Judith Luke - New book out soon! A Tangled Web

 

In A TANGLED WEB, Rudy Manning’s life couldn’t be better. DNA tests prove he is the son of Ethan Manning, a powerful Seattle attorney. He now lives at the Manning estate on Seamist Bay. His landscaping business is booming. Occasionally, he dates beautiful Kate McCabe, his siter-in-law’s New York editor. With access to the family trust, he donates time and money to charitable causes. While building a retaining wall for an orphanage, a beautiful woman tumbles down the embankment, propelling them into the chilly waters of the bay. Intrigued, he learns her name is Mattie Fairchild.

Mattie Fairchild is told she nearly drowned the hottest bachelor in the area, but Rudy doesn’t seem bothered by the embarrassing incident. Each morning at her consignment store/coffee shop, Rudy and his friends meet for breakfast. Her rescue dog, her partner Sweeney, and the mystical little Scottish ladies keep her life interesting. Mattie’s life seems perfect until a bag of fish heads is found hanging on her door. But rocks thrown through her door windows and threats painted in red on her store front, lead her to believe it’s more than vandalism.

Rudy helps with repairs and tries to cheer Mattie, and in doing so, they become irresistibly drawn to each other. When he refuses a sudden and unexpected marriage proposal from Kate, the attacks on Mattie escalate. The more Rudy digs into Kate’s life the more he learns about her secret past. A tangled web of lies emerges, putting everyone in danger, more than they could imagine. Will Rudy be able to untangle the web before Kate destroys them all?

Thornton House

A Seamist Bay Novel by Judith Luke

An inherited estate. A string of “accidental” deaths. A treasure someone is willing to kill for.

From the moment you step into Thornton House, you’ll be swept away across glittering blue waters and into a mystery that refuses to loosen its grip.

Early readers in the United States are calling it:

⭐ “Judith Luke at her best!”

⭐ “Hard to put down once you start reading.”

⭐ “Sizzles with heat and suspense.”

⭐ “Riveting… a heartwarming story.”

When the heroine inherits a grand but shadowed estate, she quickly realizes the past isn’t buried—it’s waiting. Hidden money, suspicious “accidents,” and whispered secrets cling to the walls of Thornton House. And just next door? A charming, intelligent neighbor who is more than willing to help her uncover the truth.

Together they sail the coast, follow dangerous clues, and risk everything to expose the identity of the person responsible for the tragedies that haunt the estate. But as their investigation deepens, so does the danger.

Will they uncover the treasure before someone else escapes with it?

Blending romance, family drama, and pulse-racing suspense, Thornton House builds to a surprise—but deeply satisfying—ending that will leave you eager for the next installment in the Seamist Bay Series.

Readers agree: once you start, you won’t want to put it down.

About the author

Judith lives in Florida with her husband and canine administrator, Toby. In between golf and MahJongg, she writes. She called Colorado home for most of her adult life.

When she bought two horses for her children to ride, she didn’t realize it would grow to a herd of registered Paint horses, lessons for herself, and training for her horses, not to mention lots of travel to shows.

Driving to Wyoming to visit family and enjoying the wide-open land was the creative inspiration for the fictional farm community called Bantry and the mountain formation Hightower Mountain in SECRETS OF THE HEART.

The second book in this series, RETURN TO HIGHTOWER, is in progress and focuses on Adam’s younger brother Steve Tower and his lost love, Desiree Lorde. Both novels are stand-alone reads. She hopes to have it out by summer.

If you enjoyed the story, please leave a review on Amazon.com to let others know. You can contact Judith at judithluke.author@google.com.

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