GENRE: Contemporary Erotic
Romantic Suspense
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BLURB:
Forty years ago the
Australian rural town of Burrawang Bend was the scene of a brutal murder, and
the townspeople are still calling for justice. Marlee Moore, the suspect’s and
victim’s granddaughter, is fighting to clear her grandfather’s name. And no one
is going to stand in her way. But when things take a dangerous and deadly turn,
Marlee must turn to the one man she was determined to run out of town.
Devon Reilly,
investigative journalist for his hit TV show, Justice Served, is in Burrawang
Bend to solve the forty-year-old cold case murder. But, he didn't bargain on
Marlee keeping him from investigating the case and he soon questions where her
loyalties lie. With the living? Or with the dead? But when Marlee and her son’s
life are put in danger, Devon knows he is the only man who can keep them alive.
But what happens when he soon realizes he is the bigger threat to the woman and
kid he loves?
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Excerpt
He took his time drinking from his bottle of water. He
rubbed the back of his hand across his lips and exhaled. “Well, if her death
was deemed an accident, then he stood to gain financially. A hundred thousand
dollars in the early seventies was a considerable amount of money. And that is
called motive.”
“It’s still considered a considerable amount of money. At
least by me it is.” When she couldn’t loosen the lid of her water, he reached
for it. Her gaze lingered on his. “When you were doing your piece to camera, I
heard you say Pops had told people Marion had terminal cancer. Surely this
would lead people to infer she might have committed suicide. If that was the
case, then the insurance wouldn’t have paid out. There goes your motive,
Reilly.”
“If Marion had cancer, then surely Pops is innocent.”
“It would certainly have the investigation looking in
another direction. But, Marlee, there are no doctors or nurses or other health
care professionals to support Saul’s claim Marion had terminal cancer. None of
Marion’s friends confirmed she had cancer either. Surely, that would have been
something she would have confided to her family and friends. It doesn’t make
sense she would want to keep that toherself. Especially since she had a kid.
She’d want to make preparations for her daughter.” He looked pointedly at her.
“Your mother. And then there is the issue of the selective autopsy. If a
complete autopsy had been performed, then we would have definitive proof of
whether or not she had cancer.”
“Why wouldn’t the coroner examine all of Marion’s organs?”
“That’s the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question. Within a
day of the autopsy report being provided, Marion was cremated. An inquest was
held, but the coroner could not make a decision as to whether or not Marion was
murdered, if she committed suicide or if her death was an accident. Saul and
other witnesses refused to give evidence. Hence, the open findings ruling. I’d
like to question the coroner but I believe he died a couple of years after
Marion.”
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Louise grew up
in rural Victoria, Australia, before moving to England, where for sixteen years
she soaked up the vibrancy of London and the medieval history of England. She
has since returned to Australia and now lives in Melbourne.
In 2013, Louise
won first prize in the historical romance category of the Crested Butte Sandy Writing Contest for her story, The Promise, which has since been retitled and
is now known as, Of Love & Vengeance. Her second novel, Of Love &
Betrayal is available now.
When not
writing, Louise can be found covered in mud, crawling under barbed wire and
hoisting herself over twelve foot walls! She is also a self confessed nail
polish addict and you can check out her nail art designs on her Instagram
account.
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9 comments:
Thanks for hosting!
Congrats on the tour and thanks for the chance to win :)
Great post, sounds like a wonderful book!
Sounds great
Thank you so much for having me as your guest. Sorry I couldn't get here sooner - we've been having severe storms and I've been caught in the middle. But it's better late than never!
Thanks for stopping by! Good luck.
Thanks. Much appreciated.
Congrats on the new book and good luck on the book tour!
Thanks for stopping by!
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