When soap opera star Abby Langford leaves Los Angeles for her
Minnesota hometown, she’s hoping to give her nine-year-old daughter the
peaceful childhood she never knew. But instead of tranquility, Abby finds an
old knife hidden between the walls of her new house. Then the nightmares start:
a blood-soaked victim and a killer’s arm slicing through the air, again and
again.
Abby wonders if she’s having the nervous breakdown the tabloids claim
she already had, especially when sexy, skeptical police chief Josh Kincaid
questions her story. When menacing hate mail arrives, Josh’s professional
concern for Abby soon evolves into an intense attraction, and the feeling is
mutual. And now Josh wonders if her psychic visions are of crimes past—or a
premonition of terrors to come.
To survive, Abby and Josh must uncover the truth and stop a killer . .
. before Abby’s worst nightmares come true.
Excerpt :
The doorbell rang, shooting a fresh blast of cold panic
through Abby. She opened her mouth, but swallowed her scream—it had to be the
police. Bad guys didn’t use doorbells. She unlocked and opened the front door
with frozen fingers.
Josh was standing on the front porch, dressed in black jeans
and a burgundy polo shirt, his hand on the doorjamb and his eyes narrowed.
“What’s such a damn emergency?”
“I got another message. From the person who hates me.”
Josh expelled a clearly exasperated breath, running his
fingers through his dark hair. “Look, I know I told you to take the letters
seriously, but since the mail carrier delivered it hours ago, this isn’t
exactly an emergency. Bring it to the station tomorrow. I’d like to get back to
my date.”
“It didn’t come in the mail this time.” Abby’s voice rose an
octave, her words tripping over each other. “It’s on my bathroom mirror,
written in lipstick. Someone got into my house, and they could get in again.”
She sounded half hysterical, but she couldn’t help it. This was in a different
category from her normal hate mail.
Josh stepped into the house, closing the door behind him.
“You were gone tonight?”
She slumped against one wall of the foyer, hugging herself
and struggling to regain her control.
“Maddie and I were at a birthday party for Laura’s youngest
son. At Pizzaville. We got home around nine thirty, and I put Maddie to bed. I
read in the family room for a while, then went back upstairs. And found it.”
“Show me.” Josh grabbed her forearm and directed her up the
stairs.
The message was short and to the point, capital letters
written in red lipstick on the wall-size mirror:
LEAVE OR DIE BITCH. FROM YOUR BIGGEST FAN
When she was
eight, Diana Miller decided she wanted to be Nancy Drew. But no matter how many
garbage cans she dug through, conversations she “accidentally” overheard, and
attics she searched, she never found a single cryptic letter, hidden staircase,
or anything else even remotely mysterious. She worked as a lawyer, a soda jerk,
a stay-at-home mom, a hospital admitting clerk, and a conference host before
deciding that the best way to inject suspense into her otherwise satisfying
life was by writing about it.
Diana is a
five-time nominee for the Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award and
winner of a Golden Heart for Dangerous Affairs—a romantic suspense novel that
shows not everyone in her home state is Minnesota Nice. She lives in the Twin
Cities with her family.
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Lila,
ReplyDeleteFirst, I noticed that you’re in North Carolina. I hope you made it through the super storm without any damage.
Thanks so much for featuring my debut novel DANGEROUS AFFAIRS on your blog. By the way, I love the name and your “realmantica” concept!
I’ll check back later to answer any questions.
Again, thanks for hosting me. I really appreciate it.
Hi Diana! I made out well here, we missed the worst of it where I live. We had a bit of rain and wind, but made out overall well. And you're most welcome, thanks for coming by today. I wish you much success.
DeleteI have already added Dangerous Affairs to my books to read. It sounds very exciting.
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Diana...I don't know where in NC Lila is, but I'm in the SE coastal region of NC. We made it through the storm just fine--just a couple of dreary days, windy and rainy.
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DANGEROUS AFFAIRS sounds great and will am going to have to add it to my TBR list. I love a good suspense filled story.
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