Nelumbo Nucifera
by
Cristina Slough
Publication
date: January 24th 2017
Genres:
Adult, Psychological Thriller
BLURB
On the surface, Gaby Parker has
it all; however, behind closed doors, is a woman who lives in constant fear of
the man who was supposed to love her: her husband, Kyle. Beaten, desperate, and
broken, Gaby realizes the only way to escape from her violent husband is to
kill herself — on paper. Gaby is dead, and
Riley Locklin is born, residing in the tranquil coastal town of Chesswick Bay
Montauk where she hopes to start over and meets a man who shows her bruises aren’t kisses.
Meanwhile, back home, Kyle is doing
everything in his power to prove Gaby isn’t dead.
But…police find her burnt-out car
and remains?
Kyle isn’t buying it; he knows
she’s still alive. He launches his own full investigation to find his wife —
and he’ll stop at nothing to claim her back. A female Detective assigned to his
wife’s case doesn’t like him very much after discovering a domestic violence
report – scorned by the history of her mother’s domestic abuse, she’s
determined to send Kyle down for his wife’s murder.
And then he finds her. Will Gaby finally take a stand?
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EXCERPT:
When Kyle
went to his car, the club was aglow with flashing blue and red lights. The wail
of sirens assaulted his ears. Two ambulances were parked outside.
He caught a glimpse of a woman being carried out on a stretcher.
Police had concealed the club with yellow tape. The last thing that he needed
was to get pulled into this shit. To his relief, as the gate opened, he was
able to get straight on the road. The timing couldn’t have been worse. Right
now he needed Randy, but now he was embroiled with the night’s events. Kyle
pulled out into the interstate. He pushed his foot down heavy on the
accelerator; his pulse was beating hard in his chest. He tried to think back:
Had there been any clues? He debated the pros and cons of going after her. If
he found her, he knew that his rage would win and he wouldn’t be in control
anymore. He imagined her, out there somewhere, laughing at him, thinking that
she had gotten away with it. Meanwhile, he was under the microscope with the
cops—especially with Detective Isla Bitch Morany. Even thinking about that
woman made him want to punch something; he would love to wipe her smug know
it all look off her
face. But her badge protected her; it acted as a shield, because if she was
working a normal job, there was no way she wouldn’t have had a fist or two to
knock her back in line.
Kyle thought about the money he had parted with since this all
began; he was satisfied that the bulk of his funds were off shore; Morany may
have uncovered his dirty dealings, and they were enough to get him in hot
water, but his reserves would be enough to save him, probably.
He drove past a parade of billboards advertising the Love of God:
“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be
wise as serpents and innocent as doves.”
It felt as if that sign had been placed there especially for him.
Things between him and Gaby had never been smooth, but he thought he had things
in a structured order, and he was desperate to claw it back. He decided that he
was going to do just as God had instructed: “Be wise as a serpent.”
Author Info
Novelist, movie addict, and
animal lover, Cristina Slough is the author of:
Nelumbo Nucifera and Till Death
Us Do Part.
Cristina has always been a
bookworm, rarely seen without a pen and paper in her hand, she loves delving
into a literacy fictional world of her own.
Although Cristina loves pink and
fluffy, her writing isn’t. She loves to focus on raw human emotion and gritty
story lines; she’s very fond of messing with her readers heads by weaving
twists into her books.
Cristina is married to Adam, who
runs a successful business; together they share their Bedfordshire home with
their son, and several spoiled pets. As a family, they love to travel
frequently, the United States being a firm favorite.
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