Alicia's Possession - Softcover

Saucier, Colette L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0615875521 ISBN 13: 9780615875521

Publisher: Secret Cravings Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

A thrilling and sensual romantic suspense!

Following the horrific car crash that left her in a coma for two months, Alicia Pageant has returned to her affluent lakeside home to recuperate and come to terms with her husband's infidelity and their impending divorce, which has left her with depression and despondent to the point of agoraphobia.

Her attention is frequently captured by the violent arguments of Daniel and Judith Holloman who recently moved into the house on the other side of the lake. One night she is awoken by gunshots and other strange noises coming from across the lake; and, after witnessing what she believes is someone driving away with a body and never seeing Daniel again, Alicia insists on calling the police, against the advice of her estranged husband, who believes she has imagined it.

Detective Mason Crawley is sent out to investigate the "suspicious incident," which he considers a nuisance call - even more so after learning of Alicia's recent head injury and watching her take her pain medication with wine. He interviews Judith Holloman, who says her husband has gone out of the country on business, but the stories of both women begin to unravel when he sees the two of them meeting. Then while attempting to locate Daniel, someone claiming to be a contractor with the Department of Defense warns him not to investigate Daniel's disappearance further.

Mason confronts Alicia and demands an explanation, and she is forced to admit that her head injury has left her with no memory of the accident or the several weeks before. Still she insists not only that Daniel is dead but now he is haunting her because she knows he was murdered.

Alicia's palpable sadness and vulnerability awaken his dominant instinct to protect, but will he push her too far too fast?  Although he cannot control his increasing attraction to her, Mason isn't sure if Alicia is lying, delusional, or in some sort of danger. This leads him to look into her drunk-driving accident, in which she drove her BMW into a lake several miles from her house; but something about the single-car crash doesn't add up either.

Even as they succumb to their growing feelings and desires, Alicia doesn't know if she can trust anyone after her husband's disloyalty; and when Mason discovers that the night of Alicia's accident she had gone to confront her husband's mistress - and no one has seen the girl since - he doesn't know if he can trust her either. And now he has yet another mystery to solve, with Alicia at the heart of it.

"A great story. It's got everything - sex, crime, cops, more sex, a twisted mystery, knot tying, and a superb denouement."  -Chuck Hustmyre, screenwriter and bestselling author of The Axman of New Orleans
This romantic suspense thriller also contains light bondage and mild elements of Dominance and submission. If you are offended by BDSM, please do not buy this book.

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About this title

About the Author:

Colette Saucier is the bestselling author of Pulse and Prejudice (1st Place Winner in Category: Chatelaine Awards Romantic Fiction; Austenprose Readers' Choice: Top 5 Books of 2012)--the paranormal adaptation of Jane Austen's classic--which retells the story from Mr. Darcy's point of view as a vampire.

Colette was selected a "2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Semi-finalist" and Austenprose's "Debut Author of the Year" for All My Tomorrows, which was also named "2013 Favorite Modern Adaptation" by Austenesque Reviews. Her latest release is the highly-acclaimed romantic suspense, Alicia's Possession.

Colette has been writing poems, short stories, and novellas since grade school. Her interest in literature led her to marry her college English professor, but eventually a love of history encouraged her to trade up to a British historian. Technical writing has dominated Colette's career for the past twenty years, but finding little room for creativity in that genre, she dedicated fifteen months traveling to Europe and Britain, researching Regency England and vampire lore and literature, to complete her first full-length novel Pulse and Prejudice.

She is currently researching and writing a sequel entitled Dearest Bloodiest Elizabeth set in Antebellum New Orleans. Her next release is the romantic suspense thriller, Viuda (The Widow).

Colette lives in South Louisiana with her historian husband and their two dogs.

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Review:

"A good read for both the love story and the mystery. There's a twist I didn't expect. Saucier has blended together a very interesting mystery with a BDSM relationship in its infancy." - Manic Readers

"Captivating: I was very surprised by this book, usually most stories that involve BDSM, all there is to it sex, sex, and more sex. Colette wrote a book that had BDSM but the characters also had that instant connection and you could feel it. Murder and mystery involved keeps you guessing until the last page. I started reading it last night and was done this afternoon." - Simply Southern Couponers

About this edition

• Publisher: Secret Cravings Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0615875521
• ISBN 13: 9780615875521
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 198