The Duty Bound Duet - DUTY OF CARE -
THE CARETAKERS
by Sydney Jamesson
BLURB:
On her death bed Emily
Derbyshire’s mother made her promise to take good care of her little sister.
Keeping her promise, twelve-year-old Emily did exactly that and became five-year-old
Rita’s benefactor and bodyguard.
After eighteen years of
sisterly devotion Emily receives some shocking news! Rita has committed
suicide. When disturbing details start to surface, Emily puts her highflying
career on hold to seek out those responsible. She hires an American private
investigator Robert Blackmoor; a motorbike riding, no-frills, computer hacker
who will use any means necessary to unearth the truth.
Not surprisingly,
Robert uncovers secrets from Emily’s troubled childhood and chips away at the
glossy veneer of deceit which masks the truth behind, not only Rita’s life, but
Emily’s imperfect life too.
Together they assemble
the pieces of a sinister puzzle, revealing a cruel and corrupt world of
exploitation and murder: a Dark Web into which Rita has become entangled.
As dark forces
encircling Emily tighten their grip, and with everything to lose, she must make
a life and death decision that she may live to regret.
THE CARETAKERS:
Emily Parsons is a
product of a difficult childhood: self-reliant, fiercely protective and willing
to do whatever it takes to safeguard the wellbeing of those in her care. She
has even slayed a monster, or two … or three in the name of poetic justice, and
yet she is haunted by the image of a beautiful blond girl.
Sixteen-year-old Louise
Travis has been abducted.
Louise’ fate rested in
Emily’s hands, but she let her slip through her fingers like gold dust, only to
be swept away by a malevolent band of brothers.
By once again enlisting
the help of computer hacker, Robert Blackmoor, Emily must find Louise before
she is lost forever in a Dark Web of heinous crimes, cruelty and corruption.
The clock is ticking, and Emily’s investigation is drawing the wrong kind of
attention, but she will not back down. She is duty bound to protect those she
loves.
With skeletons from her
past being unearthed, who can she turn to, and who can she trust with her own
sinister secrets?
Excerpt One:
DUTY OF CARE
Chapter 1
Emily
“The whole world can become the enemy when you lose what you
love.” Kristina McMorrris.
I STOOD ALONE in the graveyard the day they buried my
sister. There I was, Emily Parsons, the hapless figure lurking behind a gnarled
oak tree—an unwelcome guest.
A savage January wind gnawed at my cheeks. It made my eyes
sting; eyes already brimming with salty residue left over from a night spent
sobbing into a pillow. Sapped of all strength, I leaned against the trunk, held
it between my hands; gloved fingers tracing rough edges. I breathed in its
wild, woody perfume; rotting branches, unclaimed timber—a steadfast pillar of
support in a surreal tableau.
At our parents’ request, I didn’t show my face. Did they
fear I’d cause a scene, throw myself onto the coffin?
Who knows?
Who cares?
With or without their blessing, I had to go. I had to be
there to witness my little sister’s departure from this mortal coil and, if
that meant enduring sniveling platitudes caught on the wind—so be it.
Our parents, family members and some of Rita’s friends
circled the cavernous hole in the ground like ravens; a flock of silhouettes
set against a snowy backdrop. My watery eyes lingered on the word Rita formed
in purple violas on the wreath—a tiny name for someone with a big personality
and an even bigger heart.
Having endured the lamentations of the priest marking the
passing of a life ended much too soon, I absconded. I sprinted like a bandit
between gravestones, my feet slipping on ankle deep snow that shrouded
everything, creating a clean, sterile landscape. Nothing seemed out of place.
Nothing except my sister’s charred body lying six foot under in a mahogany coffin
fifty yards away.
I took refuge in my car and sat in silence, refusing to
acknowledge the shifting congregation. Concealed behind windows veiled with
condensation, I left unseen.
In those days leading up to Rita’s funeral, I cried nonstop.
I would wake from dozing and the world would be as it was. I would smile
through cracked lips, but then I would remember and my heart would ache and my
body would shake and tears would cloud my eyes once more.
The myriad of memories we had made were my only lifeline:
phone conversations, photographs and texts existing in a vacuum, authorless—a
cruel kind of comfort. For the sake of my sanity, I tried to come to terms with
her passing, I really did, but the realisation that the one person I loved more
than any other had gone and left me behind did not make any sense to me.
We had made a pact when we were kids to never be separated.
Why had Rita broken it?
DUTY OF CARE:
UNIVERSAL LINK:
viewbook.at/DUTYofCARE
AMAZON US:
https://www.amazon.com/Duty-of-Care-Sydney-Jamesson-ebook/dp/B08CNGJVGF
AMAZON: UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=DUTY+OF+CARE+%28The+Duty+Bound+Duet+%231%29&
GOODREADS:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54443373-duty-of-care
THE CARETAKERS
UNIVERSAL
LINK: viewbook.at/THECARETAKERS
AMAZON US:
https://www.amazon.com/The-Caretakers-Sydney-Jamesson-ebook/dp/B08CNKPLH5
AMAZON: UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08CNKPLH5
GOODREADS:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54443506-the-caretakers
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Sydney Jamesson
is a USA Today bestselling author by night and an English teacher by day. She
is nocturnal by nature and loves nothing more than staying up late, listening
to music and being inspired to write. She has always written creatively; in her
home is one enormous wastepaper basket full of discarded phrases, opening lines
and pieces of dialogue that have hit her like lightning in the middle of the
night. Her USA Today bestselling trilogy, THE STORY OF US sold worldwide, and
she has been thrilled to continue Ayden Stone's and Beth Parker's epic love
story in The Story of Us Series: Into the Blue, featuring Blue Genes, Blue
Hearts and Blue Moon.
More recently,
Sydney has focused on psychological suspense. THE DARKEST CORNERS was her first
venture into the new genre: a complex love story filled with lots of angst,
emotional scenes and edge of your seat suspense as a single father and a
troubled young woman confront their deepest, darkest fears together. The twists
come think and fast and the ending is unforgettable!
In her latest
novels, DUTY OF CARE and THE CARETAKERS - THE DUTY BOUND DUET -readers explore
the seedier side of the Dark Web; witness abduction, human trafficking, and a
devoted sister’s willingness to do whatever it takes to safeguard the wellbeing
of those in her care. It’s a real page turner, filled with incidents which are
heart-breaking and heart-stopping in equal measure!
Author
platforms:
Website: https://www.sydneyjamesson.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sydney-Jamesson-516585008400062/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SydneyJamesson
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7074207.Sydney_Jamesson
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamessonauthor/
7 comments:
I appreciate getting to hear about your book. Thank you for sharing your great book!
Thanks for hosting!
Thanks for taking part in the Book Tour for THE DUTY BOUND DUET Regards, Sydney Jamesson
Thanks for sharing the great post!
Sounds like a good read.
I enjoyed reading the excerpt, sounds like a great duet, thanks for sharing it with me!
This sounds like a great book.
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