Spent Identity

Bell’s busy follow-up to Stolen Obsession finds New York City antiquities appraiser Annalisse Drury having doubts about her relationship with the vastly wealthy and incredibly handsome Alec Zavros, who’s a veterinarian as well as hands-on owner of a luxury sports car company. In search of relationship advice, Annalisse sets off for her Aunt Kate’s farm near Goshen, N.Y., only to find Kate in a stew because her son, to whom she quitclaimed it when she was broke, has decided to sell the farm, which Kate was planning on leaving to Annalisse. Meanwhile, Ethan Fawdray, Kate’s hired man, reports an unusually pungent smell coming from the barn. When Annalisse, Kate, and Ethan investigate, they find a man’s decomposing body. Shortly thereafter, Kate vanishes. Has she been kidnapped? How is she connected to the dead man? The suspenseful search for Kate leads Annalisse, Alec, and Alec’s PI friend, Bill Drake, to past crimes as well as current ones. This mystery is for readers who like their romances spiced up with Glocks and danger. (Self-published)