Dangerous Deeds - The Westport Mysteries #1

Beth Prentice

Summary

Meet Lizzie. She's 31 and having a premature mid-life crisis. So, she bought a lonely, run down old house that pulled on her heartstrings. 
But with the purchase Lizzie gets more than she bargained for. She didn't expect the engagement ring and letters of forbidden love hidden under the attic floorboards. She didn't expect the lazy cat, or the drop dead gorgeous handyman. And she definitely didn't expect the stalker. 
As the renovation begins and the house starts to slowly return to its former glory, the letters dog her dreams. Why was the writer forced to turn away from his love? Why was their love forbidden? And why was this all hidden under the floorboards? 
Filled with a drive to reunite the ring with its rightful owner, Lizzie engages the help of her new handyman, her crazy family and her sex crazed Grandma, and sets on a journey of lost love, heartache, and public damnation. 
But can Lizzie restore the house to its former glory, and find who it all once belonged to before her stalker catches up with her?  Or will she lose everything...including her life?

Available since: 09/30/2017.

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