The Secret of StormClyffe

By Ericka Scott

The answers in this mystery might just be worth living for. . .

After the devastating death of her child at the hands of her estranged husband, Raine Dawson decides to end her suffering. In the Northern California town of Storm, she solicits the aid of a physician who performs euthanasia. He agrees to help her on two conditions: She must wait twenty-four hours, and she has to spend the night in StormClyffe House. Catch is, she has to pretend to be a journalist investigating the fifty-year-old disappearance of 1960's rock star Jerry Marks, and his family.

Out of options, Raine agrees. During her fake investigation she encounters two gorgeous men. One is a taciturn property manager and the other is the charming grandson of the missing man. Raine finds herself falling, as always, for the man with a troubled past and a painful secret. Good thing she's not long for this world, because that man is not only sex on a stick but trouble to boot.

The closer Raine she gets to the solution of the mystery, the less interested she is in dying. Unfortunately, the person behind the fifty-year-old murders has no intention of letting her live.

20,096 Words

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lyrical Press
• Release date: Aug 5, 2013
• ISBN: 9781616504830

Ericka Scott

Ericka Scott is a multi-published, bestselling author of seductive suspense. She's written stories for as long as she can remember and reads anything under the sun (including the back of cereal boxes in a pinch). She got hooked on romantic suspense in her college days when reading anything but a textbook was a guilty pleasure. Now, when she’s not chauffeuring children around, wishing she had more than 24 hours in a day, or lurking at the library, she’s spinning her own web of fantasy and penning tales of seduction and suspense. She currently lives in Southern California with her husband and three children. You can find out more about her books at www.erickascott.com

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