Key to Love
by Judy
Ann Davis
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BLURB:
When
architect Elise Springer’s father is injured, she immediately leaves San
Francisco to care for him. The last person she expects to encounter in her
Pennsylvania hometown is her childhood friend Lucas Fisher. Lucas is
investigating his brother’s death, and Elise can’t resist lending a hand.
Lucas
longs for the close family ties he never had. He’s back in Scranton to set up a
classic car restoration business and build a future. The torch he carries for
Elise burns brighter than ever, but before he can declare his love, he must
obtain the legal rights to adopt his nephew—and prove his brother’s death was
no accident.
As
they unearth clues pointing to find a murderer and a missing stash of money,
Elise faces a dilemma. Is her career on the West Coast the key to her
happiness, or is it an animal-cracker-eating four-year-old and his handsome
uncle instead?
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A sweet story with a twist of suspense.. A child hood friend you don't play easy to get. A little boy that will make you fall in love with him. A killer that needs to be caught...WOW!!! And amazing story that will you will love! A read you don't expect, but a read you don't want to miss!
A sweet story with a twist of suspense.. A child hood friend you don't play easy to get. A little boy that will make you fall in love with him. A killer that needs to be caught...WOW!!! And amazing story that will you will love! A read you don't expect, but a read you don't want to miss!
Excerpt:
Never in her entire harried life did Elise Springer think
she’d ever be sitting at the kitchen table with a four-year-old, sorting animal
crackers into Zip lock bags as if they were gathering essential supplies for a
hike up Montage Mountain. Four boxes of Barnum’s Animal Crackers were spilled
out into a heap before them. Juice boxes stood on the counter, waiting to be
packed with a bag of toys and the crackers.
“Tell me again, Todd, why can’t we take all the animals in
one box of crackers to the cottage?” she asked and watched in fascination as he
patiently and carefully separated the kangaroos, elephants, and polar bears and
put them into individual piles.
“Because only certain ones can come,” he said, “and some of
them don’t get along. The monkeys and sheep don’t like the mean lions and
tigers, you know.”
“But we’re not taking the monkeys, sheep, lions or tigers.”
The little boy looked at her with exasperated gray Fisher
eyes. “But we can’t leave them here all mixed up if they’re not friends,
Eee-lise.”
“Todd, if we don’t
get started soon there won’t be enough daylight to play outside. How about we
leave a note for Lucas and Cindy and tell them to finish sorting these?”
Beside them, Bess whined. Elise looked down at the bored
canine and commiserated with her. She secretly popped a mean tiger into her
mouth and then slipped a couple of lions and tigers into the dog’s awaiting
mouth.
There is nothing more rewarding than destroying your enemies
with a couple of chews and a swallow. If only life could be so easy.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Judy Ann
Davis began her career in writing as a copy and continuity writer for radio and
television in Scranton, PA. Throughout her career, she has written for both
industry and education.
Over a dozen
of her short stories have appeared in anthologies, and literary and small
magazines, and have received numerous awards. Nineteen of them are now
collected in UP ON THE ROOF AND OTHER STORIES.
Her first
novel, RED FOX WOMAN, published in 2010, is a western, mystery, and romance and
was a finalist in the International Book Awards and USA Book News Best Book
Awards. Its stand-alone sequel, UNDER STARRY SKIES, was released earlier this
year.
When Judy Ann
is not behind her computer, you can find her looking for anything humorous to
make her laugh or swinging a golf club where the chuckles are few. She is a
member of Pennwriters, Inc. and Romance Writers of America. She lives in
Central Pennsylvania.
Visit her on
the web at these locations:
Website: www.judyanndavis.com
Twitter:
@JudyAnnDavis4
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