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Contemporary / Women's Fiction / Romantic Suspense
Date Published: February
18, 2013
Maggie
travels to Westbury for the stated purpose of listing Rosemont for immediate
sale, but what she really seeks are answers to her all-consuming questions
about her sham of a marriage; her sham of a life. She never anticipated the
seductive charm of Rosemont. Throwing her trademark caution to the wind, and
over the objections of her opinionated grown children, she pulls up stakes and
moves halfway across the country, determined to make a fresh start in Westbury.
Behind closed doors, however, lurks a cadre of evildoers, playing with multiple
wild cards of fraud, embezzlement and arson.
With
a quiet, orderly -- and distinctively solitary -- life in mind, Maggie is
instead thrown headlong into a crusade against political corruption, where
defeat and retreat are not an option. Still bearing the scars of betrayal, will
she find joy, romance and possibility in Westbury?
This
fast-paced, smart novel has enough twists and turns to make the reader want to
buckle in!
Coming
to Rosemont is the first book in the Rosemont series.
“Now,”
Tonya said, “As you know, I have been calling for an independent audit of
Westbury’s books. At first, I simply thought this was a good
practice. I never dreamed that something could be wrong. But the
more I requested and pushed for one, the more the Mayor and the other Council
Members balked and stalled and misdirected the conversation.”
“I
grew up the oldest child in a large family,” she continued. “I’ve heard
plenty of wild excuses and tall tales in my time. My mother always knew
when one of us was lying, and I guess I’ve inherited her nose for
nonsense.” At this, a chuckle rippled through the crowd. “I felt
like I was back in my mother’s kitchen with my brothers when these guys were
making excuses to avoid an audit,” she said. “So I got my back up and
decided that I was going to find out about the town’s finances one way or the
other. And at last week’s Town Council meeting I finally got my
chance. Mayor Wheeler left the bank statement out on the Council table in
plain sight when we went to recess.” Tonya paused for dramatic
effect. “So I spent my recess pouring through it. Long story short,
the general account is about half of what was reported in the treasurer’s
report and the pension fund was short by almost forty percent,” she announced,
as a gasp escaped from the crowd.
Side
conversations started up all over the room. Tonya raised her hands and
gestured for quiet. “At this point, I don’t have a good picture of where
the money has gone. I confronted the Mayor and Council when we resumed
after recess. They scolded me for looking at ‘confidential Town
information’, as they called it, telling me that I didn’t understand what I was
looking at. ‘Well, enlighten me,’ I said. Instead, they quickly
adjourned the meeting. I’ve been calling the Mayor and each of my fellow
Council Members ever since and no one has been available to take my call.
And they’re not coming to their offices, either.”
“They’ve
all gone to ground,” she continued. “And you hunters in the crowd know
what that means. We have to drive them out of their hidey-holes.
And this is where I desperately need your help. Each and every one of
you.”
Barbara Hinske is a
BookBub Bestselling Author in the Women's Fiction category. She is a practicing
attorney in Phoenix, Arizona, who inherited the writing gene from her dad. She
has two grown children with her exceedingly kind and good second husband who
died of cancer in 2006. Lucky in love, Barb married another exceptional man and
father of two in 2010, and they live in their own Rosemont with two adorable
and spoiled dogs.
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