Unwelcome Guest — Steven Lyle Jordan

Not Elaine… Alain.

Meet Alain (that's Uh-lane) Guest, reluctant but effective private investigator, whose simple and reclusive routine is shattered when a new client offers him the job of finding an heiress who disappeared four years ago… and is now the object of blackmail. A lead takes him to Nashville, and thrusts him uncomfortably into the local goth and bondage scene trying to find her.

But between the tough but beautiful goth girl who becomes a major distraction to his work, and the mysterious blackmailers who somehow know he's come to town, Alain is never sure who's more at risk: The heiress; or himself.

A sexy noir adventure.

Unwelcome Guest is a story of sex, bondage, blackmail, frustration, black clothing and shiny metal studs. It's the story of a quiet man, forced into very dangerous and intimidating territory, searching for a girl who may or may not have survived her own ordeals… and who may or may not want to be found.

New literary territory for Steven Lyle Jordan.

Steven Lyle Jordan is primarily a science fiction writer; but he was asked by many of his fans to try his hand at a noir story. Unwelcome Guest is the result, a modern take on the noir fable, set in traditionally familiar and unfamiliar settings. Though it's not his usual genre, Jordan's style, wit and attention to characters still shine through in his tale of manipulation and missing heiresses.

Steven has been interviewed by the New York Times and in various blogs, including Book Chums, DigiReader and The Tainted Archive. He has also lent his web production talents and support to the Read an E-Book Week website, elucidating on and encouraging ebook reading around the world.