Summer Snippets: Double Crossing

Welcome to another installment of Summer Snippets! As promised, here's another peek at one of our novels...

Six Sentences:


“Lily, you have no idea of the dangers," Aunt Sylvia said, "and neither you or Mr. Mason have considered the impropriety—”


A blood-curdling yell, similar to what I’d read about an Indian war cry, stopped her cold. The moment I glanced up, the window exploded. 


Shards of glass rained on us and a man rolled over the table. Scattering plates, flatware, cups and teapot, before he crashed onto the floor—unconscious, and half-draped in the tablecloth among the broken china and glass. 


Mere inches from my feet.




Blurb:



A murder arranged as a suicide … a missing deed  … and a bereft daughter whose sheltered world is shattered.


August, 1869: Lily Granville is stunned by her father’s murder. Only one other person knows about a valuable California gold mine deed — both are now missing. Lily heads west on the newly opened transcontinental railroad, determined to track the killer. She soon realizes she is no longer the hunter but the prey.
 As things progress from bad to worse, Lily is uncertain who to trust—the China-bound missionary who wants to marry her, or the wandering Texan who offers to protect her … for a price. Will Lily survive the journey and unexpected betrayal?


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