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    Save Angelina

    By Nina Guilbeau

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    Have you ever wanted your opinion as a reader known, before the book was published? Readers of the Women’s Fiction Club were able to do just that by reading chapters weekly and voting on the direction of the story! The first novella in a series of Women’s Fiction Club Presents is Save Angelina.

    Melanie McKnight is horrified to discover the murdered body of her ex-fiancé, a prominent senator, gruesomely displayed in her condo. The senator had been stalking her and LT. Thomas West, the handsome and infuriating detective in charge of her case, mostly ignored her pleas for help. Now West acts quickly to whisk her and Mama Aida, the woman who raised her, away without further explanation. Although Melanie is conflicted in her intense attraction to Lt. West, she instinctively trusts him. However, in the course of the next twenty-four hours, Melanie discovers that she has been in danger since she was a child and that nothing in her life is what it seems. In addition, as she realizes that she is in love with West, she must also face the revelation that he has deceived her from their very first meeting.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJuania Books
    Release dateJan 1, 2012
    ISBN9781465708878
    Save Angelina
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    Nina Guilbeau

    Nina Guilbeau is the sibling’s editor for "BellaOnline The Voice of Women" magazine. She routinely interviews siblings for her articles and have studied with fascination the Alfred Adler birth order theory. She is a 2010 Royal Palm Literary Award winner. Her short story "A Lifetime of Music" was featured in the published 2009 short story anthology. Her short story "When I Laugh" will be published in a 2012 Chicken Soup for the Soul edition.

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      Save Angelina - Nina Guilbeau

      Women’s Fiction Club Presents

      SAVE ANGELINA

      By

      Nina Guilbeau

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

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      Save Angelina

      Copyright © 2011 Nina Guilbeau

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase

      Your support and respect for the property of this author is appreciated.

      This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales is purely coincidental. The characters are productions of the author’s imagination and used fictitiously.

      Adult Reading Material

      *****

      Women’s Fiction Club Presents

      SAVE ANGELINA

      *****

      Chapter 1

      Melanie felt a shiver go down her spine. Her normally flawless, radiant skin went ashen, as the blood drained from her face. He had been in her condo again. He had sat at her dining room table and ate her food. He had used her silverware and china. The hand sewn lace trimmed napkins that she kept in a velvet case in her china cabinet, now all lay crumbled and dirty on the floor. They had once belonged to her mother and before that, her grandmother. Those napkins were all she had left of her mother and Melanie cherished the set. She had barely even taken them out of the special box, much less used them. The fact that he had purposely dirtied a set of twenty-four napkins when he knew how much they meant to her was particularly vicious. It was clear that he just wanted to demonstrate the depth of the power he had over her. He wanted her to feel victimized and now she felt all the anger, humiliation and vulnerability of a victim. He had purposely violated her and he had invaded much more than her condo. He had invaded her soul…again.

      A normal call to the police would bear no fruit and she wasn’t sure if she should waste her time. She had no proof, and there was no evidence that it was him. She looked at her surroundings. There was just a bunch of dirty dishes in an untidy dining room. There wasn’t even a sign of forced entry. What could she gain by accusing one of the most powerful men in the city of such a petty crime? The fact that she had accused him several times before of coming into her home to do nothing but make his presence known, made her seem a little unbalanced. He even accused her of harassing him and of course, everybody believed him. He had lots of money, friends in high places, long time family and political connections, and he lied so convincingly that he could make anyone doubt their own instincts. Who was she to go up against a US senator?

      She shouldn’t allow herself to be bullied, even if the bully was rich, clever and well connected. But what choice did she really have? Her public relations firm was expanding thanks to the strings he pulled for her. What he could do, he could undo and then where would she be?

      Melanie knew this when she first got in bed with him, literally. He had become her business advisor, client and lover all at the same time. It was a mistake to get involved with him on any level, she knew that now, but he made her feel like she needed him. He made her doubt herself, when the truth was that she was quite capable of taking care of things on her own.

      Maybe because he was used to having all the power, he always had to prove that he was better and smarter than anyone else. He always had to take more than he needed just because he could. Melanie looked down at her mother’s napkins and saw the footprints. Not this time. She grabbed her cell phone and called the number on her speed dial.

      West speaking,

      The sound of his voice momentarily threw Melanie off guard. She had half expected her call to go to voicemail as usual. She mused over making the call in the first place and she was feeling a bit embarrassed that she was so nervous. It was just his voice, but it still made her heart flutter. It was strong and sexy, just like everything else about him. Melanie held her breath.

      Hello?

      Yes, yes, hello Lieutenant West. This is Melanie McKnight.

      Who?

      Melanie McKnight.

      "Oh yeah, Miss McKnight," Lt Thomas West said with a hint of a smile.

      "Ms McKnight, thank you very much."

      Melanie knew why he was taking that tone with her, and she wasn’t in the mood. At their first meeting she had complained to him about her treatment by some of the male officers. They described her as a hysterical and irrational woman scorned and Melanie demanded and apology. Lt West had her pegged for an angry feminist who blamed men for everything.

      You’re not married are you? I was always taught that if a woman wasn’t married she should be called Miss. You know, to distinguish her from all the married women who could hold on to a man.

      Melanie scowled, amazed that the same strong, warm voice that had made her heart flutter just moments ago was now grating on her last nerve. She had been physically attracted to him from the first moment she saw him, but then he opened his mouth. He wasn’t worthy of her attention, even if only in the occasional fantasy. Why was the biggest jackass in charge of her case? They really didn’t take her situation seriously.

      I’m not asking you to strain your brain trying to keep up with the plight of women in the twenty first century, but how about you just try to keep up with the progress we made through the seventies, Ok? I would appreciate it you would just respect my wishes and refer to me in the manner in which I have asked. Is that so hard Mr. at least the size of my ego is big West?

      Ouch! Was that really necessary? You college educated women. Boy, we should have never let you out the kitchen. What you need, Miss McKnight, is a good man, with any size ego to relieve your stress.

      West chuckled as he leaned back in his office chair and propped his feet on his desk. He was about to get hit with both barrels after that comment and he was ready for it.

      You know what, Melanie eyes narrowed as she tried to control her anger, I have so much to say to you right now, but since I use big words, you won’t understand a thing!

      Oh, try me.

      Did you have to pass some type of Be a Jerk exam to become a lieutenant or just to work on my case?

      Just your case. Because no one wants it and I can’t ignore it. Listen, he said over her protest. Just listen for a minute! West became serious as he continued. You claim your ex-fiancé is breaking into your home to do nothing except leave signs that he’s been there. He claims, you invite him in and then for revenge deny it. He always has a working key, even though you’ve changed the lock several times. It’s his word against yours and your word isn’t worth much against Senator William Ashton Calhoun II in this beautiful city we call our nation’s capital.

      Don’t you think I know that? Don’t you think I want all of this just to go away? Because I do!

      Melanie could feel a lump growing in her throat

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