Special Book Feature & Excerpt – Unintended Detour by D.L. Wood

About the Book

Book: Unintended Detour

Author: D.L. Wood

Genre: Christian Suspense/Romantic Suspense

Release date: October 21, 2021

A hundred-year-old secret might be the cause of and the key to solving a murder.

Jack and Chloe Bartholomew just wanted a romantic second honeymoon in the beautiful Hudson River Valley at the legendary hotel his family recently acquired. However, instead of spa treatments and horseback rides through the snow, things are all wrong at the Stonehall Estate Resort. 

First, she learns of months of unexplained mishaps.

And now murder.

It soon becomes clear someone wants the resort to fail and will stop at nothing to make that happen. The question is…why?

In an effort to help the family business, Chloe picks up where the hotel’s last historical curator left off. But things quickly grow dangerous as her research uncovers truths hidden for decades—clues related not only to the mysteries sparked by a young girl’s death in 1931, but also those haunting the estate today. Soon Chloe is caught in a deadly race to expose the mansion’s secrets before more innocents become victims of the malevolent force behind it all.

Will Chloe bring the long-lost truth to light in time, or will she be the next to fall prey to the dark scheme, costing her everything, including her life?

Book Excerpt

From one end of the fifty-foot-long room to the other, men and women dressed in their finest caroused and carried-on, kissing and exclaiming, drinking and dancing. Gowns of slinky satin and silk draped the women while the men wore crisp tails and bow ties, their hair slicked back in a manner Will had never had the means nor reason to try with his own dark waves. Lively music from a four-piece band filled the space as light shone from nearly every surface—the massive twin crystal chandeliers, dozens of glistening silver candelabras, the silver service on the long buffet table along the far wall…and the jewelry. Pearls and diamonds and rubies and emeralds. Gold and silver.

He spied the Stone family, the residents of the estate, immediately. The husband and wife, their eldest daughter Lily, and even the young one, Cora, who had apparently been allowed to stay up and partake in the festivities.

Anger flashed through him. He hated that the child would be there for this. Where was the nanny? What were her parents thinking, letting her stay up that late? The questions had barely entered his thoughts when he heard a sharp gasp to his right. His eyes shot to a woman with short, curled brown hair, dressed in a pale-green gown. Her hand was clasped over her mouth, her eyes wide as they panned to his revolver.

Book Excerpts

Excerpt One: http://travelerswife4life.com/unintended-detour/
Excerpt Two: https://carolkeen.blogspot.com/2021/09/unintended-detours-by-dl-wood-epic-book.html
Excerpt Three: https://www.amoderndayfairytale.net/2021/09/unintended-detours-epic-book-launch.html
Excerpt Four: http://montanamade.weebly.com/tell-tale-book-reviews/epic-book-launch-unintended-detour-by-dl-wood
Excerpt Five (you just read it!): https://blissbooksandjewels.com/special-book-feature-excerpt-unintended-detour-by-d-l-wood/
Excerpt Six: https://catsinthecradle.blog/2021/10/01/unintended-detour-epic-book-launch/
Excerpt Seven: https://lakesidelivingsite.wordpress.com/2021/09/13/unintended-detours-epic-book-launch/

About the Author

D.L. Wood is a USA TODAY bestselling author who writes thrilling suspense laced with romance and faith. Her books have won multiple awards (2016 Illumination Book Awards Gold Medal for best Christian Fiction Ebook; 2019 Illumination Book Awards Gold Medal for best General Christian Fiction) and her novel Unintended Target was selected as the May 2019 American Christian Fiction Writers Book Club book. She is an Amazon bestselling author of Christian Mystery & Suspense and millions of pages of her books have been read through Kindle Unlimited.

D.L. writes CleanCaptivatingFiction™- fiction that entertains and uplifts. In her novels she tries to give readers the same thing that she wants: a “can’t-put-it-down-stay-up-till-3am” character-driven story, full of heart, believability and adrenaline.

D.L. lives in North Alabama, where, if she’s not writing, you’ll probably catch her curled up with a cup of Earl Grey (light milk, one sugar) and her Westies – Frodo and Dobby – bingeing on the latest BBC mystery series. You can stay apprised of D.L.’s releases and promotions (including free and discounted books) by subscribing to her newsletter on her website at dlwoodonline.com.

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