Title: Inherent Truth
Series: Blood Secrets
Author: Alicia Anthony
Genre: Adult, Suspense
Release Date: 14th January 2020
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A woman with buried secrets...
An agent with an impossible mission..
An inheritance that will destroy them both..
When Liv Sullivan’s grandmother beckons for help from beyond the grave,
the reluctant psychic returns to her small Ohio hometown. Scrambling to make
sense of the clues left by the vision, Liv finds herself face to face with
undercover agent, Ridge McCaffrey.
Assigned to protect a woman whose gifts unnerve him, for a covert
psychic intelligence operation he doesn't understand, Ridge struggles to place
duty over desire. But when a gruesome discovery is unearthed at Sullivan Farm,
the truth becomes clear...
Some family secrets are best left buried.
Inherent Truth is the first book in the gripping new Blood Secrets
psychological thriller series about the cost of truth and the price we pay for
love. If you like pulse-pounding page-turners laced with a touch of romance,
and shocking twists that will leave you dying for the sequel, Alicia Anthony’s
thrilling debut is for you.
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EXCERPT
Grandma’s pale
blue dressing gown fluttered gently against sun-starved legs. How many Saturday
mornings had I come downstairs to the kitchen at Sullivan farm to see exactly
this image? For anyone else, that’s what this would be–a memory-induced dream,
a creation of the subconscious. But not for me.
The blue of her
gown, coupled with the stream of light filtering through an imaginary window,
added a shimmer to her eyes. My grandmother had the most beautiful eyes. Rich
pools of pale cornflower blue that twinkled when she laughed. A knot rose in my
throat. How I longed to hear that laugh.
“Do you
remember this one, Liv?”
She looked at me. Her gaze pulling like the fingers of some unseen force,
coaxing me to join her at the table. I worked my toes into the carpet beneath
my feet and I stood from the side of the bed, shuffling toward the vignette in
front of me. She pushed a grainy photograph across well-worn oak as I slid into
the chair opposite her. The spindles of the oak chair pressing into my spine
were the only proof I’d moved from my perch on the bed.
“I took that
when he was on a weekend leave in Germany. Can you believe I flew all the way
over there just for a weekend with your grandfather?” A light chuckle, like a breeze through
well-tuned wind chimes, escaped her lips.
I smiled at the
mischievous glint in my grandma’s watery blue eyes. “I bet he was glad you made
the effort.”
She reached her
hand to cover mine and gave a squeeze. The warmth of her touch spiraled a note
of helplessness down my spine as I battled the nugget of comprehension that
explained her appearance. I clenched my jaw against the tears pricking at the
backs of my eyes, determined to focus on the smiling faces of my young
grandparents, primitively colorized in the photograph in front of me. They’d
looked so happy.
“It’s time.”
Playfulness evaporated
from her voice. “You ignored the warning, but you can’t ignore your legacy.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alicia Anthony’s
first novels were illegible scribbles on the back of her truck driver
father’s logbook trip tickets. Having graduated from scribbles to
laptop, she now pens novels of psychological suspense in the quiet of the
wee morning hours. A full-time elementary school Literacy Specialist,
Alicia hopes to pass on her passion for books and writing to the students
she teaches.
A two time Golden Heart® finalist and Silver Quill Award winner, Alicia
finds her inspiration in exploring the dark, dusty corners
of the human experience. Alicia is a graduate of Spalding
University’s School of Creative & Professional Writing (MFA), Ashland
University (M.Ed.) and THE Ohio State University (BA). Go Bucks! She
lives in rural south-central Ohio with her amazingly patient and
supportive husband, incredibly understanding teenage daughter, two
dogs, three horses, a plethora of both visiting and resident barn cats,
and some feral raccoons who have worn out their welcome.
When she’s not writing or teaching, Alicia loves to travel and experience
new places. Connect with her on Facebook or Instagram @AliciaAnthonyBooks.
She’d love to hear from you!
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