Treasured Secrets by Kendall Talbot
From Romantic Book of the Year winner Kendall Talbot comes an adrenaline-fuelled new series introducing sassy sexy characters, exotic locations, and action-packed adventure.
Some secrets should remain hidden forever…
The last place Rosalina expected the clue to a 700-year-old mystery to lead her was back into the arms of Archer, the man who broke her heart. When neither can solve the puzzle without the other, they set off on a new adventure. They’re forced to ignore the sparks that still fly unhindered between them as their search for the golden riches weaves from Tuscany’s underbelly to Archer’s luxurious yacht in the Greek Islands.
Archer desperately wants to salvage his shattered relationship with Rosalina but fighting for her love soon takes a back seat to fighting for their lives. Ruthless competition is hot on their heels and will do anything to get his hands on the treasure. With evil close on their trail, and Archer wrestling with the remnants of a childhood tragedy, Rosalina begins to wonder if some secrets were never meant to be revealed.
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Nox twisted his bulky antique ring around his middle finger. Its
presence exuded sovereignty. The ring was impossible to miss as he drummed his
fingers on the ancient wooden table, sounding out an urgent heartbeat for the
holy space. Even after nearly thirty years, he was still surprised the ring
fitted him, given that he now had rather large, knobbly fingers. It only added
to the building evidence that he was the chosen one.
How and where he had found the ring could
only be accredited to pure destiny. There was no other way to explain what had
happened. At the time, he’d been hiding from a group of boys, his daily
tormentors. To this day, he still didn’t know how the terracotta trumpet being
played by the baby in the marble statue literally fell into his hands. He would
swear on the Bible that he’d barely touched it.
Nox had been so scared when it had happened
that the fragile thing had slipped out of his hands and shattered into dozens
of pieces on the floor. He’d actually thought he was going to be struck down by
lightning. Nox could still remember his feet being frozen to the floor as he
waited for the wrath to come. But as the seconds had ticked by and nothing had
happened, and no one had come running at him with balled fists, he’d realised
his luck. It wasn’t until he’d bent down to pick up the statue’s broken pieces
that he knew just how lucky he was. Hidden within the trumpet tube was his
ring, but it was what the ring had secured that changed his life forever.
The scroll, papery thin animal skin, smooth
and feathery to touch, had resisted his unrolling. He had attempted it only
once before he’d tucked it and the ring into the pockets of his robe and,
abandoning the shattered relic, ran straight to his bedroom. He’d been the only
boy in the orphanage who lived alone and it was the first time he’d considered
the trappings of his disease as a blessing.
It didn’t take long to work out why the
scroll wouldn’t lie flat. The date on the delicate parchment — inscribed in
elegant cursive at the very top — indicated it had been rolled up and secured
by the bulky ring for nearly seven hundred years. He’d read the fancy
handwriting and although it was brief, it had given him enough information to
piece together a secret that those he’d once looked up to had been hiding for
centuries.
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Kendall collects junky jewellery and expensive perfume, her favourite night out is with great friends and a fabulous bottle of wine or two, and she rarely watches TV. She lives in Brisbane with her hubby, her two grown boys and her little dog, Josie McLuvin.
Her debut novel Lost in Kakadu (Escape Publishing, 2013) has received a clutch of award nominations and most notably won the exclusive Romantic Book of the Year.
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The author will be giving away ebook bundle of Treasured Secrets & Rosalina’s Treasured Treats cookbook to 5 winners of the below Rafflecopter. Giveaway ends on May 6 and open internationally.
This event was organized by CBB Book Promotions.
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