Remember the police procedural I mentioned on Sunday? The one I said I might post part of here just to throw it out into the universe? Well, consider this the wind up, and the pitch.
Don't Let Go is currently sitting at 61,500 words, and despite lots of waffling, it seems like it would be a shame to abandon it with so much already written. Plus, I've grown attached to the characters, and already have a sequel planned. *ducks tomatoes*
This is a contemporary novel set in Nashville, TN, that's half M/F romantic suspense, and half police procedural about a group of detectives struggling with personal problems against the backdrop of an assault against a celebrity author. After writing College Town, in which Lawson wants to be and is struggling to become an author, I decided to flip the script: this novel's central protagonist is an author who's hit it big, and has garnered a lot of ugly, unwanted attention in the process. She's attacked after a book signing in Nashville, and the local detectives set about solving the case while the media has a field day. Stuck in Nashville during the investigation, our author, Avery, becomes romantically entangled with the sexy district attorney in charge of taking her attackers to trial. Conflict of interest much?
It's a whodunnit meets character-driven real-life drama, and I'm dropping the first five chapters here. Have a gander, see if you're interested, and leave me a comment. 😊
*Fair warning, this hasn't been edited or proofed AT ALL, so here there be typos.
1
An employee
in a pin-bedecked ID lanyard claps her hands and then cups them around her
mouth to yell, “Attention, shoppers! TBR is now closed! Please collect your
final purchases and make your way to the register!”
Avery glances
up from the page she’s signing with a start. “It’s ten already?”
“Yes,” her
publicist, Trish, says with a gusty sigh and a fast check of her Apple watch.
“Thank God.” She then turns a severe smile on the last fan in line that leaves
the woman blinking and stepping back. That’s Trish: punctual, organized to a
fault, a hell of a hard worker…terrible with people. “No offense, ma’am. We
hope you enjoyed the signing.” She gives a little shoo motion with the flats of
her hands.
