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Identity Crisis
by Eliza
Daly
When Olivia Doyle’s father dies under
suspicious circumstances, rather than inheriting a family fortune, she inherits
a new identity. She learns they were placed in the Federal Witness Protection
Program when she was five years old. Her father was involved in an art forgery
ring and testified against the mob. Brought up not to trust anyone, Olivia has
a difficult time relying on U.S. Marshal Ethan Ryder to protect her, and to
keep her secret. She fears her father may have continued his life of crime
through her art gallery. She has little choice but to depend on Ethan when she
realizes someone is now after her. Olivia’s search for the truth leads her and
Ethan across country to a family and past she doesn’t remember.
At the age of ten, Ethan witnessed a brutal
murder. He vowed when he grew up, he’d protect people in danger. Protecting
Olivia is difficult when she won’t trust him. He soon realizes his desire to
protect her goes beyond doing his job, but if his judgment becomes clouded by
emotions, her safety could be jeopardized.
Can Ethan and Olivia learn to trust each other
when they uncover secrets that will change their lives forever?
EXCERPT
Olivia stood paralyzed, her mind
racing, trying to comprehend the letter. Was this some kind of sick joke? For
the past twenty-four years her dad had lived in fear that somebody would hurt
them? What had forced him to leave behind everyone he’d loved? Everyone she’d
probably loved, but obviously couldn’t remember. And if her mom wasn’t buried
in San Francisco, whose grave had Olivia been visiting here all these years?
She tried to hold the letter steady in her trembling hands. Of course it was
vague. Her dad had been a man of few words. However, these few words expressed
a lot of emotion, something he’d never been good at doing.
“Is everything all right?” Father
Clifford’s voice penetrated her thoughts.
Concern creased the older man’s brow
and from the curiosity filling his gray eyes, he had no clue what the envelope
contained. Her dad hadn’t even trusted a priest with his secret. Her dad had
been the only person she’d ever really trusted, and it turned out she hadn’t
truly known him.
She merely nodded, unable to find
her voice. She inhaled a deep breath. The scent of beeswax candles and incense
did little to calm the panic racing through her veins. She unfolded a clipping
from a Chicago newspaper, dated twenty-four years ago. The headline read Art
Dealer in Bed with Mob Blows Whistle on Forgery Ring and Vinnie Carlucci. The
article included a photo of police officers escorting her dad. She started
reading the article. Prominent Chicago art dealer Andrew Donovan confesses to
having sold more than a hundred forgeries...
Her stomach dropped. She slapped a
hand over her mouth, certain she was about to vomit right there on the pew.
Her dad had been a criminal.
The nature of his crime made it all
the more surreal.
She stared in disbelief at the
papers in her hand. His name had been Andrew Donovan, not Alex Doyle. Her last
name was Donovan. Was her first name actually Olivia? Instead of inheriting a
family fortune, she’d inherited a new identity.
Or rather, an old one.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Eliza
Daly’s first attempt at creative writing was in fourth grade. She and her
friends were huge Charlie’s Angels fans and she would sit in her bedroom at
night writing scripts for them to act out at recess the following day. She was
Kelly Garrett. Fast forward to the present, she’s still writing stories about
beautiful women who always get their men. The journey from fourth grade script
writer to published author wasn’t an easy one, but it was always an adventure
and the final destination was well worth it.
When
Eliza isn’t traveling for her job as an event planner, or tracing her ancestry
roots through Ireland, she’s at home in Milwaukee working on her next novel,
bouncing ideas off her husband Mark, and her cats Quigley, Frankie, and Sammy.
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