The Legacy of Sterling Manor

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Jennifer Franz Griffith, May 20, 2021 - Fiction - 238 pages

When Holly Jensen inherits her estranged aunt’s house, she doesn’t expect to have to fight with local heartthrob Derek Sterling over rightful ownership, but she’s determined to find the truth about the house that she plans to turn into a Bed and Breakfast.


Holly stumbles upon her aunt Celia’s journals in the attic which reveal a shocking truth: Her aunt Celia and Derek’s grandfather, Graham were once lovers.


Between trying to start a new business and finding her place in the town, Holly must also confront the strange all-consuming feelings that are evoked whenever she’s near Derek.


Derek Sterling is the town council president of a slowly dying small town, but he has a plan to save it. Now that the reclusive woman who was squatting in his grandfather’s house for the last seventy-years is gone (may she rest in peace), it’s time for action.


Things are falling into place for him except for Holly, the fiery redhead who just swept into town claiming the house as her own. For reasons he can’t explain, Derek is pulled toward Holly with a longing he’s never experienced before. The eternally noble Derek knows he needs to choose the town over his growing adoration for Holly, but he can’t stay away from her.

 

Contents

Copyright
CHAPTER
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTYTWO
CHAPTER TWENTYFOUR
EPILOGUE
Copyright

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

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About the author (2021)

I’m Jenn (two n’s, please). I was raised in Perry Hall, Maryland where I wrote my first book, The Adventures of Freddie Field Mouse at age 7. It got critical acclaim from my parents, grandparents and many aunts and uncles. 

Unfortunately, the original manuscript was lost or may be still under my childhood bed (sorry Mom, I will clean that out someday). 

I continued writing novels through high school, but turned my focus to graphic design as a career.

My first job out of college was as a graphic designer for a newspaper. I later co-published a local newspaper where I was a contributing writer and graphic designer. Later I joined a well-known newspaper as the Art Director and freelanced as a columnist for an online newspaper.

In 2013, I became the Marketing Production Supervisor for a large library system where I am surrounded by books all the time.

I still live in Baltimore, Maryland with my husband, five-year-old son and two cats. You can find me listening to audiobooks or writing in between juggling my full-time job and managing virtual kindergarten.


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