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THE SUBLIME MISS PAIGE
KAREN
MERCURY
Copyright © 2013
This should have been one of the best
weeks of Willow Paige’s life.
A whole new start in a whole new town. Last
Chance was a forgotten burg in the Coachella Valley of California—a place where
one could hide, yet close enough to the kitsch and glitz of Palm Springs that
she could go there to party, if she ever chose to.
Gentrification was spreading to Last
Chance. That’s what the realtor—her friend—Jaclyn had assured her. Over in Palm
Springs and its environs, flippers were taking advantage of the newfound craze
for mid-century modernism, the Jetsons architecture. The clean lines, the
abundance of glass, the indoor-outdoor living style perfectly suited Willow’s
mindset. Or, at least, the mindset she wished
to have. She wanted a modern vibe, dammit! Willow longed to be supersonic and
out of sight. After the humidity of Florida, she wanted the dry, wide-open
vistas. The breathtaking views of the craggy San Jacinto Mountains were
supposed to give her an expansive feeling, the perfect antidote to the muggy
claustrophobia of the Everglades that had been her home for thirty-two years.
The Everglades that had turned into a
haunted town of horrors for the past two years.
