Upcoming Books by Laurel Gurnsey
The ‘Butterfly Trilogy’
(romantic suspense)
Book One:
‘Dancing in The Mist’
NOW AVAILABLE
Characters: Ashley Gallagher and Daemon O’Hare.
Ashley thought she’d left nightmares of fire and childhood tragedy behind. Now a successful California artist and co-owner of an art gallery, she is on her way to Ireland to paint a famous racehorse and stumbles into the middle of a kidnapping plot that may mimic that earlier tragedy. Suddenly in the romantic crosshairs of Scotland Yard detective Daemon O’Hare and the much deadlier ones of the kidnappers, she will need her own courage to rescue both herself and the kidnapping victim.
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Book Two:
‘A Perfect Star-Gazing Night’
available Christmas 2023 from Amazon
Characters: Beth Duncan and Sam Matthews.
Beth has been Ashley’s friend since childhood and now that Ashley has married Daemon and moved to Cornwall, Beth has come to join Ashley and re-open their California art gallery in Cornwall. When she comes home to find a dead body sprawled over the designer shoes in her closet, she feels she owes it to the dead man to find out what happened. She finds support in her investigating from Daemon’s Scotland Yard friend Sam Matthews, who has fallen in love with her. Secondary character and private investigator Riley Morgan assists, as they discover a deadly international theft ring trading in stolen gold antiquities. And then, because she has been asking too many questions, danger comes after Beth.
Book Three:
‘Castles Under Siege’
available Valentine's Day 2024 from Amazon
Characters: Gabrielle Matthews and Riley Morgan
Gabrielle is Sam’s sister. She is an event planner working for a big London company and is suddenly plunged into danger by the mysterious pull-out of a major sponsor who was bankrolling a new event she is working on. The situation becomes worse when Gabrielle wakes up next to the very dead ex-sponsor…the knife that killed him in her hand. Her brother Sam’s friend Riley Morgan has been attracted to Gabrielle ever since he met her at Beth and Sam’s wedding and is quick to come to help her as they search for the real killer in the middle of a chess game event at a castle in Northumberland…complete with live horses and soldiers…and a real weapon.