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The Key in Her Pocket: A Bellgrave Vows Prequel
Paperback
Series: Bellgrave Vows, Book 1
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 10 2026
Pages: 98
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.25 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
At Bellgrave Hotel's glittering reopening gala, housekeeper Cora Finch finds blood beneath a table and a brass key stamped 13.
There is no thirteenth floor.
Night security supervisor Adrian Rook wants the key surrendered and the incident contained. Cora has learned what happens when expensive hotels protect their reputation before their staff. She keeps asking questions.
Then a guest vanishes from Bellgrave's records. Security footage disappears under Adrian's credentials. Evidence appears on Cora's cart. Somewhere behind the renovated walls, an injured man is trying to reach her.
Forced into Bellgrave's sealed corridors together, Cora and Adrian uncover a hidden room, a dead woman's account and a conspiracy built into the hotel itself. Each secret makes Cora a larger target. Each choice pulls her closer to the controlled man whose restraint is beginning to crack.
To survive the night, they must decide whether trust is worth more than the truth each has been trained to hide.
The Key in Her Pocket is a complete gothic romantic suspense prequel novella featuring a sharp-witted housekeeper, a guarded protector, hidden passages, slow-burn tension and a satisfying romantic ending. It opens the Bellgrave Vows series.
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