Legal Ease: Sutton Capital Series, Book
One
by Lori
Ryan
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BLURB:
Jack
Sutton needs a wife and he needs one now. Jack loved his mother, but she really
screwed him over when she set up her will. If Jack doesn’t have a wife by the
end of the week, he’ll lose control of the largest chunk of voting stock in his
company and will most likely lose his position as CEO as a result.
And
Jack’s Aunt Mabry is waiting in the wings to make sure that the terms of the
will are enforced. If he doesn’t find a wife, she’ll seize control of the stock
so she can install her own son at the helm and she couldn’t care less that her
son doesn’t want the job or that he probably won’t be any good at it.
Enter
Kelly Bradley, a twenty eight year old college graduate with a spot at Yale Law
School but no way to pay for it. Kelly and Jack’s eavesdropping secretary have
discovered Jack’s secret need for a wife and Kelly comes up with a plan to fix
both of their problems.
Just
when Jack needs her, Kelly breezes into his office, introduces herself to his
Aunt and cousin, and hands Jack an offer. She will marry him for a year so that
he can retain the stock that will keep him in control of Sutton Development if
he’ll pay for her to go to law school. Jack has no idea where his beautiful
savior came from or who she is but he’s willing to take a chance to save it
all.
The
deal may have kept Jack in control at Sutton Development but his private life
quickly spirals out of control. Just when Jack realizes that he wants more than
a year with Kelly, his wealth puts her in great danger and he is left
scrambling to save her life and their future together.
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Excerpt:
Kelly whipped through the house and up the stairs, calling
out for Mrs. Poole as she ran. “Mrs. Poole, come quickly! We have to move. We
have to move.” Kelly continued yelling as she ran into her room and grabbed
drawers full of clothes and piled hangers with slacks and dresses on them.
Mrs. Poole came up the stairs with a puzzled look on her
face. “What on earth are you hollering about, Kelly?” she said as she tried to
enter the room. She had to jump out of the way as Kelly made a mad dash to
Jack’s room.
“We have to move all of my stuff into Jack’s room,” Kelly
said, out of breath from her packing and running. “Jack’s Aunt Mabry is on her
way here and she’s staying with us for a couple of weeks,” Kelly blurted out as
she ran back down the hall to gather more of her belongings.
“Oh Lord,” Mrs. Poole rolled her eyes and followed after
Kelly. She quickly grabbed clothes and toiletries and rushed down the hall to
Jack’s room. She and Kelly repeated the trip half a dozen more times as they
transferred everything and set it into place. Mrs. Poole cleared out half of
Jack’s dresser and closet and made room for Kelly’s things while Kelly folded
and put her clothing away to make it appear as though the two had been living
in holy matrimony since day one.
Kelly put away the last of her things and took a deep
breath. She turned to survey the masculine-looking room. There was a dark
mahogany dresser and matching armoire against the deep green walls. Large
windows looked out on the same beautiful waterfront view that her guest room
windows had shared. She stopped suddenly and held her breath when her eyes
landed on the king-sized bed in the center. Until that moment, it hadn’t
occurred to her that she and Jack would now have to share a bed. Kelly’s smile
fell away as she realized that keeping her attraction hidden from Jack just
became a lot more difficult.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Lori has had
a number of careers before embarking on her newest adventure of writing novels.
After graduating from the University of Connecticut School of Law, she
practiced law for three years, working primarily in the areas of utilities law
and intellectual property litigation.
More
recently, Lori owned and operated a dog training business in Austin, Texas,
where she specialized in aggression and became an expert in the field of dog
bite analysis. Lori sold her dog training business in 2013 and is now a full
time writer and mother of two.
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lives in Austin with her husband -- who is endlessly supportive of her changing
career paths -- and her two children, one cat, and three dogs.
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