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Last week I shared an excerpt
from Chapter 1. It continues here:
Downstairs,
a door closed. Jenny clutched the blanket. Imagination be damned. She was not
alone.
For
a long moment, she sat frozen. During her ten years in New York City, she had
never been burglarized or mugged. It seemed impossible that such a thing should
happen now, here, in an off-season art camp five miles outside of Jemez
Springs, New Mexico.
Maybe
it was someone her grandmother knew. But what were they doing there in the
middle of the night? And if they’d come to see Jenny, they should have knocked,
rung the bell. Waited for morning. Anyway, who knew she was there? Even Ms.
Lucena didn’t know when she was supposed to arrive. She hadn’t told anyone her
travel plans; she’d just gone.
She
had to do something. Jenny rose and eased open the bedroom door, praying she
had somehow been mistaken, that everything would make sense if… when…. She
couldn’t imagine a benign explanation.
She
stood with her ear to the crack and heard a low chuckle, and then a male voice.
She couldn’t tell if the laugh and the voice were the same person. Either way,
that suggested two or more people, at least one of them male.
Why
would a man be laughing in her grandmother’s house, in the middle of the night,
two days after her grandmother’s death? No good reason came to mind.
She
fumbled for her phone on the bedside stand. But even before she activated the
screen, she gave a frustrated grunt. She wouldn’t get reception here. The only
place in camp that got cell phone reception was the southeast corner of the
parking lot. The landline was downstairs, in the kitchen.
Something
crashed in a room below. Jenny jumped and dropped her phone. It hit her thigh,
then her foot, and went skittering under the bed with a faint scrape against
the wood floor.
A
man was swearing downstairs. Hopefully that had covered up any sound she’d
made. Jenny clenched her hands to control the trembling. She couldn’t imagine
her grandmother being friendly with anyone who swore like that.
She
had to get out of the house. She wouldn’t wait upstairs for the burglars, if
that’s what they were, to find her. If she could get to her car – damn. Her
keys were in her purse, which was downstairs on the living room couch. So she
couldn’t drive, but she could still go to the Lodge, break in if she had to.
Use the phone in the office, call the police.
Still
shaking, Jenny crouched and felt along the floor for her shoes. She was wearing
flannel pajama bottoms and a tank top; no need to waste time putting on
clothes. She was already cold, but her jacket was downstairs, lying over her
purse on the couch. It didn’t matter. She just had to get out.
Counterfeits
Jenny returns to her grandparents’ art camp in a remote New
Mexico town after her grandmother’s sudden death. That night she wakes to the
noise of intruders. What do the strangers want? As more bizarre events unfold,
Jenny realizes the people she thought she knew are not what they seem – least
of all Rob, an old friend whose past may be coming back to haunt them all.
Counterfeits is romantic suspense in the Southwest that will
interest fans of Terry Odell, Mary Stewart, Lillian Stewart Carl, and Barbara
Michaels.
“Counterfeits is
the kind of romantic suspense novel I have enjoyed since I first read Mary Stewart’s
Moonspinners, and Kris Bock used all
the things I love about this genre. Appealing lead characters,
careful development of the mysterious danger facing one or both of those
characters, a great location that is virtually a character on its own, interesting
secondary characters who might or might not be involved or threatened, and many
surprises building up to the climax.” 5 Stars – Roberta at Sensuous Reviews
blog
“Kris Bock is a mystery mastermind.” – Readers Favorite
Reviews
‘Enjoyed the characters, particularly the strength and
resourcefulness of the three young women.
Available on Amazon.
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Romantic Suspense
Heat level: PG (a couple of sexy scenes)
Violence level: PG (fights, no torture or murder)
212 pages/65,000 words
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