Inn the Spirit of Legends

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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Synopsis

When the tiny hamlet of Hannah, Texas goes up for auction, Hannah Duncan’s fun-loving uncle sees it as the perfect gift for her thirtieth birthday. After all, what’s more fun than a town bearing your own name? The ‘town’ isn’t much, but it resolves around the historic Spirits of Texas Inn. The old inn comes with a colorful past, the mystique of hidden treasure, and three surprise residents: true spirits of the past, who didn’t cross over as expected. To top it off, two fortune hunters arrive to search for the hidden treasure, and they don’t care who stands in their way. They’ll stoop to any means—including murder—to get their hands on the legendary stash of gold. Don’t miss out on the excitement, right from the beginning. Book your visit to Hannah, Texas today!

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Author Biography

Best-selling indie author Becki Willis loves crafting stories with believable characters in believable situations. Many of her stories stem from her own travels and from personal experiences. (No worries; she's never actually murdered anyone).

When she’s not plotting danger and adventure for her imaginary friends, Becki enjoys reading, antiquing (aka junking), unraveling a good mystery (real or imagined), dark chocolate, and a good cup of coffee. A professed history geek, Becki often weaves pieces of the past into her novels. Family is a central theme in her stories and in her life. She and her husband enjoy traveling, but believe coming home to their Texas ranch is the best part of any trip.

Becki is on the Board of Directors for Authors School of Business and has won numerous awards, but the real compliments come from her readers. Drop in for an e-visit anytime at beckiwillis.ccp@gmail.com, or www.beckiwillis.com.

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Author Insight

Unwanted Birthday Present

Have you ever received a gift you didn't quite know what to do with? Didn't want, in fact? Most often, there's no graceful way to refuse it. Hannah Duncan has that very problem, when her eccentric uncle buys her a TOWN for her thirtieth birthday!

Book Excerpt

Inn the Spirit of Legends

“So, this purchase was a birthday present, huh?”

Hannah visibly cringed. “Yes. My uncle prides himself on giving… unique gifts. This is just one of a long list of doozies.”

At her tone, Walker Jacoby actually chuckled. “What were some of the others?”

“Well, let’s see… instead of the pony I asked for on my seventh birthday, he gave me a retired Kentucky Derby race horse. When I was ten and wanted a magic kit, he took me to Vegas to meet a magician. I was terrified when they called me up on the stage to participate in a magic trick. I thought the man was truly sawing me in half.” She laughed at the memory now, but at the time, it was traumatizing. “There was a full circus production in our backyard on my… fifth, I think it was, birthday… and a really cool private concert for me and five of my closest friends when I turned sixteen. And then there was the egg incident.”

Walker sent her a sharp look, but the corners of his mouth lifted in amusement. “You say that with such drama. What, pray tell, was the egg incident?”

“For my twelfth birthday, JoeJoe gave me a dozen eggs, each in their own incubator. He claimed it was educational, but it turned into a science project that quite literally ate itself.” The memory of it skittered over her skin, rippling her arms with gooseflesh. “In typical JoeJoe fashion, he had no idea what creatures would hatch forth out of those shells. Just my luck, I was living with my mother at the time, in a very swanky LA condo, where they had a strict no-crocodile/no-snake/no-duck policy.”

She failed to mention that the fiasco offered her mother the perfect excuse to send young Hannah back to live with her father in Texas. Again.