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Blurb:
Maggie
Willings knew that returning home for her estranged grandfather’s funeral would
not be easy, but she never expected the reading of his will to be the most
difficult part. The four people named in the will—Maggie, her brother Robert,
her ex-boyfriend Andrew, and her grandfather’s far-too-young girlfriend
Bethany—are given a challenge: find out the truth about what happened to
Maggie’s younger sister Cassandra, who vanished over eight years ago, and win
the entirety of the estate.
Maggie
is thrown by the strange request, reluctant to drag up painful memories of her
sister’s disappearance, and bothered by her lingering attraction to Andrew, who
wants to team up to solve the mystery. But there are ten million dollars on the
line and Maggie has no idea where to start—or who she’ll be able to trust.
“Wait, we need to
talk,” Andrew said. “About all of this.”
Her heart thudded.
She looked up.
Andrew paused.
“You’ve changed,” he murmured out of nowhere, unashamedly staring at her, gaze
practically raking her hair, her eyes, her figure. His blue eyes were striking,
thorough. “You seem different now.”
Her skin grew hot and
tingly. She felt on display for him, studied in a way she hadn’t been looked at
in a long, long time. “I grew up.” She raised one eyebrow. “You’ve changed
too.”
Amazing. She was
sitting here, having a real conversation with the guy who’d broken her heart
all those years ago. But now they were competitors in a twisted game none of
them really wanted to play.
Cassandra. The center
of her family’s world, even years after her disappearance. Maggie couldn’t
escape it.
“I had to change,”
Andrew said with a dismissive shrug, interrupting her thoughts. “I was a kid,
and I was incredibly stupid. As you remember all too well, I’m sure,” he added
with a wry smile.
She thinned her lips,
her pulse thrumming in her ears. Not going down that road right now. She needed
to focus.
“What did you want to
talk about?” she asked him to get them back on track.
The
flicker of emotion in his face fell away, and he became businesslike. “I have a
proposal for you regarding the investigation,” he said crisply. “We pair up and
help each other.”
Author information:
Olivia
Mayfield has been an unabashed fan of romance since she was a young teen,
secretly devouring her mom’s Harlequins. She has a bachelor’s degree in
Creative Writing, as well as a Master’s degree in English, and lives with her
family in Ohio. In her free time, she loves reading, shopping, wearing absurdly
high-heeled boots, cheesecake, singing karaoke, and harassing her friends.
6 comments:
Thank you for having me on your blog!!
So I'm curious...how relevant is your bachelor's degree for writing your book? I just wonder because everyone makes all this fuss about being educated, but some of the best writers are never formally trained!
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This is a good excerpt. Please enter me in the contest.
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Intriguing premise
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Lovin' the sound of this book!
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I wonder how long a wait it would be between all the parts?
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