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Complicated and entertaining clean mystery with an excellent narration. Boxset available with first 3 novels included.

Complicated and entertaining mystery with an excellent narration. Clean storyline. Like the series.

Interesting and entertaining mystery with an excellent narration. Clean storyline romance. Like the series.

Complicated and entertaining mystery with an excellent narration. Clean storyline. Like the series. On to the next episode…. 4-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cute, interesting romantic mystery with an excellent narration.

An exciting mystery with a side of clean romance. Narrator is perfect for the parts. Hoping she keeps doing it.

A exciting mystery with a side of clean romance. Narrator is perfect for the parts. Hoping she (Suzie Althens) keeps doing it.

I didn't care for this book. Not sure why I didn't find it compelling.

Jenna is still navigating being home. Her foxy neighbor Matt is supplying her with caffeine and breakfast and hunky police chief Cooper is still running hot and cold in their friendship. Blueberry Lake is getting ready for the event of the year and Jenna is busy dressing women for the annual charity auction. Mooching off of Matt, Jenna lets herself inside his house and finds him standing over the dead body of his ex girlfriend. Determined to prove his innocence she embarks on her own investigation with Allie much to Cooper's dismay. Questioning a slew of suspects puts Jenna in the cross hairs of a killer and she's lodged between Matt and Cooper who are still wanting to date her. A surprise at the charity auction puts Jenna in a rock and a hard place between the men vying for her attention and danger with a murderer on the loose who's set their sights on Jenna. Humorous and fun mystery. Jenna does need to grow up though. There has to be some responsibility in keeping food in your house and managing to be an adult. Also, she needs to make a decision on Cooper or Matt.

It's girls only weekend for Lacey & Meg. After the kidnapping/birthday/4th of July debacle Lacey needs rest. Heading to one of Carlos's get a way cabins they are in the lap of luxury with one request from Carlos: find out who's smuggling diamonds. Arriving in the small town where the cabin is they meet the colorful local folks who actually have information on Lacey's mom when she was a child. Sun and fun for her & Meg is interrupted by three men who appear at the cabin by Lacey's matchmaking grandmother. Not interested because she & Anthony are only a week into their boyfriend/girlfriend relationship makes for some sticky situations. Nothing improves as Lacey discovers a dead body in the trunk of her car. Great excuse to call Anthony! No rhyme or reason on who he is, why he is dead, & why on Luzzi property. Clay with his magical computer skills, Anthony with his connections, and locals with an interest try to figure it out. Undercover karaoke where Meg is in her element, an accidental kidnapping, & a real kidnapping have Anthony on his toes trying to save his girlfriend & Meg. An fun adventure that makes you wonder if there is something between Meg and Clay. Lacey learns more about Anthony's past and what is takes to be a couple

An easy breezy clean mystery. Jenna's high profile Hollywood breakup has sent her back home to small town USA. Living in her Gram's house & helping her mom in the thrift store is a step down from her stylist to the stars job. A swarmy man in the thrift shop puts the moves on her and a very public shouting match ensues and the man is later found dead. As a prime suspect in the murder Jenna tries to prove her innocence with town folk helping her. Cooper, the foxy chief of police and Matt, her equally attractive neighbor are in competition for her affections while trying to find the murderer and Jenna's mom and the rest of the town have bets going with who she will end up dating. A fun clean read

Lola and Dane are now living together, her business is under construction and almost finished, and the wedding plans aren't going great. Dane's mother is sabotaging and taking control of every wedding aspect and Lola is fed up. Trying to juggle everything going on, it's unfortunate that Semi's brother Trey is missing. One ransom note later has Dane, Lola, and Semi in search of Trey. Is it corporate espionage, drug related, or something equally sinister? Lola is on the case and stirring up a hornet's nest of suspects that leads her down a dangerous path. Trying to find Trey, wedding planning, and balancing time with Dane's schedule has Lola running on empty and trying to stay alive.

Lola is in the thick of getting the house/business remodeled by a new company since the previous carpenter tried to kill her. Construction is rolling and provides a new interest for Babs, while Semi and Annalise are still going strong. Dane needs Lola's help when he's accused of murdering a model that was doing work for his company. She starts looking into it and while doing so finds danger herself. In the course of investigating, her and Dane grow closer and she finally meets his horrible snooty parents. Tasked with creating a fundraising event from scratch to impress Dane's mother has Lola scrambling, overwhelmed, and out of her element. Trying to clear Dane's name puts her in the cross hairs of a killer and under the scrutiny of Dane's family and the police. As she makes headway, she and Dane also have surprising revelations and secrets as their relationship moves forward to a new place.

This book was a hoot. Lola and her best friends Babs (lawyer) & Annalise (gymnast) live in a small beach town. Lola's psychic grandmother has died and she's is trying to fix up their place to add a coffee shop and sunglasses business. The hot handyman in town (Luke) is interested in her. The eccentric tech billionaire businessman (Dane) that has a compound (Castle) on the edge of town offers her a contract to "find" something for him. Lola accepts and is up to her ears in a mystery that involves future and past employees, a stilted friendship with the awkward Dane, dates with Luke, and adventures with her two besties. A clean, fun, fast read with lots of humor and a little bit of romance. Looking forward to the next in the series

I love Gina LaManna's "Lacey Luzzi Mafia Mystery" series and this is the first stand alone I've read by her. I was not disappointed and really liked the writing style.
Penny, Anne, and Eliza are friends, foes, accomplices, murderers? Two of them are married and one of them is single. All of them are liars along with their spouses. Murder, blackmail, theft, half truths & lies. The books starts with a murder trial transcript and works it's way backward from there revealing each month prior on the happenings between the woman and men along with the court transcripts. Everyone has motive and opportunity and all are unhappy with their lives culminating in a twisty tale on how far a person will go to eliminate someone who stands in their way. One has to ask themselves how much do you really know about your closest friends and their lives and how much do they really know about yours after the facades break down. A great mystery that will keep you guessing and changing who your are suspecting right till the last page

Lacey & Anthony are weeks away from having their first child. Lacey is hormonal and trying to stay away from trouble. She unfortunately gets caught in the middle of a bank robbery by 3 femme fatales who take everything from the bank customers, including Lacey's wedding ring. She is not going to let them get away with that. Assisted by Meg they investigate to who the three are when another robbery occurs. Much to Anthony's dismay she and Meg start piecing together information while also helping out a local nursery who is getting robbed of trees and fauna. Lacey starts practicing motherhood by taking care of a plant. All things come to fruition with bank employee suspects, crooked cops, auto mechanics on the down low, and the birth of the Luzzi child!

A Luzzi vacation to Hawaii for Meg & Clay's wedding! Disaster is in the air along with a bomb in Anthony & Lacey's room, a murdered maid, Meg being a bridezilla, & a disappearing groom. Lacey is puzzled because they don't know anyone in Hawaii so she begins to investigate the dead maid. Anthony just wants a relaxing romantic vacation for time together since the baby has been born. Carlos wants to relax, Nora wants to teach her grand baby to hula dance (at 6 months old) , & Meg wants everything. Being shot at lied to & forced to hula dance, Lacey is up to her ears in danger and intrigue. Who murdered the maid, where is Clay, & will Meg's wedding actually happen?

Lacey & Anthony are getting ready for their wedding! Unexpected tragic news of new friend Beckett's suicide has Lacey's hackles up. There is no way that he committed suicide. The foxy magician and Violet Society member has been murdered & Lacey is pulling out all stops to prove it. So close to her wedding has she & Meg scrambling for clues. Along the way Clay has created a new friend, Nora is in a wedding frenzy, & Anthony just wants Lacey out of harms way. An unexpected villain, secret hideouts, unexpected news, and trying to stay alive might just have Lacey unable to make it to the alter. Will she and Anthony ever get married and will she find Beckett's murderer.

It's almost Valentine's Day at the Luzzi estate. Lacey and Meg start reading Lacey's mom's old journal and find a "bucket list" of things that they want to complete and Lacey wants to throw Anthony a birthday surprise. Lacey has been spending more time at she and Anthony's house but she's still holding onto her room at Clay's apartment. Things are looking up until Lacey's evil bratty cousins Marissa & Clarissa wind up missing. Were they kidnapped or did they run away? Lacey is tasked with finding them along with help from Meg. Nothing is as it seems as they sift through the girls middle school life of crushes, teachers, failed spelling test & friends. Along the way Anthony reveals more of his past to Lacey, Meg and Clay kind of try a relationship, & Nora's cooking improves! A nemesis from the past engages in a game and will the cousin recovery actually happen or will Lacey get more than she bargained for? A page turner and an excellent surprise at the end

Lacey and company are jet setting to Italy for a security job with Lizabeith during fashion week to guard her new jewelry collection. A series of jewelry thefts has everyone on edge to figure where the thieves will strike next. Is it the work of an uber secret society or a common criminal? Lacey is on the case! Overwhelmed by decisions she hasn't made on her wedding planning, a surprise left for her and Anthony by the twins, Meg's over the top theatrics, & Nora's ever constant meddling has Lacey at her wit's end. Trying to maneuver around fashion models, delicious food, Anthony being away, & an intriguing man named Beckett has Lacey up to her eyeballs trying to figure out the heists. With best friend Meg and cousin Clay helping her they run into magic, new friends, bombs, babies, & a runway walk to remember. Twist and turns trying to find the thieves and out think them puts lives in jeopardy while Anthony also reveals more personal details about his life. Will there actually be a wedding in the future or not?

It's almost Christmas and Lacey has a new job! A quick trip to California to provide security for a new friend has her, Meg, & Clay on a private jet to Hollywood. Leaving Anthony, who is staying home to work on a special "project", shakes a little of Lacey's confidence but Meg has her back and Clay has the information. Add in Mack, their guide, driver, and who is a southern cowboy type version of Anthony has Lacey a little tempted. Getting ready for a red carpet security experience with kidnapping threats, Clay's new computer project, and Meg's incessant flirting has the team scrambling. Are they going to be able to protect their client and stay out of harm's way? Wishing for a Christmas miracle along with trying to find her father and missing Anthony has Lacey at her wit's end. A few surprises in store and this might be Lacey's best or worst Christmas yet.

Lacey is on her second assignment to see if a local spa is a front for a prostitution ring. Not in her element at all she takes Meg with her to help. It's laughs a minute as Lacey is massaged, prodded, tweaked, & causes all sorts of accidents while trying to gather info. Clay steps in with a few of his "inventions" and then gets suckered in to see if he can receive a "happy ending". He's more out of his element now that Lacey has decided to move out on her own to try and crack the case. She invites her ex Blake & his new squeeze to her housewarming party along with the studly Anthony who is still sending mixed signals but sneaking kisses & touches when he can putting Lacey off center. Explosions, yoga, the perv van & kidnapping put Lacey & Meg in danger, but will Anthony come to her rescue and will Lacey have enough information for her Carlos, & will Clay find another roommate?

Ir's almost Halloween!! Meg is out of control with group costumes, a haunted house at the Luzzi mansion, & a fight with Lacey?? Say it isn't so. When the two best friends have their first fight right in the middle of a three day case for Lacey it's a battle of wits, torture & a little humor. Lacey is on the case for Carlos to retrieve an item before the Halloween bash that she can't share with ANYONE since the thief might be on the household staff.. She struggles to keep the case from Meg, Clay, & Anthony. As she and Anthony's relationship grows stronger Nora continues to meddle, Clay remains disinterested, & Meg is being another person. Adding to that stress, Lacey is on the hunt for her biological father and of course her friends are with her 100%, but will she like what she finds? Add in a trip to school for show and tell with Marissa and Clarissa with one of Clay's brand new inventions has Lacey reliving horrors of middle school. A surprising job offer has her taking stock of her life and a shocking revelation about her biological father has a cliffhanger of an ending

Lacey is on the case for her grandfather to find out who killed Leo & why. A mystery that should be easy to solve except Alfonso the teenage twerp takes credit for killing his Uncle Leo so Lacey & Meg keep him locked up to find out more information in Clay's apartment. Meanwhile Lacey is stressing over Cousin Vivian's wedding and who her plus one is going to be. Unfortunately, Cousin Joey who is Viv's former fiancee is coming with Lacey to stop the wedding. Hilarity, kidnapping, explosions, & some romance happen while not is all what it seems. Will Meg & Clay ever get together and is Anthony really interested in Lacey or just assuming his bodyguard/trainer duties?

Lacey is stressing out about her upcoming 30th birthday and 4th of July festivities at the compound. Carlos has her on assignment to find an illegal fireworks smuggler who is building a bomb large enough to level the city. Adding to that she must find his favorite barbecue sauce for the party in an out of the way roadside stand. She and Meg go on a road trip for the sauce stumbling upon a witch, a suspicious man smuggling firearms, & no answers. Investigating extra information from Clay, Lacey gets to go on a stake out with Anthony and spend some much needed alone time with him. The chemistry between them is heating up and they keep getting interrupted. Anthony also seems to have a lot of secrets that have Lacey itching to find out. Things take a turn for the worse when Lacey is kidnapped and someone from Carlos's past reappears and throws all plans out the window. Will Anthony be able to save her to see her birthday and the 4th of July? Nothing is what is seems and you won't know until the very end