For those who have followed the
Manor House series from the first book,
GRACE UNDER
PRESSURE, you know that thereโs a very big question that hasnโt been answered yet:
Is Grace, the young woman who came to work at Marshfield Manor a few years ago, truly
related to billionaire Bennett Marshfield? Could Bennett actually be Graceโs half-
uncle? And if so, could this new information inspire Bennett to change his will?
There are two things in
GRACE CRIES UNCLE that I guarantee. One is that the above
questions will be answered, and two is that thereโs much more to the story than
results from a DNA test can offer.
Readers who met Grace in Book #1 know that her younger sister, Liza, is trouble. When
she shows up in this new adventure, Liza is down on her luck (again) and eager to
enlist Graceโs help. Grace knows better than to trust her, but because an FBI agent
recently came looking for Lizaโs estranged husband Eric, and because that FBI agent
turned up dead, Grace believes she has no choice but to offer her conniving sister a
safe place to stay.
Is this a mistake? Or an incredibly shrewd move on Graceโs part? And what does all
this have to do with Bennett? Becauseโas it becomes clearโEric may be more involved in
Bennettโs business than anyone realizes. A prestigious antique collectorsโ convention
has descended on Emberstowne just as Bennett reveals heโs hoping to acquire a
specific, unnamed antique. Could Lizaโs lowlife husband know something about the
itemโs whereabouts?
GRACE CRIES
UNCLE is my favorite book in my
Manor House series thus far because we get to meet
the troublesome Liza and her unsavory husband, Eric. We also begin to understand why
Grace longs to be part of a real familyโBennettโs family. I hope you enjoy reading
this latest installment as much as I enjoyed writing it!
Julie Hyzy's first experience with food included flipping burgers and chopping
onions at a neighborhood hot dog stand. She traded that experience for a job as a
singing waitress at Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour -- but gave that up when she started
college (and because she couldn't carry a tune).
Over the years, she's acted in community theater productions, appeared in television
commercials, and crashed a previously all-male fraternity to become one of the first
female brothers in Loyola University's Chapter of Delta Sigma Pi.
Julie had dreams of becoming a writer, but family, friends, and frat brothers
convinced her otherwise. Having held positions as junior officer at a downtown bank,
office manager at an architectural firm, and financial advisor at a prestigious wealth
management company, she realizes that the business degree was probably a good choice -
- but fiction is truly her passion. Now, with some well-earned life experience behind
her, she's delighted to finally be able to make writing a priority in her life.
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The New York Times bestselling author of the Manor House Mysteries
and the White House Chef Mysteries shows how a blast from the past can spell
trouble for Grace Wheatonโฆ
When Graceโs estranged sister Liza shows up on her doorstep, the timing couldnโt be
worse. Graceโs beloved boss and benefactor, Bennett Marshfield, has finally gotten her
to agree to a DNA test to establish if he is, in fact, her uncle. If so, Grace would
move from being the trusted curator and manager of Marshfield Manor to Bennettโs heir.
And her duplicitous sister would be right behind her in the line of inheritance.
Liza is not the only mysterious visitor to arrive in town. A man claiming to be an FBI
agent has shown up, and a swarm of avaricious antique collectors have descended on
Emberstowne for a prestigious convention. When Bennett reveals heโs in mind to acquire
a secret antique and the FBI agent turns up dead, the plot thickens. And Grace canโt
help but wonder if Liza is at the center of it allโฆ
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