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About the Book
Glenna
Beckett loves her family dearly, but being the youngest of six can be
overwhelming. Moving across country helped her learn who she was
outside the family. She’s built a successful business in the form
of a quaint shop on Main Street of Calistoga, that sells a bit of
everything vintage, the new age term for antique. What more does she
need?
Then
he walked into her shop. International playboy, Lance Gordon. After a
whirlwind courtship he asks her to marry him. Burying a niggle of
doubt in the pit of her tummy, she says yes. He’s even agreed to
have the wedding in Brooklyn so her family can attend. But he never
arrives.
Glenna
refused to believe she’d been abandoned at the altar and asks her
brother, Tyler, to contact an agent friend on the West Coast to
search for Lance.
Patrick
McGinnis can’t believe he’s walking into a prissy shop in the
high end of the Napa Valley searching for a missing groom. The bride,
Glenna Beckett, is everything he feared, drop dead gorgeous, and a
spoiled brat. Not that he’d ever tell her brother that. He hates
wild goose chases, and this mission is exactly that. Patrick’s
certain the playboy fiancé is off wooing some other delectable
creature.
Unfortunately,
once Patrick started to dig, he finds there’s more to the tale and
it will take all his skills as an agent to keep Glenna safe.
Especially when the case takes a turn and threatens the safety of his
son, Finn.
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Excerpt
Patrick
McGinnis thumbed his phone off and dropped the thing on the table
with a thud. What had he just agreed to? He held in a groan, barely.
“What’s
up dad? You look like you just ate a sour grape.”
Finnegan,
his sixteen-year old son, and the joy of his life, walked to the
cupboard and pulled out a bowl. He filled it with cereal and added
milk and then joined Patrick at the table. He dipped his spoon for a
large scoop, and as he brought it to his mouth, Finn gave him the I’m
waiting look.
“I
just received a call from an old friend,” he said in way of
explanation, he really didn’t like talking work with his son.
“It
must not have been a good conversation.”
“It
was good to catch up. He was with me at Quantico.” Best to focus on
the old acquaintance part.
“Dad,
I’m in high school. You can stop sheltering me now. He must have
called for a reason. One you’re not too thrilled about. What’s
up?” He repeated his earlier question.
Damn,
Finn was growing up to fast. And the kid was right. He had a tendency
to shield him from his work. Something he’d always tried to do, but
more since Finn was three and the worst thing that could ever
happened to a child had happened.
“Tyler
is an agent in New York, however, he has a sister in Calistoga.”
His
son let out a hoot of laughter. “Match-making from the east coast.”
“Ha,
ha. No, his sister seems to have lost her fiancé and her assistant.”
“What
they elope and left her behind? Why’d he call you?”
“The
fiancé never arrived at the wedding. And then when his sister went
to open her shop she found the assistant had been shot.”
“Oh.”
Finn ate for a few minutes in silence. “Does the lost fiancé and
the dead assistant have something to do with each other?”
“That’s
one of the things Ty wants me to find out.”
Finn
suspended his spoon half way to his mouth. “What is the other?”
“He
wants me to find the missing fiancé for his sister.” He pulled his
fingers through his hair. “It’s a wild goose chase if you ask me.
If the guy had wanted to get married he’d have been at the
wedding.”
“You’d
think, unless he couldn’t.”
Patrick
contemplated his son. He would make a good detective. He’d already
helped solve a few of his cases, by just listening and making
comments that brought other solutions to mind. Patrick wasn’t sure
he wanted that for his son. He loved being a federal agent. For a
while, after the incident with his son, he’d tried something else.
However, his true passion was law enforcement and he’d been placed
back on duty within the year.
You
couldn’t help where your heart led you. No matter the consequences.
“That
is what I need to find out.” He stood and poured more coffee into
his cup to warm up the cooling liquid. He leaned a hip on the counter
while he sipped. “What’s going on at school today?”
Finn
finished his cereal and stood to wash his bowl out. He appeared to be
thinking as he put his dishes in the dishwasher.
“I
have an algebra test. Just a fair warning, Dad, it’s kicking my
ass.”
“Language
son.” But he smiled, he’d heard a lot worse. “I have a few
minutes do you need my help?”
His
son gave him a skeptical look, which was well warranted. Algebra had
thoroughly kicked his ass in high school, too, to the point he’d
needed Saturday morning classes to pass the damn class.
After
a moment he answered. “No, Mrs. Stewart said she’d meet me before
school.”
“Old
Mrs. Stewart is still there? I had her for Algebra.” He smiled and
resisted the urge to ruffle his son’s hair. Since the boy was
almost as tall as he was, it’d be a little awkward anyway. “You’re
in good hands then. Do you want me to drop you on my way to
Calistoga?”
About
the Author
Mary
lives in Magna, a little town west of Salt Lake City, Utah. Together
with her husband, she has six grown children, and six wonderful
grandsons and five beautiful granddaughters. She loves to spend time
with family and friends--she includes good books as friends!
Mary
and her husband love to travel, especially to the Caribbean for
relaxing, and Italy for the wine. And most recently she discovered
she was Irish and Scottish, of course they had to visit Ireland and
Scotland. Mary fell in love with both, but the green hills of Ireland
felt like home. With the experience from the exotic places she has
visited, she is able to fill her books with colorful descriptions of
cities, painting a colorful backdrop for her characters. One of her
favorite US destinations is New York/Brooklyn, where her beloved
Beckett's live. When she visits, she can wander their neighborhoods,
favorite parks, and visit their favorite pub, Putnum's.
They
are avid concert ‘Ho’s’! Yes, they pretty much want to do them
all. They love outdoor amphitheaters the best and attend as many
during the warmer months as possible.
Mary
writes mostly romantic suspense, romance, women's fiction, and she
has just begun to dabble in young adult mystery. She is a member of
Romance Writers of America (RWA). During her writing career she has
been a conference coordinator, workshop presenter, and chapter
president for the Utah Chapter of RWA. In 2007 she was presented with
the Utah RWA service award in acknowledgment and appreciation for
outstanding service. Mary has also participated in numerous library
panels on writing and co-presented a workshop on writing a series at
the League of Utah Writers conference.
Mary
and her husband are also enthusiastic college football fans. They
have season tickets to the UTES, University of Utah Football and they
tailgate every game. They love tailgating so much, that they were
married at a tailgating in 1999.
GO
UTES!
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5 comments:
Have to look into this series... sounds good!
Thank you for hosting me.
Colleen, thanks for dropping by, if you do check out the series I hope you enjoy.
Mary
Welcome to Beyond Romance, Mary!
Hope your tour is really successful.
Thank you Lisabet! I will have to visit more often!
Mary
I really enjoyed reading the entire post today. This is a new author for me so thank you for the reveal!
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