The cover of Fatal Trust has an aura of mystery.
Are they walking? Talking? Conspiring?
I love it.
Shadow-filled rooms of his mansion in the wooded hills near Lake Superior – I was born and raised in Michigan and have swam in the ice cold waters of Lake Superior on more than one occasion.
BLURB
Stepping her perfect Jimmy Choos into place beside Ben Gallagher’s wounded Nikes, straitlaced Philadelphia lawyer Catherine Barrington is surprisingly unable to resist the disarming small-town mechanic’s charm. He’s one of the heirs to the vast fortune left by his eccentric grandfather Max, a bestselling horror writer, and she’s there to carry out Max’s last wishes. Routine enough…except that inheriting comes with a catch: none of Max’s heirs will get a penny until they’ve lived together for two weeks in the shadow-filled rooms of his mansion in the wooded hills near Lake Superior.
From beyond the grave, a letter from Max insists that his death was no accident, sending Catherine undercover—and way out of her comfort zone—to catch the killer. Posing as Lexie, Ben’s cocktail waitress girlfriend, Catherine soon finds herself trapped with the feuding clan at the sinister Nevermore manor. To save her own life, she’ll have to confront the murderer, as well as her growing attraction to Ben—a top suspect.
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EXCERPT
Catherine woke abruptly, opening her eyes in the total blackness, her heart hammering. It must have been a nightmare, one she couldn’t remember even though it must have scared her to death. She glanced at the clock: 11:47. She closed her eyes again.
“I’m counting on you to find out who killed me.”
Her blood turned to ice. “Who is it?” she asked, unnecessarily, since she knew that distinctive voice.
“You know who I am, Catherine. Just remember the money is the key. Because I really was murdered.”
She was finally alert enough to think to switch on the bedside lamp. For an instant she swore she saw Max Windsor standing across the room by the dresser, studying her.
But it couldn’t be. She blinked twice.
When she focused on the spot by the dresser again, it was empty.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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, including for Fatal Trust, and won a Golden Heart for her debut novel Dangerous Affairs. She lives in the Twin Cities with her family.
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Fatal Trust sounds really good. Murder and a ghost, I love it. Right up my alley. Wishing you many downloads. ^_^
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Nice excerpt
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It says Sherry likes this cover! LOL I see trees:)
Seriously, it says trust no one. Eerie building too. Is it a church?
My first guess was the mansion, but it looks like they are walking on the street, so maybe it is a church. It has that look to it. ^_^
Right up my alley! Sharing! :0)
Thanks Donna.
I got the chills with that excerpt. Thanks for sharing.
Short and to the point. I guess we know the ghost won’t rest until his killer is found and Catherine is going to be the one to do it.
Thanks for the excerpt and the chance to win!
Sounds like a great read!!
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Hi Natasha. Thanks and good luck.
Great premise. Don’t know if I could stay in a creepy mansion for two weeks, no matter how much money I would inherit at the end! Sounds like a really good read! Love the cover too! It says the atmosphere in this book is filled with mystery and intrigue.
Thanks so much for taking the time to read my synopsis and excerpt–and to leave such a nice comment! I appreciate it.
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