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We're celebrating the release of SPEND THE NIGHT, Episode 3 by
Elizabeth Lee! Check out the excerpt below!
Spend the Night: The Hotel Collection Episode #3 by Elizabeth Lee
Adult Contemporary Romance/Suspense
Blurb:
All games must eventually come to an end…
Hannah's new reality is that someone is stalking her.
Aggressively. The only question now is who. Fingers are pointed and accusations
are made as every clue leads to her down another twisted path of questions
without answers. Her feelings for both Carter and Trent cloud her judgment as
the investigation delves deeper into her personal life and into her heart.
Carter’s past is a mystery and Trent has every reason to try and make her seem
crazy. Her loss would be his gain after all.
Hannah will have to choose, but making the wrong choice will cost
much more than a broken heart.
Everyone has a motive.
But only one of them has a plan.
Expect the unexpected in the thrilling conclusion to the Spend the
Night series.
Excerpt
“Follow me,” I said, taking
Carter's hand in mine. It
had been forty-eight hours since I'd learned about Mark's death. The police investigation hadn't turned
up anything, so for the time being the security team was still watching me like
a hawk. Whoever had killed
Mark seemed to be laying low, nothing of any concern had happened since.
I was making a concentrated
effort to not let everything that had happened affect who I was. Or who I wanted to be. I wanted to be the girl that believed
the police would do their job and everything would be okay. I wanted to be the girl that enjoyed
the beginnings of a new relationship with a great guy. Carter had been very supportive over
the last couple days. He'd
made sure to check in with me regularly and kept an ever watchful eye out for
anything suspicious.
I offered up a playful
smile as we made our way down the hall from the Scarlet Ballroom. The two of us had met with Alison to
discuss the menu and table layout for the wedding. Trent was notably absent. I hadn't seen him since Carter had
whisked me out of the security office. A
part of me knew it was for the best, but another kept waiting for him to rush
in and declare his innocence.
Alison was unusually chatty
that morning—reiterating how ecstatic she was about becoming Mrs.
Crawford. Luckily, Carter
was on his game that morning. He'd
been more accommodating than I felt like being and even had an idea that would
make the flow of service move more quickly for the wait staff. And while a part of me was grateful
that he had such an eye for detail, I’d silently cursed myself for not thinking
of it in the first place. Just
another sign that my head wasn't in the game like it used to be. I was supposed to be groomed and ready
to take over as the C.O.O. of The Wellesley-Crawford Hotel, not flouting around
like some rookie event planner.
Not that I didn't have a
somewhat justifiable reason. Just
when I thought I was finally coming down from everything that happened the
night of the Gala, Carter showed up. Then
Trent showed up. My shit show love life took precedence over every logical
thought I once had in my head. That was until I realized someone was stalking
me and now possibly involved in the murder of a man I went on a date
with. If this is what it
was like to have a full plate, I needed to start a diet as soon as
possible.
My head was still
spinning. I hadn't had a
moment to myself and it was starting to affect me. My current company excluded, having a
body guard up my ass twenty-four-seven was really cramping my style. I knew that I needed one to be safe,
but I'd always been a do-as-I-please kind of girl. Now I was asking permission to use the
restroom in my own hotel.
“Where are we going?” he
asked, pulling my body to a halt. The guard tasked with keeping tabs on me
believed I was still in the inside ballroom, so I needed to move fast if I
wanted a moment alone with Carter.
He brushed up against my
side and firmly planted his lips on my neck before kissing up to my ear. “God, you smell amazing,” he
whispered, before a bellhop turned the corner catching us both by
surprise. We both
straightened up as if we weren't about to rip each other's clothes off. The
sexual tension had been building between us since our last encounter,
unfortunately, time or convenience hadn't been on our side. Both of us had been
swamped with work and conflicting schedules. Stolen kisses and the occasional
embrace were all we'd managed to work in over the last few days. Not to
mention, any time he did stop by my suite, the thought of a bodyguard sitting
outside my door and knowing exactly what we were doing kind of killed the mood.
Today was different though. Today I was making it a priority to get some
quality time with him.
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Author Bio:
Born and raised in the
middle of a Midwestern cornfield (not literally, that would be weird), I’ve
spent my entire life imagining stories. Stories where the right guy always gets
the right girl, first kisses are as magical as they are on the big screen and
anything is completely possible if you believe.
Although this journey began years ago, it recently took on a whole
new life. After years of devouring hundreds of Romance, YA and New Adult
novels, I had an epiphany... I should write a book. And I did it!
If I’m not reading, writing, enjoying drinks with my amazing group
of girlfriends or chasing around a sarcastically funny kid, I’m probably
watching television shows that were created for teenagers, while my husband
teases that I’m too old to watch them.
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