Southwest of Love and Murder
by Brenda
Whiteside
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BLURB:
Mystery
writer, Phoebe Anderson, owes her success to killing her first husband on paper
seventeen years earlier. Now, someone has actually done it. When she decides to
take a few days away on the ranch of her best friend’s brother-in-law, she
doesn’t expect romance to find her...or murder to follow her.
Mason
Meadowlark is happy with his wild cowboy ways, avoiding love since the death of
his baby and the end of his marriage twenty years ago. When Phoebe shows up, he
fights to control his emotions, but soon wonders if she just might be worth the
risk of opening his heart again.
With
an obsessed fan close on her heels, Phoebe is thrown into her own murder
mystery…and the next target on his list is Mason.
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Excerpt:
Phoebe shuddered and stilled.
Like the aftershocks of an earthquake, trembling overtook
her body. Her knees wobbled, but Mason caught her before she collapsed.
“What’s wrong?” He hugged her briefly then brought his face
even with hers. “Phoebe, tell me. Why are you shaking? What’s happened?”
“Oh my God, Mason.” She spread her hands on his chest and
glanced back at the bathroom. “Tell someone to call an ambulance. Hurry!”
He took a step toward the ladies’ room, but she grabbed his
shirtfront. “No!” She peered around him and shouted. “Someone call nine one
one.”
Mason touched his pocket. “My cell’s in the truck.” He
grabbed the shoulder of a male customer, the closest person to them. “You got a
cell on you?”
The man nodded and pulled a phone from his pocket.
“Call nine one one right now. There’s been…” His face
questioned her.
“Someone’s badly hurt in the bathroom. Oh hell, hurry!” She
thumped her palms against his chest.
The man pulled out his cell as he raced into the ladies’
room.
Phoebe wrapped her arms around Mason, tipped her chin
upward, and found the words. “It’s that waitress, Mason. Carla.”
His expression went blank, from concern for her to no
comprehension.
“There’s so much blood.” She stifled a gag, the sweet,
copper penny reek still heavy in her nostrils. “Her throat.” A shudder rippled
the length of her body. “I think she’s dead.”
*Received for honest review*
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Brenda spends
most of her time writing stories of discovery and love entangled with suspense.
The rest of her time is spent tending vegetables on the small family farm she
shares with her husband, son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter. Together,
they’ve embraced an age-old lifestyle that has been mostly lost in the United
States - multiple generations living under one roof, who share the workload,
follow their individual dreams and reap the benefits of combined talents.
Although she
didn’t start out to write romance, she’s found all good stories involve
complicated human relationships. She’s also found no matter a person’s age, a
new discovery is right around every corner. Whether humorous or serious,
straight contemporary or suspense, all her books revolve around those two
facts.
Visit Brenda
at www.brendawhiteside.com.
Or on
FaceBook: www.facebook.com/BrendaWhitesideAuthor
She blogs on
the 9th and 24th of every month at http://rosesofprose.blogspot.com
She blogs
about writing and prairie life at http://brendawhiteside.blogspot.com/
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