Fragile Designs

Carly Harris is struggling to support herself and her infant son after her police-officer husband Erics mysterious murder. When her grandmother proposes she and her two sisters restore the familys large Beaufort home and turn it into a bed-and-breakfast, she uncovers a family secret that Eric kept hidden. Homicide detective Lucas Bennett is not his neighbor's biggest fan, but when Carly turns to Lucas for help, believing she has found a lost Fabergé egg that would be worth millions, he cannot help but get involved. They are entangled in a mystery with threads that lead all the way to the Russian mafia, and Lucas realizes he is vulnerable to an unexpected kind of danger.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 29 February 2024
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers

Since her police officer husband Erics mysterious murder, Carly Harris has been struggling to support herself and their infant son. Her career as an antique dealer isn't sustainable, nor is her dream of becoming a novelist. So when her grandmother proposes she and her two sisters restore the family's large Beaufort home and turn it into a bed-and-breakfast, she immediately gets to work clearing out the house. In the process, she uncovers a family secret that Eric kept hidden. And an heirloom that the wrong person wouldn't hesitate to kill for.

Homicide detective Lucas Bennett isn't his neighbor's biggest fan, not since she broke his brother's heart years ago. But when Carly turns to Lucas for help, believing she's found a lost Fabergé egg that would be worth millions and that could put her family's lives in danger, he can't help but get involved. Soon, they're entangled in a mystery with threads that lead all the way to the Russian mafia. Lucas has gotten in deep, and while he trusts his ability to keep Carly and her family safe, he begins to realize he's vulnerable to an unexpected kind of danger. And he's helpless to stop the freefall. As they continue working closely together, Carly and Lucas realize they may have found something more precious than gold. Yet, it's only a matter of time before Carly—or, worse, someone she loves—gets hurt.

Contemporary romantic suspense. Stand-alone novel. Book length: approximately 90,000 words. Includes discussion questions for book clubs.

Weight: 290g
Dimension: 140 x 402 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780785253822