Abandoned (Book VI) The Beckett Series release week
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February gardens and landscapes are showing the
effects of recent sub-freezing weather. Plant damage may vary depending on
garden location and exposure as well as soil moisture at the time of the
freeze. Perhaps harvesting is slowed now to only some leafy greens or carrots,
but many edibles will recover and still produce. Continue to keep a close eye
on weather predictions and be ready to protect plants in the event of a late
winter freeze.
Glenna Beckett loves her family dearly, but being the youngest of six can be overwhelming. Moving across country helped her learn who she was outside the family. She’s built a successful business in the form of a quaint shop on Main Street of Calistoga, that sells a bit of everything vintage, the new age term for antique. What more does she need?
Then he walked into her shop. International playboy, Lance Gordon. After a whirlwind courtship he asks her to marry him. Burying a niggle of doubt in the pit of her tummy, she says yes. He’s even agreed to have the wedding in Brooklyn so her family can attend. But he never arrives.
Glenna refused to believe she’d been abandoned at the altar and asks her brother, Tyler, to contact an agent friend on the West Coast to search for Lance.
Patrick McGinnis can’t believe he’s walking into a prissy shop in the high end of the Napa Valley searching for a missing groom. The bride, Glenna Beckett, is everything he feared, drop dead gorgeous, and a spoiled brat. Not that he’d ever tell her brother that. He hates wild goose chases, and this mission is exactly that. Patrick’s certain the playboy fiancé is off wooing some other delectable creature.
Unfortunately, once Patrick started to dig, he finds there’s more to the tale and it will take all his skills as an agent to keep Glenna safe. Especially when the case takes a turn and threatens the safety of his son, Finn.
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Disappear (Book I The Beckett Series)
Innocent (Book II The Beckett Series)
Quiet (Book III The Beckett Series)
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Beginning (Book IV The Beckett
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Excerpt
Patrick McGinnis
thumbed his phone off and dropped the thing on the table with a thud. What had
he just agreed to? He held in a groan, barely.
“What’s up dad?
You look like you just ate a sour grape.”
Finnegan, his
sixteen-year old son, and the joy of his life, walked to the cupboard and
pulled out a bowl. He filled it with cereal and added milk and then joined
Patrick at the table. He dipped his spoon for a large scoop, and as he brought
it to his mouth, Finn gave him the I’m
waiting look.
“I just received a
call from an old friend,” he said in way of explanation, he really didn’t like
talking work with his son.
“It must not have
been a good conversation.”
“It was good to
catch up. He was with me at Quantico.” Best to focus on the old acquaintance
part.
“Dad, I’m in high
school. You can stop sheltering me now. He must have called for a reason. One
you’re not too thrilled about. What’s up?” He repeated his earlier question.
Damn, Finn was
growing up to fast. And the kid was right. He had a tendency to shield him from
his work. Something he’d always tried to do, but more since Finn was three and
the worst thing that could ever happened to a child had happened.
“Tyler is an agent
in New York, however, he has a sister in Calistoga.”
His son let out a
hoot of laughter. “Match-making from the east coast.”
“Ha, ha. No, his
sister seems to have lost her fiancé and her assistant.”
“What they elope
and left her behind? Why’d he call you?”
“The fiancé never
arrived at the wedding. And then when his sister went to open her shop she
found the assistant had been shot.”
“Oh.” Finn ate for
a few minutes in silence. “Does the lost fiancé and the dead assistant have
something to do with each other?”
“That’s one of the
things Ty wants me to find out.”
Finn suspended his
spoon half way to his mouth. “What is the other?”
“He wants me to
find the missing fiancé for his sister.” He pulled his fingers through his
hair. “It’s a wild goose chase if you ask me. If the guy had wanted to get
married he’d have been at the wedding.”
“You’d think,
unless he couldn’t.”
Patrick
contemplated his son. He would make a good detective. He’d already helped solve
a few of his cases, by just listening and making comments that brought other
solutions to mind. Patrick wasn’t sure he wanted that for his son. He loved
being a federal agent. For a while, after the incident with his son, he’d tried
something else. However, his true passion was law enforcement and he’d been
placed back on duty within the year.
You couldn’t help
where your heart led you. No matter the consequences.
“That is what I
need to find out.” He stood and poured more coffee into his cup to warm up the
cooling liquid. He leaned a hip on the counter while he sipped. “What’s going
on at school today?”
Finn finished his
cereal and stood to wash his bowl out. He appeared to be thinking as he put his
dishes in the dishwasher.
“I have an algebra
test. Just a fair warning, Dad, it’s kicking my ass.”
“Language son.”
But he smiled, he’d heard a lot worse. “I have a few minutes do you need my
help?”
His son gave him a
skeptical look, which was well warranted. Algebra had thoroughly kicked his ass
in high school, too, to the point he’d needed Saturday morning classes to pass
the damn class.
After a moment he
answered. “No, Mrs. Stewart said she’d meet me before school.”
“Old Mrs. Stewart
is still there? I had her for Algebra.” He smiled and resisted the urge to
ruffle his son’s hair. Since the boy was almost as tall as he was, it’d be a
little awkward anyway. “You’re in good hands then. Do you want me to drop you
on my way to Calistoga?”
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