Bound By Blood

by T.C. LoTempio

A Fallen Angel Reviews Recommended Read! Leigh Hartley is a reporter whose life is topsy-turvy right now. She's going through a divorce from her soap opera actor husband and her daughter, Rory, is difficult to manage. The legacy of Ravencrest seems a godsend to Leigh, and she and her daughter move there. Meanwhile, Luke Rawlings, a reporter for the Coltonville Comet, and his editor, Rob Smithies, see a big story in two seemingly unrelated murders of redheaded women. Luke wants a chance to prove it's the work of a serial killer. He enlists the cooperation of the Police Captain, Lawrence Pike, who assigns him to the case with the Detective in charge, Paul Devlin. As Leigh, Luke and Paul work to find the "Redhead Killer," romantic sparks fly between Leigh and Paul...and the closer they come to the madman, the more Leigh begins to realize that his next victim may be someone very close to her...her own daughter! Suspense Thriller/Mystery/Romantic Suspense

236 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Born in New York City, T. C. LoTempio is the national bestselling author of Meow If It’s Murder, the first in the Nick and Nora Mystery series.

She has been a staff reporter at the young adult magazine Susabella Passengers and Friends for more than a decade.

While Toni LoTempio does not commit – or solve – murders in real life, she has no trouble doing it on paper.

Her lifelong love of mysteries began early on when she was introduced to her first Nancy Drew mystery at age 10 – The Secret in the Old Attic. She lists among her favorite mystery/suspense writers Erle Stanley Gardner, Mary Higgins Clark and James Patterson, as well as EJ Copperman, Steve Hockensmith, Victoria Laurie, Ali Brandon, Rita Mae Brown, Miranda James and Sofie Kelly to name only a few!

Toni is also passionate about her love for animals, as demonstrated with her four cats: Trixie, Princess, Maxx and, of course, ROCCO, who not only provided the inspiration for the character of Nick the cat in the Nick and Nora mystery series, but who also writes his own blog and does charity work for Nathan Fillion’s charity, Kids Need to Read!

Toni’s also devoted to miniseries like The Thorn Birds, Dancing with the Stars, reruns of Murder She Wrote and Castle (of course!).

She (and ROCCO, albeit he’s uncredited) pen the Nick and Nora mystery series from Berkley Prime Crime.

She, Rocco and company make their home in Clifton, New Jersey, just twenty minutes from the Big Apple – New York