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  • A castle in the heart of the Rockies, The Fairmont Banff Springs is the scene of magnificent views but difficult choices for one uneasy guest... The Fairmont Banff – Spotlight/Chapter 28
  • Hidden in the side of a mountain and filled with jewel like flakes of minerals from the glaciers above, Lake Oesa is the scene of a game changing revelation by Gray... Lake Oesa – Spotlight/Chapter 30
  • Ellery's favorite flower, Lily of the Valley, holds special significance as the flower that symbolizes a return of happiness... Lily of the Valley – Spotlight/Chapter 20
  • Ellery tests her security team for the first time while sailing on the Belle of Louisville, but the results are not what she was expecting. Photo is courtesy of Marty Pearl at www.martypearl.com -- Thanks Marty! The Belle of Louisville – Spotlight/Chapter 5
  • When Lidia arrives in a red Corvette ZR1 for Ellery's driving lesson, could things get any more exciting?  How about practicing 'speeding' at the Kentucky Speedway? Corvette ZR1 – Spotlight/Chapter 11

Ellery Mayne is a high school girl who makes a disturbing discovery.  After a foiled abduction attempt, she realizes that an entire team of security personnel are secretly shadowing her every move.

As she works to make sense of this startling development, she secretly transitions from the one who is being observed to the one who carries out observations of her own, testing the limits of a secret service detail who think they are conducting transparent surveillance on a clueless teenager.

When the mystery behind the secret security unravels, Ellery is faced with decisions that involve her future and the hopes of two unlikely love interests: a handsome but conflicted security agent who doesn’t realize she knows about him, and her first love—a boy that broke her heart—who has returned to explain his actions and his feelings for her.

Told from Ellery’s perspective, she puzzles over what could interest not one but two handsome suitors and a whole security force. Suddenly this quiet loner realizes that her life is In the Spotlight and she is the Mayne Attraction.

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Perspective Passport: Instant Gratification for Fans of Ash

I’m excited to introduce a new and fun feature for visitors to use while perusing the Mayne Attraction website.  It’s called ‘Perspective Passport’ and it appears at the conclusion of selected chapters of ‘In The Spotlight’ providing readers with an instant link to Ash’s perspective of the scene they’ve just read.  Other characters, including Gray, [...]

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Tentative Tourist
December 23rd, 2012

Introducing a new short story in the Mayne Attraction series:  Tentative Tourist      * * * Told from the perspective of Grayson Gregory, it recounts his introduction to Ellery Mayne and provides further insight into his relationships with his father and his mentor, Dr. Samuel Mayne.  It’s also a chance to accompany Ellery and Grayson on a [...]

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