Today we have a great great author in the spotlight with her brand new release .....
An Imposter in Town
by Denise Moncrief
(Moonlight Mysteries Series)
Peyton Chandler hides some dark secrets behind her false identity. She's been using her dead sister's identity for years, hiding from multiple threats from her past.
When Sheriff Brian Parker receives a note claiming there's an imposter in town, he doesn't know where to start his investigation.
What will he do when he discovers the woman he longs for isn't who she claims to be?
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Excerpt:
She glanced at the envelope in
her hand postmarked New Orleans. Johanna’s letters arrived twice a year without
fail. The return addresses were always a post office box—the zip codes from all
over the country. She ripped the envelope open with a shaky hand. A picture of
Jake nestled between the folds of a short note. I need four thousand dollars. J. She would have cut the woman off
years ago if it weren’t for the boy.
Her eyes riveted on Jake’s
likeness. He had slate gray eyes, sandy brown hair, and attractive Powell
features like his biological father. Trim and tall. Handsome already. Nothing
about Jake resembled her husband, but then Jake wasn’t her husband’s child. She
was already pregnant when Mason Osborne married her.
Thoughts of Mason sent shivers
down her spine. She wondered if he was still looking for them. His anger with
her when he discovered her pregnancy by another man was only the beginning of
his animosity toward her. Mason’s abuse only grew harder when he discovered
Jake’s biological father was his nephew.
She left Mason before Jake was
born, but he’d found her and dragged her back to the ranch with him. He had
promised her he’d kill her if she left him again. Worse yet, he’d take her
child away from her. She couldn’t let that happen, so she took the chance, got
some help from Johanna, and ran anyway.
She counted the years. Jake would be eleven years old
now. It’s been so long since I’ve seen him. He was so young when we left
Albuquerque. She trudged down the hallway to her bedroom and laid the
picture on her nightstand. The photo would go in the album with the others—an
album she didn’t dare show anyone.
Guilt pressed down on her psyche.
She needed a shower. Running the water as hot as she could stand, she scoured
her skin until it was raw and allowed the cleansing liquid to sluice over her
body and wash her remorse down the drain. But no matter how hard she scrubbed,
there was still plenty of regret to stain her conscience.
She stumbled out of the stall and
tripped on the surround. The heat dizzied her. She wrapped her robe around her
and leaned against the bathroom counter, unwilling to face her reflection in
the mirror.
The phone rang in the other room.
She raced to catch it before the last ring, but picked up a second too late.
Out of breath, she dropped onto the edge of the bed and clutched the comforter.
Her skin throbbed from the abuse in the shower. She grabbed a bottle from the
nightstand and smoothed on lotion to soothe the abuse. With a weary sigh, she
gazed out the window. The nearby mountains rose in the distance, but the
scene’s usual therapy provided no comfort. Jake's picture beckoned her to take
another look.
Thoughts of her baby snatched at
her heart. She wiped a stray tear from the surface of the photo. Everything she
did, she did for him—to hide him and protect him from the evil men that would
destroy her by destroying him.
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About our Author:
Denise wrote her first story when she was in high school -- seventeen hand-written pages on school-ruled paper and an obvious rip-off of the last romance novel she read. She earned a degree in accounting, giving her some nice skills to earn a little money, but her passion has always been writing.
She has written numerous short stories and more than a few full-length novels. Her favorite pasttimes when she's not writing are spending time with her family, traveling, reading, and scrapbooking. She lives in Louisiana with her husband, two children, and one very chubby dog.
Thanks for spotlighting my new release today, Krista!
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