interchanged and content edited for theatrical and promotional purposes.

Fuelin’ Around

Following the release of Kelly’s riveting military thriller FOUND IN TIME he continued to do what James Patterson told him; give the reader what they want. So many people had expressed to Kelly that his career in motorsports sounded fun and fascinating and that it was an adventure that needed to be told. FUELIN’ AROUND is the story of someone who followed their dreams. Have you ever imagined working in the exciting world of motorsports? You know, the one filled with global travel, deal making, and victory lanes? Sure that was part of the adventure but there was so much more.

I started out as a young motorsports writer/photographer and traveled coast to coast covering races and drivers, moved on to a PR job with a very prominent NASCAR team, and then landed a key role with VP Racing Fuels where some very dedicated, hard working people helped build a small start up into the international competitor that it is today. Whether it was working with engine builders for dyno tests, drinking a fuel sample, picking hot models for photo shoots, getting pulled over by the military overseas, strategic thinking, or playing with fire, there was rarely a dull moment.

FUELIN’ AROUND relates an American success story and takes a behind the scenes look at a classic David versus Goliaths battle, of a life on the racing road, and the personal and professional victories and numbing defeats that came with getting what I had wished for. The reviewers have all said they couldn’t put it down. Go along on the adventure and enjoy the ride.

The Export

The tranquility of the moonlit beach in Thailand was a far cry from the Base Camp he’d visited months before. After all, people die on Everest all the time, that’s to be expected. But when a trekker is found in his tent with a climbing ax stuck in his forehead that got people’s attention. Coincidentally, a very talented investigator from the U.S. was there on a personal journey and was able to make some sense of the mystery – as much as time would allow.  The unique challenges he confronts from there and how he winds up standing over a beach body in Ko Samui is quite a tale in this prequel to The Export’s Revenge.

Set up for a crime he didn’t commit he was given a choice: serve jail time or practice your trade elsewhere. It didn’t take his incredible intuition to make the smart move and on that day, Matt Christopher became THE EXPORT.

The action never stops. From helping a friend at MI5 stop a serial killer with ties to one of the most powerful figures in England, babysitting a fraud in Quebec, trying to rescue a father and son from their sordid game in Moscow, and escaping to the serenity of Zermatt only to be swept back in as a murderer reveals herself in the shadows of the Eagles Nest. When the woman who helped raise him, not just any woman but America’s DNI, is found dead at her home in the states Matt’s stunned when he finds what she’s left behind. With his Achilles exposed – the one thing that washed him out of Navy SEALS training, his love for Bella may never be the same. A passport, for which Matt has many, isn’t required for this thrill ride.

The Export’s Revenge

Forced to work outside of his homeland, Matt Christopher is hired to provide security on a luxury yacht off the coast of Thailand but soon learns for the last time that his closest friend can’t be trusted. Done with the boat and the bastard, The Export receives a call from his handler in America – his sister has been attacked in Rome and left for dead. The hunt for who did this takes an unsuspected turn when he sees a woman with ice in her veins, someone he’d given a second chance, staring back at him near the doors to the Vatican Museum. He elicits the help of Francesca, a trained operative with Italy’s Special Forces who has an agenda of her own that may derail them and cost lives. From an encounter on the Stairs of Death in Peru to an invitation to the White House, Matt’s journey continues until a long-lost brother emerges from England. It is then and there that Matt and Francesca must confront the ultimate betrayal when blood turns against blood.

The Lost Pulse

The world is in crisis. Camp David lies in ruins. Fortifications resembling the Berlin Wall surround The White House. An assault on Guantanamo Bay releases dangerous enemies and leaves slaughtered guards lying in their blood. In the Vatican, the Pope is at risk, while in Moscow a powerful man seeks revenge.

In the never-ending war of good versus evil, passionate men and women will take on the challenge of rescuing civilization. But one will wage an even more personal crusade that may be doomed from the start.

In the critically acclaimed Found in Time, a select group of Marines was tasked with testing a top-secret time travel technology in the hope of turning the battle against terrorism in their favor. Following great reviews and in response to readers’ requests for more, author JK Kelly continues the extraordinary journey and riveting action in The Lost Pulse.

Found in Time

The Midwest Book Review wrote, “A deftly crafted and impressively original military science fiction action/adventure novel by an author with a genuine flair for engaging and holding his reader’s total attention from beginning to end, ‘FOUND IN TIME’ by J. K. Kelly is especially and unreservedly recommended…”

Extraordinary warriors fight to protect their country and deliver justice every day. When an aging scientist presents a remarkable new technology to the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon many scoff but one man points to the technology behind men walking on the moon, heart transplants, iphones and the internet and suggests they consider, “What If?” With that, the top-secret technology to send six warriors back in time to test themselves and this new weapon is approved but with a simple doctrine; don’t get caught, don’t change a thing, leave nothing behind, and bring nothing back.

Major J.J. Jackson, a highly decorated Marine whose focus in life is to seek & destroy terrorists, is tasked by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to test the revolutionary technology that promises the U.S. a military and political edge over foreign and domestic threats. Incredible excursions to famous places and times test the team to the point where some will not return. When JJ goes rogue and asks a higher power to save the woman he loves everyone’s lives will be changed forever.

General Dick Stewart, Chairman of JCS, oversees the program they are hiding from a contentious White House and the CIA. As a supporter of JJ’s career since the death of the younger man’s parents, Stewart must watch his own back as he tries to look after the Major and his eclectic group of patriots. Someone can’t be trusted though and that will come with fatal consequences.

When the new American President comes under siege, first in a motorcade and then at what was thought to be an impenetrable Camp David, those who were FOUND IN TIME must ratchet up their aggression to defeat the most dangerous enemies the country has ever seen.  The sequel, THE LOST PULSE, is now available for pre-order on Amazon and launches this fall.