M. S. SPENCER (Cont.)
THE MASON’S MARK
BLURB EXCERPT
In both the best and worst first day at work ever,
docent Claire Wilding meets the man of her dreams, but
her carefully rehearsed guided tour of the George Wash-
ington National Masonic Memorial collapses when she
discovers a body and is drawn into a dark world of black
ops and Italian renegade masons, of secret cabals and
hidden treasure. Also cloaked in mystery is handsome
Gideon Bliss, a George Washington expert who haunts
the Memorial, his manner evasive. What is his secret?
Claire fears she‘ll fall in love with him only to learn he‘s a
thief or even a murderer. Juggling two eccentric mothers,
an inquisitive sister, and an increasingly smitten detective,
Claire must find answers to a complex web of intrigue,
including who to trust and who to love. ―Gideon, I…I think you should clear this matter up
before we see each other again.‖
The phone went dead. Hmm, he took that surprisingly
well. She resisted the urge to cry and went into the kitchen.
When she came out carrying a glass filled with ice and a
bottle of vodka, she found Gideon sitting on the packing
crate. His eyebrows bristled. Claire didn‘t think she‘d ever
seen eyebrows actually bristle. It made him look like an
angry centipede.
―Claire, you can‘t dump me over the phone. I forbid
it.‖
She poured a large tot into her glass. ―I see.‖
He stood and paced, not an easy thing to do in a
room the size of a refrigerator box. Watching him, it oc-
curred to Claire that she should decorate her house in the
Shaker style—have all the furniture hang on pegs, up and
out of the way of large trampling feet. She forced herself
to focus on the words spilling out of the side of his
mouth. ―I never hid my predicament from you. It‘s unfair
to let me fall head over heels for you and then suddenly
go all ethical on me.‖ He stopped and peered down at
her. His face drooped. ―Claire, I need you to help me
through this.‖
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