Deadly Caress

An opportunity she can't refuse. A killer that won't stop!Reeling from the shock of losing her newly found mother, Amanda Blake is compelled to uncover hidden secrets and bring her mother's killer to justice.Everyone's keeping secrets in a house full of strangers, but some secrets can kill.Amanda claws her way to the truth even when it threatens her own life.When a hail of bullets sends Amanda running for her life, it is clear that the killer will stop at nothing until she is dead.YOU THINK YOU KNOW HOW BAD THINGS CAN BE . . . BUT NOT THIS TIME. .What some readers said..."This book moves at a brisk pace from the very beginning, Amanda meeting her mother Jean for the first time after many years. The backstory surfaces rapidly, Amanda adopted out in Australia when Jean was seventeen and penniless, but now a rich widow in California able to call them back together. It is a busy plot around diverse characters eyeing a huge inheritance while a murder takes place and suspicion is rife, giving investigators a puzzle to unravel. Your prose is clearcut and to the point in both narration and dialogue, making the story easy to follow. Thank you so much for the captivating read." (Beta reader)"Bravo for a plot that grabs the reader! The characters are intriguing and in the early chapters you've stirred up enough suggestion of internal conflict for at least Amanda, and Dorian to make readers want to go deeper into their lives and individual situations." (Beta reader)When you reach the end, you think it's the end. However, the end is just beginning. Book 2 Deeds of Darkness is out now.