The publisher
of my new romantic mystery
THE INHERITANCE
is offering two print copies of the novel on a Goodreads giveaway. The offer is
good from now
through January
31st. Here is the website info:
Here’s info about the novel so you can decide if it interests you:
This novel is
a stand alone mystery that combines elements of the cozy with romance and
suspense thriller. It’s available as an
e-book for all formats as well as in a print edition:
Also available
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Brief Synopsis:
Jennifer Stoddard, a thirty-five-year-old
widow with an eight-year-old son, receives a surprising letter which will
change her life. Jennifer’s grandmother has passed away and named Jen as sole
heir to her estate. To claim her inheritance she must return to Bloomingvale,
the town in the Midwest where she grew up. Jen is
informed by her grandmother’s attorney that to inherit she must meet the
condition of living in her grandmother’s house for two years. Since the estate
is substantial, she agrees. However, there are those who will stop at nothing
to make certain that Jennifer does not inherit. Jennifer is forced to
call on old flame Police Chief Grant Coleman for help and protection.
Excerpt:
Late that afternoon as Jen left the house
and started to drive away, a strange sound whizzed across the open front car
windows from the driver’s side through the passenger side. She was startled by
the sound. Her heart began to pound. Jen glanced over at the thicket of
overgrown shrubs and trees to the side of the grounds that led back into
woodlands. Had the sound been a bullet? If so, it had nearly hit her. Her hands
shook on the driver’s wheel as she took off at high speed.
One block away she heard the police siren
and saw the flashing lights. She groaned. Not again! He signaled with his hand,
pointing his index finger for her to pull over. It was all she could do not to
burst into tears.
Grant Coleman
approached the car like a gunfighter in a spaghetti western. “I thought you
learned something the first time,” he said. “Guess I was wrong. License and
registration.” He held out his hand with a bored, impatient gesture.
“I have a very
good reason for speeding.”
The smile was
more of a smirk. The man was infuriating! “I’ve heard them all, but you can
try.”
“As I left my
grandmother’s house, a bullet passed through my car. I had the windows rolled
down. So they weren’t broken, but it just missed hitting me.”
He stared at her.
“Maybe it was a kid with a Beebe gun. Are you certain it was a bullet breezing
by you? How familiar are you with weapons?”
“Not familiar at
all, but I know what I heard.” Jen swallowed hard. “I think someone might have
intended to shoot me.”
He let out a loud
laugh. “In Bloomingvale? I doubt that very much.”
“So you’re not
taking this seriously?” She folded her arms over her chest.
“Admit it. You’re
just looking for an excuse to keep me from writing you another ticket.” His
intense gray eyes bore into her like the steel blade of a dagger.
Jen raised her
chin and stiffened her spine. “You are so wrong. Why don’t you check the area
near the house, just to see if you can find anything.”
“Waste of time.”
He leaned toward her and she felt his breath on her cheek which caused her to
shiver. “Tell you what I will do though. I won’t write you a ticket this time
because that’s the most creative excuse I’ve ever heard.”
“So glad I
managed to amuse you,” she said.
Jen watched him
drive off. He was probably still laughing, the sexy jerk. Several people had
come out of their houses and were staring at her. Jen managed to restart her
car and drove off before others gathered. She certainly didn’t want to make a
spectacle of herself. Letting out a shaky breath, Jen wasn’t certain now if
she’d really heard what she thought she had. A professional law enforcement
officer didn’t think anything of it. She supposed it might have been nothing at
all. Maybe it was a child with a Beebe gun as he suggested. But try as hard as
she might, Jen couldn’t convince herself.
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