Dylan Abernathy’s tyrannical grandmother dies, leaving him her fortune—all amassed by deceitful and unsavory business practices. Even worse, he discovers she’s lied to him his entire life about his father, even conspiring to kill the man to keep Dylan from learning what she’s done. But with her death and Dylan’s new-found knowledge, he sets out on a mission to find his father—and see what kind of man he is.
Dylan, his housekeeper Redella, and his cook Bernice, set out for Friendly Creek where his father was last known to live—but the journey from Baltimore to Wyoming holds many surprises for the three of them. When they reach Friendly Creek, Dylan sets about righting the wrongs his vengeful grandmother caused. Finding his father leads him to discover there is much more to the secrets of his birth than he ever could have guessed.
When Dylan is almost murdered, he is cared for by a beautiful young woman, Tara Ramsey, who is a maid in his household. After his brush with death, he realizes how important Tara has become to him, and begins to wonder if they might have a future together, despite their very different lives. Dylan knows he must get to the bottom of the mystery of the would-be killer’s attempt on his life to have any hope of happiness with Tara.
Dylan and Tara search for answers together, both realizing that they have fallen in love with one another. But can a millionaire be happy with a maid? Despite their very different lives, can love be enough to bring the two lovers together forever?
EXCERPT:
It was a breezy, rainy day, three weeks later, when Redella
came into the kitchen and found long-time cook, Bernice Atwell, sitting at the
worktable drinking coffee. “I got rid of that Gleeson woman and her shy
daughter.”
“I don’t know why they keep coming by. Can’t they understand
that since the mistress is dead, there’s nobody else here to make Mr. Dylan
marry that girl?”
“Obviously not. I guess she thinks things will happened just
as she and Mrs. Abernathy had planned, and he’ll marry Suzette, and they’ll all
become one big family.”
Bernice chuckled. “I see you didn’t say one big happy
family.”
Love a western romance and love a mystery, and this has both. Great excerpt too. This sounds right up my street. Congratulations on your new release, Agnes.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. I loved writing this story and I hope people will enjoy it.
DeleteAgnes, I'm loving this series so much! Can't wait to see what comes next--these are very good stories!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Cheryl. I have really enjoyed writing this series and #5 is nearing completion. Thought you'd get a kick out of this; somebody asked me if I used my grandmother's life as inspiration for Dylan's grandmother and I wanted people to know that I did not. I had two of the sweetest grandmothers a kid could ever want. They weren't rich either
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