Jack Ryland’s second book is in the works. It picks up right where “Last Chance Inn” leaves off. Exceedingly early the next morning, anyway.

After a rapid descent from the edge of a cliff in the first book, Jack needs a safe place to sleep off his injuries. Cottonwood Hotel fits the bill. After staying there several times before, Jack knows it’s quiet and has excellent room service. He makes reservations online, and with Charlotte at the wheel, they make the long drive across state lines for a quiet week of recuperative rest.

Cottonwood Hotel is still quiet. Very quiet. It has excellent room service. It also has new management, and it doesn’t take Jack and Charlotte more than half a second to realize something isn’t quite right. In spite of it, after hours on the road, little sleep, and in need of food, they choose to set curiosity aside and keep their reservation.

All Jack needs is a week of complete rest, and they’ll be on their way again. He’s recovered from concussions before. He knows when to investigate, and when to set deducing aside. He can do this. After all, his intelligence is almost as important to him as his good looks.

For Charlotte, it’s not that simple. While Jack sleeps, she inadvertently stumbles into people and observations that send her curiosity into overdrive.  In spite of it, she’s determined that nothing will interfere with Jack’s complete recovery and keeps her questions and growing concerns to herself. If she was dealing with an ordinary guy, perhaps that would work. Jack however, would have to be in a coma not to realize that whether she intends to or not, she’s becoming involved. It’s a relief to both of them when the day comes that Jack’s headaches are gone, and they can leave this mystery behind.

If only that day came a day earlier.

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And there… without intending to, I do believe I just wrote the back-of-the-book trailer for “Cottonwood Hotel.” It currently stands at a modest 52 pages. I expect it to be my next release, in spite of “Failure to Engage” being about 150 pages already.

Now that I’ve written this, I’m off to write more “Cottonwood Hotel”! Charlotte is in the middle of a situation and I’m anxious to see how she gets out of it.

Happy reading!