SEELIE KAY (Cont.)
THE PRESIDENT’S WIFE
BLURB EXCERPT
When criminal defense attorney Julianna Constant
travels to Washington, D.C. to join her former college
roommate, Marella de la Aerelli, in celebrating her hus-
band’s election as the first president of the newly democ-
ratic Republic of Lodatia, she is met with an unpleasant
surprise. Her friend of almost thirty years not only looks
unwell, she is cold and distant. After Julianna becomes
convinced the woman is really an imposter, she attempts
to expose the faux Marella by using a secret only she,
Marella, and the sitting U.S. President share. In the proc-
ess, Julianna helps to uncover an international conspiracy
to seize control of the new country, using the president’s
wife as a pawn in a dangerous and potentially deadly
game. Will Marella be rescued before a coup takes place?
Or will she become collateral damage in one tiny nation’s
fight to be free? Julianna set her fork down on her plate and nudged
her husband, Little River, Wisconsin Police Chief David
Manders. “Something’s wrong.” Julianna whispered.
“Marella looks wrong. Maybe she’s just tired after the
campaign, but she looks sick. Too thin and too pale. And
she isn’t smiling. Marella is always smiling, even when she
feels like shit. And she hasn’t even looked at me. Why is
she ignoring me? Something is not right. I can feel it.”
David looked at his wife and tried to hide his smile.
“Jules, you find a conspiracy behind every door these
days,” he said quietly. He looked around to ensure that
the other four couples seated at their table were otherwise
engaged. “I vote for tired, no, make that exhausted. My
God, five months ago, she was a farm wife in Lodatia,
now she’s been thrust into the international spotlight as
the wife of the President. That would exhaust anyone. I
know if you ran for president, it would have a negative
impact on me.”
Julianna smirked. “If I became President, sir, it would
have a negative impact on both of us.”
***** Amazon Review by Jennifer L. Rupp:
Short, Hot, and Romantic. Seelie Kay combines espio-
nage, suspense, and romance in this bite-sized novella.
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