No Pain No Gain — H.D. Thomson

Author note: It seems with each year it gets more difficult to find that time to read a book because of how hectic life gets, so on that thought, I decided to break up Duplicity into 6 quick episodes which can be read while waiting in line or at a doctor or dentist's office. Author Warning: This episode ends with a cliffhanger. 1st place in Beacon Contest under the Paranormal Category1st place in the Emily West Houston Chapter RWA Contest - Paranormal Category Honorable Mention from On the Far Side Contest from the Fantasy Futuristic and Paranormal Chapter of RWA Finalist in First Coast Romance Writers Unpublished Beacon ContestBeing a Senator's daughter, Katherine had always been told how to behave: be articulate but not outspoken, refined but not snobbish, ambitious but not aggressive. All the hallmarks of an upstanding citizen and a Spalding. She'd always failed, but when she sits at the table at dinner with her uncle, cousins and parents, she wonders who really failed and what other dark, insidious secrets her family is hiding. Determined to uncover the truth, her questions delve too deep and she unwittingly becomes a target.