Pursued by Winslow Eliot

PURSUED

(Telemachus Press 2011)

“A storm – a disaster – the theft of a priceless chalice.

Investigative reporter Leigh Gardner loved and admired scientist Kale Trenton from the time she first heard of him, way back when she was a teenager. When his ancient chalice is stolen, a chalice vital to a mysterious scientific project he is involved in, Leigh vows she’ll go to the ends of the earth to bring it back – not just for him, but because she wants to know more about its extraordinary power. The more she finds out, the more she realizes she is running a terrifying race against time. She chases every lead, every possibility, traveling from the moon-bathed Hawaiian beaches to a Renaissance villa in the heart of Milan, to the glamorous skyscrapers of Sydney, to a strange glass mansion built on the edge of the Malibu cliffs in southern California.
Afraid for her, Kale begs her to forget it – to let it go. Her sister tells her to leave it alone. Her boss says drop it. But Leigh won’t. Can’t. Even the fact that her life is in danger won’t stop her.

She grows increasingly convinced that Kale’s rival, Peregrine, has taken it. He won’t admit it. And she has to decide just how far she’ll go to bring it back.

A PERFECT GEM

(Telemachus Press 2011)

“Bad things happen to other people. Not to us.”

This is Crista’s husband’s mantra – something he says often, right up to the day his car goes off the cliff, killing him. Crista doesn’t think her life can get any worse.

But it can. She finds out he was married to someone else. Leaving her not only heartbroken, but destitute.

She’s fired from her job and evicted from her apartment. She and her two children make the hard move to Tahton, a small New England town she fled twenty-five years earlier, vowing never, ever to return.

There she encounters the man she thought she would never see again: her childhood love, Gareth. Old feelings begin to resurface. But just as Crista believes she is finally recovering from the shock of her dead husband’s betrayal, his ‘real’ wife contacts her… looking for something very valuable…. that Crista doesn’t even know she has.

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BRIGHT FACE OF DANGER
(Telemachus Press 2010)

One man wants to love her.

One man wants to silence her.

How long can she hide the shattering secret that puts her life in danger?

In the peaceful New England countryside, a shot rings out… and a pretty farm girl disappears with a scandalous secret that could destroy a political empire. A year later, she resurfaces as Lark Chandler, with a stunning new face and a glamorous identity. With one goal in mind – revenge – she moves from the decadent playgrounds of the European jet set to the thrilling, high-pressure world of Hollywood, where she dazzles the film industry and ignites the passions of handsome movie executive Dom Whitfield.

But as Dom romances Lark, the talented beauty who seems to have come out of nowhere, he is tormented by the feeling that he’s known her from before. Her careful reserve about her past haunts him. He will do anything for her – but what he does not know about his exciting new love is that she’s running away from one fateful night – and that someone is watching her … desperate enough to strike her dead.

“Don’t start this one late at night or you won’t get any sleep. Deftly plotted and highly recommended.” – Rendezvous

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First published by St. Martin’s Press in 1993; new edition published by Telemachus Press 2010.

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HEAVEN FALLS
(Telemachus Press 2010)

The tallest falls east of Niagara, hidden in the wilderness of soaring mountains, impossible to get to except by foot, Heaven Falls plunges down a massive rock face, strikes a thick stone ledge and sprays out in powerful rainbow arcs into the seemingly bottomless lake far below.

The health resort named after it is the most elite in the world. Billionaires, politicians, and celebrities flock to recuperate and pamper themselves at the beautiful facilities.

But they also flock for another reason.

“You CAN buy love,” states the glossy Heaven Falls brochure. “Don’t let anyone say that you can’t.”

Heaven Falls offers something no other resort does: the thrill of a romantic interlude. Romance with a complete stranger – romance that feeds the hungry heart and nurtures the soul. The ecstasy of falling in love comes with no strings attached, no headache, no misunderstandings… Just a hefty price tag.

Sounds pretty good?

Single mother, unemployed Tess thinks so. Especially when the owners of the resort invite her and her ten-year-old daughter to move there. Not only that, but, once there, she is guaranteed a job, a home, and a lifetime of financial security.

And before long, she herself is falling in love.

But the heaven Tess thought she had found begins to crumble around her. And she has no one to turn to for help except for the man who betrayed her.

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