In the Dark Author:Meagan McKinney Boston veterinarian Alyn Blum-Jones is shocked to learn of the disappearance of her heiress aunt Jacqueline Blum, just one day before they were supposed to meet for the first time. Curious about the aunt she has read so much about in the tabloids, Alyn travels to the family estate in search of answers only to discover more disturbing questions. ... more »Yet nothing chills her more than meeting freelance investigator Peter Youngblood, whose irresistible, piercing eyes seem to hold accusation.
As Alyn begins her quest for the truth, she's alarmed by the startling secrets she uncovers -- secrets that reveal Jacqueline followed a dream of love that led to a world of danger and death. Now as Peter guides Alyn through New York City's underbelly, she finds herself helplessly drawn to him. But can she trust him? Or will she succumb to the haunting legacy of the Blum women -- loving the wrong man, and paying dearly for it.« less
Contemporary romance involving a mysterious death, the neice trying to solve it, and the man serving as her guide through "New York City's underbelly".
Alyn Blum-Jones is the only living relation to her aunt Jacqueline, whom she has never met because her mother was dis-inherited when she married Alyn's father. Now a year after Alyn's mothers death Jacqueline wants to meet Alyn. On the eve of her visit to her aunt's magnificent estate, her aunt is missing, presumed dead.
When Alyn arrives at her aunts' estate she meets Peter Youngblood, a private investigator for the insurance company who will pay out $20 million if Jacqueline is found dead. Of course they don't hit it off, the stableman and the butler (whatever they call him in the book, I can't remeember!) immediately file a motion to reverse her aunts' will and immediately Alyns' life is in danger. Of course Peter is the only man to protect her.