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Key to Love
By Judy Ann Davis
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Release
Date: June 23, 2013
Genre:
Contemporary Romance/Romantic Suspense
Length: 326 Pages
About the book:
When
architect Elise Springer’s father is injured, she immediately leaves San
Francisco to care for him. The last person she expects to encounter in her
Pennsylvania hometown is her childhood friend Lucas Fisher. Lucas is
investigating his brother’s death, and Elise can’t resist lending a hand.
Lucas
longs for the close family ties he never had. He’s back in Scranton to set up a
classic car restoration business and build a future. The torch he carries for
Elise burns brighter than ever, but before he can declare his love, he must
obtain the legal rights to adopt his nephew—and prove his brother’s death was
no accident.
As
they unearth clues pointing to find a murderer and a missing stash of money,
Elise faces a dilemma. Is her career on the West Coast the key to her
happiness, or is it an animal-cracker-eating four-year-old and his handsome
uncle instead?
Excerpt
Lucas
Fisher stood inside Whitman’s Paper and Paint Store, surrounded by the pungent
scents of vinyl wallpaper, turpentine, and paint, and wondered how he had
allowed himself to be tricked into abandoning his work at the garage. However, nothing had prepared him for
Whitman’s
Paint and Paper. It was like stepping onto another planet.
Paint and Paper. It was like stepping onto another planet.
“What
are we looking for again?” He watched her leaf through the pages of a pattern
book with a speed that defied logic. “Blue dogs?”
“Ah,
French blue, something like this.” She paused only long enough to point to a
flower so small the average person would need a magnifying glass. She flipped
the page before he had a chance to commit it to memory.
Lucas
rubbed his bleary eyes with the palms of his hands. Every pattern had begun to
look like the next, melting into a haze of swirling tones. God, he needed an
aspirin and a beer. “You’re absolutely sure this wallpaper exists?” He squinted
at her with a skeptical look, and she nodded, her fingers nimbly turning the
pages of yet another book.
“Uh-huh”
“Oh,
terrific. There are at least five hundred books here, and we’ve been through
what? Two dozen? I imagine you have someone lined up to hang the dang rolls?”
“Uh-huh,
you and Fritz. But only if you’d stop talking and help me find it.”
“Me
and your brother?” His voice came out in a hysterical wail. “Get serious, Liz,
I’ve never wallpapered a room in my life.” Hell, he couldn’t wrap a Christmas
present unless it was packaged in a box with four crisp corners and there were
yards of paper to waste.
“Neither
has Fritz, but he’s watched my mother do it many times. It’s a piece of cake.”
Her hands continued flashing through the pages.
“Piece
of cake? Are you sane? Unless Fritz has flashbacks, we’re doomed.” Lucas
slumped down wearily onto a nearby chair and cupped his face in his hands.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Judy
Ann Davis began her career in writing as a copy and continuity writer for radio
and television in Scranton, PA. Throughout her career, she has written for both
industry and education.
Over
a dozen of her short stories have appeared in anthologies, and literary and
small magazines, and have received numerous awards. Nineteen of them are now
collected in UP ON THE ROOF AND OTHER STORIES.
Her
first novel, RED FOX WOMAN, published in 2010, is a western, mystery, and
romance and was a finalist in the International Book Awards and USA Book News
Best Book Awards. Its stand-alone sequel, UNDER STARRY SKIES, was released
earlier this year.
When
Judy Ann is not behind her computer, you can find her looking for anything
humorous to make her laugh or swinging a golf club where the chuckles are few.
She is a member of Pennwriters, Inc. and Romance Writers of America. She lives
in Central Pennsylvania.
Visit
her on the web at these locations:
Website:
www.judyanndavis.com
Twitter:
@JudyAnnDavis4
An interesting excerpt.
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ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the author's bio and links, thank you :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lisa. Have a great day.
DeleteThank you for hosting KEY TO LOVE. It is a heartwarming mystery and romance with lots of humor, and it is now 99 cents for digital copies.
ReplyDeleteAlways love to see romantic suspense books highlighted. Looks interesting.
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DeleteHappy Monday Judy!
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Andra, Actually, I just arrived on Cape Hatteras for a 7-day vacation. That's the reason I'm so late at logging on to the blog. I hope you are having a good day. Here it's 71 degrees! Thank you for taking the time to comment. :-)
DeleteOh wow! How awesome :) Glad we get to sweep you away for a few minutes each day!
DeleteI liked the cover best about today's post.
ReplyDeleteJudy, what is your favorite scene in the book?
My favorite scene in the book is where the little boy, Todd, who is four-years-old, sorts animal crackers into ZipLock bags and into groups of "animals that like each other" and "animals that don't like each other." Thank you for your kind words about the cover of KEY TO LOVE.
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