 Fall is the perfect time to pick up Mayhem in Disguise. It's a wonderful read about danger and evil, as well as how people aren't always what they seem. Set in the Gilded Age, the heroine meets a stranger on the train, but even as they share much in common, she's wary of taking him at face value. But there is much more to the story and I know that if you enjoy a mystery or a tale with a little bit of paranormal elements, you will love MAYHEM IN DISGUISE, out now in ebook and print! Blurb: Two strangers fall in love on a train—both are keeping secrets. Autumn, 1889 Bella has no interest in romance after a failed affair with a married man. But that all changes when she meets Russell on the journey to Black Bear Creek. Sparks immediately fly between the half-Mohegan nurse and the handsome Irish doctor. But an old Mohegan medicine woman warns Bella about an evil that awaits her if she returns to the city. When Bella takes a job caring for an elderly man at a posh hotel in upper Manhattan, she assumes she has hit the jackpot. But are the wealthy old Dutchman and his conniving sister to be trusted? Looks can be deceiving. Is it too late for Russell to save Bella from their poisonous trap? Anything is possible with the protection of a sacred Mohegan talisman and a whole lot of love. The second book in the Ungilded series is a romance filled with danger that will have readers falling for the handsome Irish doctor and the spunky Mohegan heroine. —Best-selling author- Melissa Keir. EXCERPT “There’s blood in those hills.” Spooked, Bella turned to the fair-skinned stranger sitting beside her on the train. “Blood?” she asked, her voice just above a whisper. The stranger somberly nodded. He looked like Bella’s father in his youth: thick waves of rusty brown hair, ghostly blue eyes, and a sculpted face darkened by a faint trace of stubble. “The blood of your ancestors,” he said. “I assume you’re Mohegan?” Bella blushed. She tried to cover her Mohegan heritage with powder, proper English grammar, and respectable dress. Evidently, the ruse was not working—at least, not with this man. “Is it so obvious?” she asked. “Not to most people, I’m sure. You have exceptionally light skin for a Mohegan. You could pass as Portuguese.” Bella thought about his words. She could pass as Portuguese, insinuating that Mediterranean blood was acceptable in America, whereas Mohegan blood failed. “Your green eyes must throw people off,” he surmised. Again, Bella thought about his words. To throw people off implied that she was camouflaging herself like a bird of prey hiding from predators. She had to admit, whether blunt or just plain rude, the stranger was insightful. Even though she was half Irish, Bella hid from the white man every day of her life, whether he took the form of a patronizing doctor at the asylum where she worked, or her first and only lover, a duplicitous financier whom she desperately wanted to forget. “Are you afraid that I will scalp you alive before our journey is over?” she asked. The stranger’s eyes widened, though he chuckled and seemed pleased, almost impressed, by Bella’s audacity. “Not at all,” he casually replied. “Scalping is the habit of the Plains Indians, tribes like the Cherokee. In general, the Mohegans are a gentle people.” At least he doesn’t lump all brown-skinned people into the same group, Bella sardonically thought. BUY LINKS: |
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