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Swamp Spirits by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsGhost of a chance? Fortune is thrilled when Ben Harrison, her former CIA partner, and his fiancée, Cassidy, decide to leave DC and move to the Louisiana bayous. They’ve already secured jobs and are only lacking a place to live, so everyone is excited when they quickly find a home. There’s only one problem—the house has a reputation. It’s haunted...Categorized as:
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Fortune Teller by Jana Deleon
With Carter off on a military mission, there’s a new sheriff in town, and Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie have been tasked with not interfering. But then a young girl is pulled out of the swamp, unconscious and with no memory of how she got there. And when no one comes to claim her, Fortune knows they have to help... -
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![Change of Fortune by Jana Deleon]()
Change of Fortune by Jana Deleon
Sinful, Louisiana, is always a hotbed of activity, and despite the steamy heat, August is no exception. Godzilla is terrorizing the town, looking for a home-cooked meal, and Gertie is worried someone will take the gator out before she can get him under control. Francine has a situation of her own at the café, where food is missing from inventory. And Celia is always up to no good...Categorized as:
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Swamp Spook by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsWhen black cats roam, and spooks are seen,. Come celebrate, it’s Halloween. Sinful, Louisiana, really knows how to throw a party, and it goes all out for Halloween. The weeklong celebration kicks off with a maze of horror in the park built of hay bales. And Fortune has the perfect assignment—the executioner... -
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Baskets and Beignets by Jana Deleon
Worth dyeing for. Ten years ago, Ryan Comeaux was convicted of killing his girlfriend and was sentenced to life in prison. Now a witness has come forward who claims she was with Ryan the entire night and it’s not possible that he was the killer. But the local police assume she’s mistaken and aren’t interested in reopening what they view as an open-and-shut case...Categorized as:
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Marsh Madness by Jana Deleon
Dying to fit in. High school wasn’t a grand time for everyone, but when a group of friends decide to meet up at a B and B ahead of their ten-year reunion, old grudges resurface, and one of them ends up dead. Now the owners, a kindly older couple, are on the hook for the accidental death due to anaphylaxis, but they insist no mistakes were made on their part...Categorized as:
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Fortune Funhouse by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsThe traveling carnival has made its stop in Sinful and everyone is ready for thrilling rides, challenging games, and most importantly, funnel cake. But when a man is murdered in the funhouse and Emmaline LeBlanc is knocked unconscious so the killer can escape, the good times are over... -
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Swamp Santa by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIt’s Christmas in Sinful and Fortune is set to participate in all the local hoopla. A Christmas gala, caroling, and a sleigh ride are on the agenda. Murder is not. But when someone bumps off Santa, Fortune is aware a killer is lurking among the holiday cheer...Categorized as:
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Cajun Fried Felony by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsVenus Thibodeaux had a reputation for being trouble. Some said she started at birth. When she finally left Sinful shortly after turning eighteen, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. When she blew back into town four years later, no one was happy about her return...Categorized as:
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Later Gator by Jana Deleon
A poacher is at work in Sinful, Louisiana, and Deputy Carter LeBlanc is hot on the trail of the outlaw, trying to apprehend him before the state gets wind of the crime and sends a game warden to take over his investigation...Categorized as:
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Hurricane Force by Jana Deleon
From New York Times bestselling author Jana DeLeon, the seventh book in the Miss Fortune series. A force to be reckoned with…. During missions as a CIA assassin, Fortune Redding saw and overcame most every obstacle, but Sinful, Louisiana, keeps producing new challenges for her. When a hurricane blows through, it brings a shower of counterfeit money raining down on the tiny bayou town...Categorized as:
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Reel of Fortune by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsNothing says Welcome Home like a murder. It’s official. Fortune Redding is out of the CIA and a newly minted resident of Sinful, Louisiana. She never expected her homecoming to be all apple pie and hugs, but a murder wasn’t on her list of things to deal with before she’d even gotten her name stenciled on her mailbox...Categorized as:
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Hook, Line and Blinker by Jana Deleon
Nobody knows speed like Ida Belle. Behind the wheel of her hopped-up Blazer, she’s the queen of the back roads. But when someone tries to kill Hot Rod and steals only black SUVs from his shop, Fortune worries that excessive horsepower is the least of the trouble that comes along with her friend’s new ride...Categorized as:
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Swamp Sweets by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIt’s November in Sinful and everyone is gearing up for Thanksgiving. But when Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie bag a body on their turkey hunting trip, the quiet enjoyment of fall is over. No one really knew Miles Broussard well, and as he’d recently sold the building his business was in to retire in another state, no one could explain how he’d ended up murdered and dumped in the bayou... -
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Broken Shadows by Kathleen Brooks
Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsTrent Faulkner was happy working with his hands to build custom furniture. He had made a name for himself and his design company. Love wasn’t even on his radar. Then one client broke down his barriers, only to make him leave in the morning. Trent made a resolution to forget about her, but that was hard to do when she was everywhere he looked, including in his heart... -
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Bullets and Beads by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsLet the good times roll? It’s Mardi Gras time and Fortune is looking forward to seeing the spectacle firsthand, but when a visitor to Sinful is murdered during the celebration there, Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie can’t help but wonder what happened... -
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Gators and Garters by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 29 ratings‘Til death do us part? Ida Belle, Fortune, and Gertie are gearing up for the big day—Ida Belle’s wedding to Walter—but when the caterer goes missing just a week before the big day, it puts a huge black mark on the joyous celebration...Categorized as:
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Swamp Team 3 by Jana Deleon
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jana DeLeon, a new installment in her bestselling Miss Fortune series. What’s a little arson between friends? Undercover CIA agent Fortune Redding spent her first three weeks in Sinful, Louisiana dodging insults, makeup advice, guard dogs, bullets, and Deputy Carter LeBlanc, both professionally and personally...Categorized as:
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Fortune Furlough by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIt’s not a vacation until there’s a murder. Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie are finally off to Florida on the vacation they’ve always talked about. Days filled with white sand, turquoise water, and fruity drinks are the only thing on the agenda. But when Gertie’s “hot date” turns up dead and she’s the number one suspect, they’re forced to hang up their bathing suits and shift to investigating mode... -
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Frightfully Fortune by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsRest when you’re dead? It’s time for the annual Halloween festival in Sinful, and Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie can’t wait to suit up and enjoy the food and activities. But when a dead man gallops through the park on a black stallion and slides to a decapitated stop right in front of Swamp Team 3, they know another festival is about to be turned on its head…so to speak... -
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Swamp Sniper by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsFrom New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jana DeLeon, the third book in the Miss Fortune Mystery series. When only a crack shot will do…. In the two weeks CIA assassin Fortune Redding has been hiding in Sinful, Louisiana, she’s been harassed, poisoned, and shot at…and that was the easy part. But now, she’s about to face her biggest challenge since setting foot in the tiny bayou town...Categorized as:
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A Christmas Wedding at the Castle by Eliza J. Scott
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDo you believe in fate? Livvie Weatherill does…. This time last year, if anyone had told Livvie Weatherill she’d have fallen in love and would be making plans for her Christmas wedding to Zander Gillespie, she would have laughed in their face... -
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Secrets Collide by Kathleen Brooks
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe mysterious Cy Davies is coming home. He’s not coming alone either. Having rescued Gemma Perry, a sassy investigative reporter for a gossip magazine, he takes her to the one place he knows he can keep her safe. Keeneston. Gemma Perry was having a bad week. Now she was in a small town where gossip was a currency... -
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Storm Surge by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA storm is brewing hundreds of miles away, but its effects are devastating even from afar. Laid-back and light: that's Cassidy Livingston's new motto. But when a makeshift boat with a bloody cloth inside washes ashore near her oceanfront home, her detective instincts shift into gear . . . again...Categorized as:
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![Forever Covert by Kathleen Brooks]()
Forever Covert by Kathleen Brooks
Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKale Mueez just wants to work on his computer programs and, okay, some not-so-legal hacking. Even though he sold one of his computer software companies for more money than he’d ever need, he wasn’t one to sit back and do nothing. That is especially true since his father is a super soldier known around the world... -
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Forever Connected by Kathleen Brooks
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsYears ago, on the darkest night of Poppy and Zinnia’s lives, they got a letter. It was from three elderly sisters in the small town of Keeneston, inviting them to visit and if interested, take a job. The Rose Sisters had wanted to retire, but they’d wanted family to take over their small café... -
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Plum Boxed Set 2 by Janet Evanovich
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe adventures continue for Stephanie Plum, Trenton's best-known bounty hunter, in these three Complete Plum Novels from #1 Bestselling Author Janet Evanovich! Four to Score: Stephanie Plum is forced to enlist the help of Grandma Mazur, ex-hooker and wannabe bounty hunter Lula, and transvestite rock musician Sally Sweet in an attempt to capture revenge-seeking waitress Maxine Nowicki... -
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Flood Watch by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe tide is high, and so is the danger on Lantern Beach. Still in hiding after infiltrating a dangerous gang, Cassidy Livingston just has to make it a few more months before she can testify at trial and resume her old life. But trouble keeps finding her, and Cassidy is pulled into a local investigation after a man mysteriously disappears from the island she now calls home...Categorized as:
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Rising Storm by Kathleen Brooks
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsKatelyn Jacks was used to being front and center as a model. But she never had to confront the Keeneston Grapevine! After retiring from the runway and returning to town to open a new animal clinic, Katelyn found that her life in the public eye was anything but over... -
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Dirty Minds by Liliana Hart
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsCoroner J. J. Graves and Sheriff Jack Lawson are in a race against time as they hunt down a sniper who is taking the law into his own hands. No one is safe, and everyone is a target.Categorized as:
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Together Under a Snowy Skye by Lisa Hobman
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsAfter the heartbreak of a secret unrequited love, Millie Treadaway has finally found someone to spend her life with. Harry Rose is handsome, successful and treats her like a princess. That is until Millie presents her fiancé with a surprise birthday gift, and their future is suddenly doomed...Categorized as:
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Celtic Justice by Rebecca Zanetti
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA stolen treasure, a sabotaged pie, and a town full of trouble…. Silverville’s St. Patrick’s Day is bigger than ever, thanks to Nana O’Shea’s Pot of Gold display at her brand-new magic potion shop, Celtic Moon Herbals. The centerpiece? Antique gold nugget boxes that just might form a treasure map. Most people think it’s just another of Nana’s tall tales—until the display vanishes... -
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Three Plums In One by Janet Evanovich
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThree Plums In One: One for the Money, Two for the Dough, Three to Get Deadly (Stephanie Plum Novels). -
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Nuclear Option by Giulia Lagomarsino
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe exciting and thrilling conclusion to Cash and Eva’s story, and the second book in the OPS series! The military defines a Nuclear Option as a drastic step or last resort, and I’m about to take it. Cash. I am an expert marksman, engaging the enemy from afar. You’ll never see me coming because I’m that good. Even a sniper can be drawn out of hiding... -
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How to Kiss on Christmas Morning by Jenny Proctor
She’s merry and bright. He’s…. not. But something between them is warming up. Megan Sheridan just landed the perfect holiday a quiet week in the mountains house-sitting an event venue while the owners are away. Check the mail, answer the phone, keep the pipes from freezing—easy. The only trouble? No one told Megan she’d be sharing the farmhouse with a very grouchy, very handsome farmhand...Categorized as:
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Devil in the Deadline by LynDee Walker
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMurder, intrigue, cults, mafia, and a love triangle. ". .. You won't be able to read fast enough. .. ". After crime reporter Nichelle Clarke is called to a murder scene featuring a bloody sacrificial altar in an abandoned power plant on the banks of the James River, the police enlist her to help identify the victim... -
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No Vow Broken by Julie Moffett
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIs it a Dream Wedding or a Bad Dream? Geek girl Lexi Carmichael thought getting married would be just a formality. But when the guests are the pope, the president of the United States, and the first lady, she’d soon find out that weddings, much like life, do not always go as planned... -
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Command Indecision by Camilla Chafer
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA young woman is dead. Her supposed killer is in custody. And Private Investigator Lexi Graves is on the warpath. Lexi Graves finally feels like she’s got her life on track. She’s got a job that is made to measure and the perfect boyfriend but all it takes is a few shocking minutes for everything to start falling apart... -
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No Escape by Julie Moffett
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsGeek girl Lexi Carmichael thought meeting the in-laws would be easy as long as they met on neutral ground and she was fully prepared with a spreadsheet full of etiquette dos and don’ts. But unfortunately for Lexi, things don’t always turn out as she planned. Meeting the in-laws is a daunting task even for those who are outgoing and socially capable... -
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Who Glares Wins by Camilla Chafer
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsOnly a few weeks into her new job as a private investigator, Lexi Graves thinks she may have bitten off more than she can chew with her first solo cases. In between going undercover as a plush pony at a “Bronie” conference and following her cheating brother-in-law, she’s got a saboteur-turned-killer to catch and a missing woman to find... -
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Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine by Janet Evanovich
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsStephanie Plum breaks the rules, flirts with disaster, and shows who’s boss in this “fast and fun” (Publishers Weekly) thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich. Monday mornings aren’t supposed to be fun, but they should be predictable... -
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Now or Never by Janet Evanovich
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsShe said yes to Morelli. She said yes to Ranger. Now Stephanie Plum has two fiancés and no idea what to do about it. But the way things are going, she might not live long enough to marry anyone. While Stephanie stalls for time, she buries herself in her work as a bounty hunter, tracking down an unusually varied assortment of fugitives from justice... -
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No Questions Asked by Julie Moffett
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOne last fling (with danger) before the ring? Nothing’s that simple when you’re a geek girl. Julie Moffett’s beloved Lexi Carmichael mystery series returns with No Questions Asked. Lexi Carmichael: saving scientists one snake at a time. Weddings aren’t my thing—never have been... -
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No Room for Error by Julie Moffett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTrouble follows me, Lexi Carmichael, like a little black cloud. At least according to my boyfriend, Slash: brilliant hacker, national treasure and vault of secrets. Even I have to admit he could be right. After a series of high-profile cases at my cyberintelligence firm, I was looking forward to a simple job... -
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Twined Bond by Emma Hart
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAll is well in Holly Woods. My best friend's love triangle is now a happy little circle. My sister-in-law just gave birth to my gorgeous new niece who is the world's best cuddler, and Nonna's—kind of—not on my back every ten minutes about the fact we're getting married in one month. *Supposedly. *. Until the mayor's niece—our baker for the wedding—commits suicide... -
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Celtic Justice by Rebecca Zanetti
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA stolen treasure, a sabotaged pie, and a town full of trouble…. Silverville’s St. Patrick’s Day is bigger than ever, thanks to Nana O’Shea’s Pot of Gold display at her brand-new magic potion shop, Celtic Moon Herbals. The centerpiece? Antique gold nugget boxes that just might form a treasure map. Most people think it’s just another of Nana’s tall tales—until the display vanishes... -
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Whiskey, You're The Devil by Liliana Hart
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThings are looking up for Addison Holmes. She's about to take her P. I. exams, she's living in sin with the man of her dreams, and she hasn't had a phone call from her mother in three whole days. But she should have known things were too good to last...Categorized as:
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Blind Bake by Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe first book in a new series by USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times bestselling author, Denise Grover Swank. A month ago, I quit my job and finally left my commitment-phobe boyfriend (seriously Steve, seven years is long enough to know if I’m the one). Then I moved back to my hometown of Cockamamie, Tennessee, to take care of my newly widowed Aunt Deidre... -
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Weapons of Mass Distraction by Camilla Chafer
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWhen a client drops dead during Lexi’s spin class, she’s not surprised. It’s a tough class. But within days, another death occurs on the treadmill. Then, when her running partner bites the dust, it’s personal. Sent undercover, Lexi takes up a job as Montgomery’s newest gym instructor in a bid to find the killer... -
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Pure Chemistry by Emilia Finn
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI’ve never wished for a knight in shining armor before, but today might be the day I let go of that pigheadedness and accept a little help. I’m a biochemist with a dream to cure cancer, but in my quest to save lives, I may be the reason thousands die...
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