The Dead Tree
by Lori L. Clark
Title: The Dead Tree
Author: Lori L. Clark
Genre: New Adult Romantic Mystery/Family Saga
Expected Release: June 10, 2014
Synopsis
"The town of Steele Grove, Missouri sits high along the bluffs of the Mississippi River. Legends run rampant around town about crazy Blythe Fountain, who discovered her beau hanging from the oak tree in the family's front yard. A short time later, two of her friends mysteriously disappeared, never to be seen, or heard from again.
Eighty years later, Ariel Fountain has inherited the property, and after catching her boyfriend cheating on her, decides she needs a change of scenery and runs headlong to a place shrouded in superstition and family mysteries which may be better off left unsolved.
Ariel sets out with the help of a local man, Grady, to uncover the truth behind the hanging and the girls' disappearances. What Ariel discovers is a secret so horrific she wishes she would have left it buried."
I was provide a copy of the book by the Author for an honest review.
Wow I just finish reading this book, and I have to say that I did not think I was gone like, but no I love it, love the characters and love how the book turn out to be. I am gone keep this short since I don't want to give anything away, and let me just say that their is a lot to give away, but that's just something that you gone have to do, read the book to find out what it is.
The story begging with Ariel, she at a bar celebrating with her friends, but the person missing their is her boyfriend, and best friends after calling and texting him, she decided to drive to his house, but she was not expecting to see what she saw when she walk in, their it was her former roommate, her best friend and her boyfriend, having a threesome she couldn't believe what she was seen, after she left and when home she ignore all his text, and call, letting him know that she was over him, when she when back to work her now only friend Marlena, and her where having lunch when Marlena decide to read her the cards. Ariel was like ok why not that's when Marlena told her that she was about to take a long trip, and their where a tree and a man involved, that same day after she got home she notice that she had a note from the post office, when she got a letter about her aunt lawyer, she call what she was not expecting was that call was gone change her life.
And once she found out how wealthy she was, and the house she own, everything just started to turn up side down. I really love and enjoy reading this book, I did not wanted to finish reading it, I wanted more, Author Lori L Clark THANK YOU for introducing me to this awesome characters and this great book love it.
Wow I just finish reading this book, and I have to say that I did not think I was gone like, but no I love it, love the characters and love how the book turn out to be. I am gone keep this short since I don't want to give anything away, and let me just say that their is a lot to give away, but that's just something that you gone have to do, read the book to find out what it is.
The story begging with Ariel, she at a bar celebrating with her friends, but the person missing their is her boyfriend, and best friends after calling and texting him, she decided to drive to his house, but she was not expecting to see what she saw when she walk in, their it was her former roommate, her best friend and her boyfriend, having a threesome she couldn't believe what she was seen, after she left and when home she ignore all his text, and call, letting him know that she was over him, when she when back to work her now only friend Marlena, and her where having lunch when Marlena decide to read her the cards. Ariel was like ok why not that's when Marlena told her that she was about to take a long trip, and their where a tree and a man involved, that same day after she got home she notice that she had a note from the post office, when she got a letter about her aunt lawyer, she call what she was not expecting was that call was gone change her life.
And once she found out how wealthy she was, and the house she own, everything just started to turn up side down. I really love and enjoy reading this book, I did not wanted to finish reading it, I wanted more, Author Lori L Clark THANK YOU for introducing me to this awesome characters and this great book love it.
Excerpt
The engine of the Bobcat sputtered a few times before dying. Grady swore and climbed down from the machine. I watched him out of the corner of my eyes as he sauntered up the hill. His feet stopped right under my nose. "I have to run back to town and get some gas."
I raised my head and stared at his gorgeous pale blue eyes. He surprised me by holding my gaze.
"Um, I think there's some in the garage. I'll check, if you'd like," I offered. He was still watching me intently. I blinked and looked away. I reached behind me to push myself off the ground and immediately felt a searing pain in my left palm. I jerked my hand back and felt something warm trickle down my wrist. I'd just managed to impale my hand on the garden shears I'd laid in the grass behind me. "Damn."
Grady knelt beside me, gently taking my hand in his. He inspected the wound, while I was too afraid to see how bad it was. Judging from the way it felt, it wasn't good. "You're gonna need stitches," he said.
My eyes went round. "Are you sure?"
"Yes, Ariel, I'm sure." He quickly removed his t-shirt and wrapped it around my bleeding hand. I grimaced when I caught sight of the amount of blood trailing down my arm. "Hold it above your heart and apply pressure with your other hand."
The edges of my vision went dark, and I thought I was going to pass out. Not from the loss of blood, I was squeamish when it came to the sight of blood. I whimpered and wobbled on my feet. "Oh, shit."
Grady wrapped his arm around my waist and half carried me to his pickup. He opened the passenger door and helped me inside. "You okay?"
I shook my head no but said, "Yes."
He laughed. "Hang in there."
As it turns out, I had a pretty nasty gash. Fourteen stitches and some kick ass pain meds later, we were on our way back home. "Thank you," I whispered.
"Let this be a lesson," he said.
I peered sideways at him. "A lesson? For what?"
"I told you, you jinxed yourself when you said you weren't accident-prone, and look what happened."
I rolled my eyes. "Pfft. As if."
He chuckled. "One of these days, you'll trust my superstitious nature."
I lowered my eyes and nodded. "We'll see."
When we returned from town, Grady shut the truck off and jumped out. He hurried around to open my door and help. The warmth of his hand radiated through my tank top when he pressed it against my lower back and guided me toward the front door. "Let's get you inside. I think it's safe to say you can have the rest of the day off, Princess."
The pain meds must have made me loopy, because I would never have said what I said next, had I been in my right frame of mind. "If I'm a princess, then you must be my knight in shining armor."
"Something like that," he said softly.
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Author Bio
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In 2009, after participating in NANOWRIMO, she began to take seriously the voices in her head. Two New Adult contemporary romance novels, Different Roads, and I Breathe You, were published in 2013, and showed early success. The Heart Knows What the Heart Wants is set to release in March 2014, and has her venturing into the realms of Romantic Suspense.
Lori is a member of Savvy Authors, the St. Louis Writers Guild, and Romance Writers of America.
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