Karen’s Killer Book Bench: The Inheritance (Black Hills Legacy) by Debra Salonen
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THE INHERITANCE
Black Hills Legacy
BY DEBRA SALONEN
Blurb
“Nothing like an unconscious doppelgänger to ruin a perfectly good day at the Mystery Spot.”
Robyn Craine has two loves: her Harley and the Mystery Spot, the Black Hills tourist attraction she bought with funds from her late mother’s estate, an inheritance that included a generous gift from billionaire Harold Hopewell. With a chance-of-a-lifetime expansion in the works, Robyn doesn’t have time to babysit the handsome Sentinel Passtime actor who shows up to do “research”–especially when she figures out his connection to the wealthy businessman/ politician trying to sabotage her new project.
Liam Temple has no intention of falling for a Black Hills local. His agent has Liam’s breakout, big budget movie deal lined up. Even though Liam likes his current Sentinel Passtime gig, he promised his late sister he’d win a Golden Globe by thirty-five. The last thing he needs is the distraction of a feisty, Harley-riding tourist trap owner caught in Liam’s father’s crosshairs for buying a hunk of land Richard Marston thinks belongs to him. But when Robyn’s doppelgänger stunt double is attacked, Liam recognizes his father’s MO and makes keeping Robyn safe his first priority.
CHANGE IS GOOD…RIGHT?
BY DEBRA SALONEN
It is Spring Break where you live? In my part of California (near Yosemite National Park), life is very green at the moment—an ephemeral sweetness that pits my hubby against rapidly growing weeds and gophers ala Bill Murray in Caddyshack.
This spring, we added something new to the mix. After thirty years in the same house, we moved. Not far. Just next door actually, but in rural terms that means a smaller house on the adjoining five-acre parcel. A million or so trips back and forth. Change is healthy…but a lot of work.
My contractor husband actually built both homes. The one we’ve just moved into was built for my mother. She’d been a widow living in Las Vegas for two years when we purchased the land to build our “dream” home. Mom decided she wanted to live closer to family so she bought the parcel right next door to ours. “Grandma’s House” was a popular place for many years, until Mom decided she was done driving. Then, the isolation of the country became too much. She moved to an independent living center for seniors and her sweet little home was rented to younger family members. Change can be a beautiful thing…this is where my two elder granddaughters grew up.
But, when my son bought his first home in nearby Mariposa and my daughter with her three little girls needed to make a big change in her life…a very good thing!–I decided this was the right time to downsize. Lovely word, isn’t it? I totally embrace the concept…in theory.
