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Heartbreak Hotel [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
eBook by Jill Marie Landis
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eBook Category: Romance
eBook Description:  During her acclaimed career, USA Today bestselling author Jill Marie Landis has consistently delivered stories of vibrant sensuality featuring heartfelt characters whose sweeping emotions make their lives unforgettable. Now, in Heartbreak Hotel, Landis has written her most spellbinding novel yet. A supportive wife and mother, Tracy Potter always played by the rules and maintained a perfect home. But after her husband's sudden death, she learns the devastating truth: all she believed in--from their wealth to their marriage vows--was a perfect lie. Forced to start over, Tracy puts everything into resurrecting the Heartbreak Hotel, a long-abandoned turn-of-the-century inn overlooking the Pacific Ocean. She's determined to never again believe in anyone but herself--until the night mysterious loner Wade MacAllister checks in. Intrigued by the secret disillusionment in his eyes--one that mirrors her own--Tracy finds that a growing desire challenges her at every turn. The Heartbreak Hotel is a perfect place for Wade to hide not only from his notoriety as an author, but the shocking events in his past. Drawn to Tracy and her struggle to succeed, he is quickly compelled to risk the anonymity on which his survival depends. By the time Tracy discovers the handsome stranger's true identity, there's more than ever at stake. She is not only forced to risk another broken heart and learn to trust again, but she must fight to make Wade believe in their love. Along California's sparkling blue coastline and amid its mist-shrouded nights, Heartbreak Hotel unfolds a suspenseful and yet tender story of second chances against all odds, of families lost and regained ... and of the ways unexpected love can make even the most disillusioned hearts believe.
eBook Publisher: Random House, Inc./Ballantine Books
Fictionwise Release Date: May 2005
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Available eBook Formats [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader - What's this?]: SECURE MOBIPOCKET FORMAT [352 KB], SECURE MICROSOFT READER FORMAT [452 KB] - Requires Microsoft Reader 2.1.1 for PCs, or Microsoft Reader 2.2.2 on Pocket PC 2002 handheld devices. Some older Pocket PCs can be upgraded. Learn More., SECURE EREADER (RECOMMENDED) FORMAT [277 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [542 KB]
All formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
eReader (recommended) ISBN: 9780345484
Microsoft Reader ISBN, Adobe Acrobat Reader ISBN: 0345484711
MobiPocket Reader ISBN: 9780345484710
 
"Riveting–a gripping novel that will pull at your heartstrings." -- JOAN JOHNSTON, author of Colter’s Wife
"Jill Marie Landis is a master. Her Heat Wave caught me on a swell, gripped me from the very first page, and sent me hurtling into adventure. I highly recommend it!" -- LINDA LAEL MILLER, author of The Last Chance Café
CHAPTER ONE Wade MacAllister had spent most of his life wishing he had more of everything—more luck, more talent, more money. He had money now. More money than he'd ever imagined. If he'd been blessed with real talent, maybe his luck wouldn't have run out. Steering his Harley into a scenic turnout with a view of the Pacific, he killed the engine and set the kickstand. The heavy black and chrome bike listed to one side, poised above the pavement, heat radiating off of the pipes. Though silent now, the growl of the engine still hummed in his ears. Beyond the lookout, the ocean rose and fell, its rough surface surging in every direction, pulled by the tide, the wind, and the swells. Gathering twilight made it harder to see. Wind gusts off the water matched the rhythm of the waves. The chill in the air cut through his leather jacket, reminding him that he could still feel. That he was still alive. The night was moonless and melancholy. Restless like him. "Make up your goddamned mind." The mumbled words were quickly swept away, carried off on the wind, drowned by the roar of the waves. "If you're going to do it, get it over with." He glanced up and down the highway. There were no cars in sight. He was ever conscious of the gun in his saddlebag, a classic Colt .45, Gold Cup Trophy model he had picked up from a dealer in Phoenix. He'd practiced at a firing range to make sure he knew how to use it, though for his purposes, a good aim wasn't important. Tonight, like every other night, his fertile mind conjured up memories of things best forgotten. He tried, God knew he'd tried, but there was no way he could ever forget the twelve women murdered in unspeakable ways. Lovely young women who had died violent, heinous deaths. Acts spawned by a sick and twisted mind. His sick and twisted mind. Do it right now. Right here. Get it over with. But there was more than a whisper of daylight left. His mind spun out the what-ifs. What if an unsuspecting driver pulled over? What if a car full of people drove by, saw his body lying there? What if there were kids in the car? What then? He needed to go somewhere off the beaten track, somewhere lonely and solitary. A secluded place more in keeping with the way he'd always lived his life. He'd know it when he saw it and when he did, maybe then he'd find the courage to put an end to everything. The twelve women. The constant moving. The disguises. He'd find the right place and then maybe he'd find the courage to bring the story of his life to a close. Copyright © 2005 by Jill Marie Landis
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