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Dying to Keep It

Dying to Keep it,” is finished and in the editing stage.  It is about orphan Bree Dawson, who along with her live-in boyfriend Ben Hatfield purchases a bed & breakfast from an ad that shows up in Bree’s e-mail box. When the Hollister House turns out to be a dilapidated mansion, Ben deserts Bree and the run-down property, saying he is tired of her get rich quick schemes.

          By accident, Bree finds four million dollars hidden there.

With finding the money, she decides to use it to renovate the property, and integrate herself and her business into the small community of Oakvale Maine.

          Because of her upbringing, she has always dreamed of becoming rich, and being part of a loving family. Now with her newly acquired fortune one of those dreams has come true , but soon having the money begins causing her problems.

          Her first problem comes in the form of a night visitor whom Bree suspects of searching for the money.

          The next problem is a gorgeous hunk of manhood named Toby Keller, who says he is a private investigator working for a client who doesn’t believe her story about receiving a large inheritance from her dead grandmother.

 Then when she sends a check to pay her ex-boyfriend for his half of Hollister House, he shows up on her doorstep demanding more money and threatening to rethink his interest in her bed & breakfast. 

          After a huge argument with Ben Hatfield, and the ex-boyfriend winds up dead, the sheriff suspects her of murder. On top of that, a member of the New York Mafia claims that Ben borrowed money for his share of Hollister House, and they are demanding their money back plus interest.

          Now she is facing attempts on her life, almost on a daily basis. Bree knows it is all about the money. There are people dying to get it, and Bree is beginning to wonder if it’s worth dying to keep it.