If you love romantic
suspense, try my latest romance, Triptych, a tale of lost
artworks, jealousy, sex, larceny and genius set high on the cliffs over the
Potomac River.
Triptych, by M. S.
Spencer
Published November 2011 by
Secret Cravings Publishers
eBook, 65,000 words, ISBN: 978-1-61885-064-5
Contemporary romantic
suspense, M/F, 3 flames
Miranda Cabot lost all interest in love after her husband
Edward crashed into the Potomac River rocks called the Three Sisters. Her
sister Honor likewise prefers her tower and her writing. Not so the third sister Sybil, who longs for
romance with a dashing Frenchman. She
advertises for said hero on Craig’s List and is rewarded with the Chevalier du
Bon Arnaque, who comes to Washington from Strasbourg on unidentified business.
Miranda and Honor believe the Chevalier is a crook and
ask their neighbors Dieter Heiliger and his grandson Corey, to act as
chaperones. With three beautiful, strong-willed women in a house filled with
three handsome, virile men, the inevitable result is an intricate web of
jealousy, sex, and intrigue. Who will end up with whom, and will the Three
Sisters take another life as the legend calls for?
Excerpt, Triptych by M. S.
Spencer
“That’s the car, Sybil! The plane must have
arrived early. Go open the door.”
Miranda
heard the pounding of excited feet on the stairs. She checked her hair and
dress and prepared herself not merely to meet the Chevalier du Bon Arnaque, but
to dislike him intensely.
She
called to Honor and stepped sedately down the long formal staircase to the
central hall where Sybil was taking the coat of a very tall, black-haired
gentleman. As she stood on the last step, he turned and glanced up at her. A
long pause ensued. Did my heart just stop
beating? The house, the hall, Sybil, everything but the man faded into the
background. She examined his face minutely, as though she had all the time in
the world. Ringlets of thick, glossy black hair twined over his forehead, the light
catching highlights of silver at the temples and deep in his ebony eyes. Tanned
skin stretched tight over his high cheekbones, reminding her of the portrait of
a Highland chieftain that hung in her study. She could just make out a tiny
upturn at the end of his nose that lent a fanciful air to his appearance.
Perhaps not a clan chief but an elvish prince?
Slowly
she grew aware of Sybil’s chattering. “Monsieur le Chevalier—see how well I
pronounced it, monsieur? I’ve been practicing. I promise to be your best
student ever! Oh, and this is Miranda, my sister. Honor? Honor! Are you coming
down?”
Miranda
took the last step into a new world. She faltered before this man who turned
her inside out with a single look, and words failed her. As she struggled with an
unaccustomed shyness he held out a friendly hand to her. She mustered up a firm
shake from somewhere, noting the hard calluses that lined his palm. A
work-hardened hand. Could it be he’s not
a leisure-loving gigolo after all?
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Now sit back and take a
breather while you wait for my next mystery/romance/suspense novel coming April
24 from Secret Cravings Publishing:
Artful Dodging: The Torpedo Factory Murders: Murders,
misdirection, mistrust, misfits, and miscreants—needlepoint artist Milo
Everhart has her hands full. Can love blossom amidst it all?
About M. S. Spencer...
Although
M. S. Spencer has lived and traveled on six continents, the last 30 years have
been spent mostly in Washington, D.C. as a librarian, Congressional staff
assistant, speechwriter, editor, birdwatcher, kayaker, policy wonk, non-profit
director and parent. She currently
moonlights from her day job (writing) as Executive Director of the Friends of the
Torpedo Factory Art Center. She divides
her time among Virginia, Maine and Florida.
Ms.
Spencer has published four contemporary romance novels. Lost in His Arms is set in the spinning world of 1991 when
countries fell like flies and a CIA fixer had his hands full. In Lost and Found we follow a desperate
wife searching the wilds of Maine for the husband who disappeared. Losers Keepers is a tale of love, lust
and treachery set on the island of Chincoteague. Her latest release, Triptych, tells of jealousy and intrigue
high above the Potomac River. Coming April 24 is Artful Dodging: The Torpedo Factory Murders, in which Milo Everhart, artist, meets her match in lawyer
Tristram Brodie on the battleground of the old munitions factory turned art
center called the Torpedo Factory.
Contact me here:
Website: www.MeredithEllsworth.com
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3 comments:
Thanks for having me today, Dawn. I hope your readers will enjoy the excerpt (& want to read the whole book!). M. S. Spencer
Loved the excerpt and I've been to the Torpedo Factory. Fun!
Thanks Vicki! I hope you get a chance to read both books. Artful Dodging comes out April 24. Meredith
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