A FORTUNE TO DIE FOR
Book 1 of The White Oak-Mafia Series
By Liza O’Connor
Genre: Contemporary Mafia Suspense (with touches of humor)
Megan Clarke had a good life until she wins the Mega Times Lottery and discovers the prize comes with a curse. Worse than the many money-hungry suitors, a serial killer has her in his sight. She changes her name and moves to Iowa with plans to buy their last major forest of white oaks and turn it into a State Park. Unfortunately, the Lottery Curse doesn’t stop at state lines and someone there wants her dead, as well. Good thing a disturbingly handsome law officer is just as determined to keep her alive.
Megan Clarke set the package on her kitchen counter with great care. āItās probably nothing,ā she chided herself. Opening a letter that came in the same mail delivery, she changed her mind as she read another threat to kill her. She hurried to the phone and hit her speed dial for the local cops. Her hands shook despite her mental self-assurances that everything was okay.
A female voice answered the phone. āDanville Police.ā
Recognizing Margaretās voice, she replied, āHi, this is Megan. Is Sergeant Adams around?ā
āNo, heās on vacation. You get another death threat?ā
āYeah, but thereās also a package. I know itās stupid, but Iām afraid to open it.ā
A heavy sigh sounded over the phone. āI swear, all your troubles since you won the lottery has made me afraid to even play scratch-offs. Hold on.ā
Megan pushed her blond hair behind her ears. The craziest part about her winning the Mega Times Lottery was she never played games of chanceāthought it a great waste of money. She had already become a millionaire by her own efforts. Why did she want to be richer? She had more than enough.
Then one day, while in a New York shop buying lunch, her friend, Terry, a bona fide lottery junkie, had insisted she buy a ticket. āIt only cost a dollar. Stop being a miser!ā Not wishing to argue, she passed the clerk a dollar. āJust give me a random number,ā she instructed the fellow, then frowned as her friend filled out ten cards. āYou do realize if I win, you have to take the money,ā Megan warned.
Terry stared at her with rounded eyes. āNo way! You canāt give away your good luck. If you win it, you have to keep it. Otherwise, you and the recipient will have bad luck the rest of your lives.ā
So when the stupid ticket turned out to be the only winning number for a $987-million-dollar pot, all the bad luck stayed with her alone. Honestly, she wouldnāt wish her ānewā life on a dog, nevertheless her best friend.
Since she was a financial expert, she took the $463 million upfront and invested half of it, planning to donate the other half to charities. Only problem was, whenever she delved into various charities, she didnāt like the way they used their money, so thus far, sheād only managed to give away a few million.
āMiss Clarke, Iām Detective Steve Williams,ā a pleasant voice came over the phone. āHow may I help you?ā
āI received a package today. It has a name and address I donāt recognize.ā
Complete silence answered her.
āAre you still there?ā
āYes, maāam. Iām just a little confused. Marge said you had a letter threatening your life.ā
āYes. I have one of those, too. It doesnāt have a return address. Nor is it signed. But the letter and the package came in the same post.ā
āSo you think the package may be from the sender of the death threat?ā
āThis one or one of the hundred other angry letters Iāve received.ā
āMind if I stop by and take a look?ā
Mind? Why did he think she was calling? If only Sergeant Adams were there. āIād greatly appreciate it.ā
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Liza OāConnor was raised badly by feral cats, left the South/Midwest and wandered off to find nicer people on the east coast. There she worked for the meanest man on Wall Street, while her psychotic husband tried to kill her three times. (So much for finding nicer people.) Then one day she declared enough, got a better job, divorced her husband, and fell in love with her new life where people behaved nicely. But all those bad behaviors has given her lots of fodder for her humorous books. Please buy these books, because otherwise, sheāll become grumpy and write troubled novels instead. They will likely traumatize you.
You have been warned.
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