Her nerves were already stretched thin. It had been more than four days since he last messaged her and she was too used to his volatile mood swings to hope that he’d finally given up on her. Usually, when Tommy went silent, it was because he was focused on another one of his plans.
Glancing behind her, assuring herself that he wasn’t lurking just out of her sight, Grace fervently wished that, whatever was occupying Tommy, it had nothing to do with her.
“Grace!”
Her head whipped around at the sound of her name. She was already poised to flee and only just stopped herself when she saw one of her neighbors waiting inside the small vestibule that led into their apartment complex. A welcoming smile on her lovely face, Tessa De Angelis held the door open for her.
De Angelis. Grace knew enough Italian to guess that meant “of angels”. Even though it was the woman’s married name, she thought it suited her. Tessa was petite and kind, with a set of innocent eyes that seemed more golden than hazel. She perpetually wore an inviting smile and always stopped for a chat whenever they met in the hall.
Stumbling under the weight of her groceries, her heart settling back into a normal rhythm after her scare, Grace hurried toward the open door.
Tessa was harmless. She was safe.
She greeted the other woman with a bob of her head. “Tessa, hi. Thanks for holding the door for me. Appreciate it.”
“Need some help with your bags?”
Ice skittered down her spine at the deep voice with the clipped tone. Jumpy as ever, it was all she could do not to react.
She didn’t see him standing there in the shadows of the vestibule. Silly. She should’ve known better by now. Lucas was never too far from his lovely bride.
It was an automatic reaction. Gripping the handles of her grocery bags tightly, she moved them closer in case he tried to take them. Her lips pressed together; she hoped it passed for a grin. “Thank you, Lucas, but I’m fine.”
Tessa De Angelis was harmless. She was safe. Lucas… was not.
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I’ll Never Stop
It was supposed to be one date. After connecting on an online dating site, Grace Delaney agreed to go out with Thomas for coffee—and that was the beginning of the end for both of them.
Thomas Mathers is rich, he’s smart, he’s arrogant, and, after one evening, he’s decided that the lovely ballerina is meant to be his. And because he immediately proves how obsessed he is by breaking into her home and leaving threatening gifts, she knows he’s not about to take Grace’s no for an answer.
No matter where she goes, he finds her. In the seven months since they met, she’s been forced to move twice, change her number three times. The cops won’t help her. Her friends think she’s just being stubborn.
Tommy would be good for her, they say.
Tommy will never let her go.
He stalks her, tracks her using his wits, his goons, and the best technology that money can buy. How can she escape him?
Simple. By hiding out in a small town where there’s no phone, no television, and a retired Marine turned sheriff’s deputy is willing to do whatever he has to in order to protect the frightened outsider he’s quickly falling for.
Welcome back to Hamlet.
I’ll Never Stop is a full-length novel set in Hamlet. Featuring characters from the previous entries in the series, as well as introducing a new heroine to the small town, this novel is set approximately a year after Don’t Trust Me and will bring the reader back to the cozy small town—where everyone knows your name and, even so, no one is safe.
This book was released on March 8th.
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Ophelia
In a small village with a population less than two hundred, there was rarely a need for an inn. There was definitely no reason for one of the locals to open a bed and breakfast when outsiders were few and far between. That didn't stop Maria De Angelis. Though she knew she would never manage to escape Hamlet—and she didn't want to—running Ophelia was her dream.
But when did she decide to do it? Why? Where did she get the name for it?
And what really happened with Mack Turner?
Told in snippets, this novella spans eight years, showing the birth of the idea for Ophelia all the way to the day Maria reopens her bed and breakfast and has Tessa Sullivan for a guest.
The reader gets a closer look at the relationship between Lucas and Maria De Angelis, as well as glimpses of some of the Hamlet residents that are featured in Don’t Trust Me.
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Jessica lives in New Jersey with her family, including enough pets to cement her status as the neighborhood’s future Cat Lady. She spends her days working in retail, and her nights lost in whatever world the current novel she is working on is set in. After writing for fun for more than a decade, she has finally decided to take some of the stories out of her head and put them out there for others who might also enjoy them! She loves Broadway and the Mets, as well as reading in her free time.
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Also by Jessica Lynch
Welcome to Hamlet
Don’t Trust Me
You Were Made For Me*
Ophelia
Let Nothing You Dismay
I’ll Never Stop
Wherever You Go
Here Comes the Bride
Gloria
Tesoro
That Girl Will Never Be Mine
Welcome to Hamlet: I-III**
No Outsiders Allowed: IV-VI**
Mirrorside
Tame the Spark*
Stalk the Moon
Hunt the Stars
The Witch in the Woods
Hide from the Heart
Chase the Beauty
The Other Duet**
The Claws Clause
Mates*
Hungry Like a Wolf
Of Mistletoe and Mating
No Way
Season of the Witch
Rogue
Sunglasses at Night
Ghost of Jealousy
Broken Wings
The Curse of the Othersiders
Angel Wings
White Wings
Black Wings
Touched by the Fae
Favor*
Asylum
Shadow
Touch
Zella
The Shadow Prophecy**
Imprisoned by the Fae
Tricked*
Trapped
Escaped
Freed
Wanted by the Fae
Glamour Eyes
* prequel story
** boxed set collection
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