Title: Buried
Agendas
Release: November 7,
2014
Genre: Suspense
with Romantic Elements
Blog Tour: December
8, 2014 – December 12, 2014
Book Summary:
A devastating secret drove her
from the man she loved. Will a secret
equally as deadly lead her back to him?
Diana Reid is an investigative
reporter skilled at uncovering other people’s secrets. It’s her own she
works to keep buried. Eight years earlier, she promised to leave her fiancé and
hometown of Diamond, Texas forever. That pledge vanishes when she receives a
letter stating people are going to die, implicating her hometown’s largest
employer, and making a veiled threat against her mother. With no other choice,
Diana will return to Diamond, albeit in disguise, to discover the anonymous
author.
Brad Jordan moved on with his life
after Diana walked out on him. Just as he rebuilt his life, as the newly
elected mayor of Diamond, and newly engaged to be married, he plans to rebuild
his struggling hometown. Those plans are threatened when an El Paso
physician notifies Brad that she believes his family’s company, Jordan
Industries, is conducting illegal practices and sacrificing the public’s
health.
When the doctor suggests bringing
in Diana to uncover the wrongdoing, Brad strongly opposes the idea. Still,
when she appears despite his wishes, he’s forced to accept that a woman he
vowed to forget may be his only option to get to the truth. Together Diana Reid
and Brad Jordan face a dangerous adversary—one whose only intent is keeping a
deadly agenda buried.
Donnell
Ann Bell grew up in New Mexico and today lives in Colorado. A homebody at heart, she concentrates on
suspense that might happen in her neck of the woods – writing SUSPENSE TOO
CLOSE TO HOME. She is the author of The
Past Came Hunting, Deadly Recall and Betrayed, all of which have been e-book best sellers. Buried Agendas
is her newest release. Along with veteran police officer Wally Lind, Donnell
co-owns Crimescenewriters, a Yahoo group putting law enforcement experts
together with writers. Donnell loves to hear from readers.
As
part of the blog tour, Donnell will be giving away 5 copies of Buried Agendas
(US/Canada only) and
5
Dammit Dolls (US/Canada only). Fill out
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Not
sure what a Dammit Doll is? Well, here is the little saying that each doll
comes with:
Whenever things don’t go so well and you want
to hit the wall and yell, here’s a little dammit doll that you can’t do without. Just grasp it firmly by the legs and find a
place to slam it. And as you whack the
Stuffing out yell, “Dammit, Dammit! Dammit!
Diana curbed a jealous retort and
moved to the nightstand. She yanked open a top drawer and withdrew the want ads
she’d skimmed early that morning after she’d checked in. In bright red, she’d
circled, Help wanted, mailroom clerk, Jordan Industries. High school diploma,
drug test required.
“If your fiancée recognized me,
I’d be behind bars. I deliberately failed my typing test and listed no
experience on the application.”
For the first time, he smiled.
The old Brad, the Brad she thought she knew. “What name did you use?”
“Candace Armstrong.”
“Okay.” He motioned to the
letter. “So how can a mailroom employee find out what the author meant by
‘people are going to die’?”
“The same way I do every story,
by asking questions.”
“Who’s Ronnie?”
“Who?”
Brad pointed to the tattoo on her
ankle.
“Oh,” Diana smiled. “He’s no
one.”
Brad’s gaze shot to her face, and
for a second, she thought she saw pain. Don’t be absurd. The man’s engaged.
Irrationally, Diana felt betrayed.
“Seriously, he’s no one. Ronnie
doesn’t exist. And neither does this tattoo. It’s henna, and part of my
disguise.”
Brad shook his head and he
scowled. “You swear to me you didn’t talk to Liz this week.”
“I swear, I haven’t spoken to her
. . .” But maybe I should.
“Give me one reason to go along
with this?”
Diana lowered her head. She
wanted to tell him because the Brad Jordan she’d once known stood for integrity
and honesty. The Brad Jordan she’d loved, and unfortunately still did, had
wanted to make a difference. She couldn’t believe he’d run for a mayoral
position if that wasn’t still true.
Lifting her head, she met his
gaze. “Because you know I had nothing to do with that letter, and you want to
know what’s going on, too.”
As he traversed the dingy hotel
room, Diana sensed he was wavering. He’d asked too many questions to turn her
away now. If he said yes, she had a long list to accomplish before Monday.
She’d take her physical, head for El Paso, and spend her weekend at the library
researching Jordan Industries.
Brad stopped pacing. “I have no
doubt that you’re worried about your mom. But when you said you weren’t out to
hurt me or Jordan Industries, were you being truthful?”
“I meant every word.”
“All right. I’ll give you two
weeks to investigate if you go along with the following conditions.”
She swallowed. “I’m listening.”
“If, after two weeks, you’ve
found nothing, you’ll give up this charade and go home.”
She stared back at him. Diana
could easily agree to Brad’s terms. She expelled a pent-up breath. “I accept
that condition.”
“Second, you will never report a
word of what you find or release a word to the media. If you do, I have more
than enough witnesses to prove you entered Jordan Industries illegally, and
I’ll file charges against you.”
Hurt morphed into anger. “Are you
saying if something’s going on, you won’t report it?”
“Not at all. I’ll be the first
one to call the police.”
“Then . . . I don’t understand.”
He unrolled his sleeves and
grabbed his tie. “I’m saying no way in hell will I allow negative information
against my family’s company to benefit your career. I don’t trust you, Diana,
especially after what I saw today. We’ll see if you’re really concerned about
your mother, or if you’re after a story.” Brad opened the door. “You don’t have
to agree to the second part of my conditions right now. I’ll have my answer
when you don’t show up on Monday.”
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2014
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