Jack. Dave Wolf and his son wandered over to stand with us, too.
Even Lorraine, pretty as a picture in a yellow dress and yellow orthopedic shoes, stopped by to say hi.
"No more margaritas for me," I whispered. "And definitely no more spying missions."
She just laughed. "Never say never!"
Jack's phone buzzed. He pulled it out of his pocket and glanced at it and then put it away. "Dallas is at the hospital with Mellie. The doctors say she's going to be fine."
"Hopefully they lock Vern away for a long time and get him the help he needs," I said, shuddering at the memory of the look in his eyes at Mellie's house.
"We'll find out about it from Susan tomorrow. Maybe… huh. That's weird."
I shook my head. "No. No more weird. I have had enough weird."
I felt the rumble of his laughter against my chest. "Okay. How about, that's unusual?"
"What?"
He pointed.
It was Susan, not on her way to Orlando at all, and she was still in uniform, heading straight for us.
"What's going on, Susan?" I took a step toward her, suddenly scared to death she'd say Vern had escaped or he wasn't really the stalker.
It was none of that, though.
It was far worse.
Susan walked right up to Lorraine.
"Lorraine, you're under arrest for the murder of your husband in 1970."
"Earl? But he ran away! He left me!"
Susan sighed. "I'm sorry, but I have a skeleton in my evidence room that says otherwise."
Lorraine turned to me, grabbed my hand and stared into my eyes. "Tess. Find Beau. He'll know what to do." Then she nodded at Jack and followed Susan back down the street.
My friend was in trouble.
Revenge of the Swamp Cabbage was going to have to wait.
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THE TIGER'S EYE MYSTERY SERIES:
Dead Eye
Private Eye
Travelling Eye (a short story)
Evil Eye
Eye of Danger
Eye of the Storm
Apple of My Eye
Blink of An Eye
Eagle Eye
A Dead End Christmas
Eye for an Eye
THE VAMPIRE MOTORCYCLE CLUB SERIES:
Bane's Choice
Hunter's Hope
Redemption's Edge
POSEIDON'S WARRIORS SERIES:
Halloween in Atlantis
Christmas in Atlantis
January in Atlantis
February in Atlantis
March in Atlantis
April in Atlantis
May in Atlantis
June in Atlantis
July in Atlantis
August in Atlantis
September in Atlantis
October in Atlantis
November in Atlantis
December in Atlantis
THE CARDINAL WITCHES SERIES:
Alejandro's Sorceress (a novella)
William's Witch (a short story)
Damon's Enchantress (a novella)
Jake's Djinn (a short story)
THE WARRIORS OF POSEIDON SERIES:
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Wild Hearts in Atlantis (a novella; originally in the WILD THING anthology)
Atlantis Awakening
Shifter's Lady (a novella; originally in the SHIFTER anthology)
Atlantis Unleashed
Atlantis Unmasked
Atlantis Redeemed
Atlantis Betrayed
Vampire in Atlantis
Heart of Atlantis
Alejandro's Sorceress (a related novella; begins the Cardinal Witches spinoff series)
SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS
Random
Second Chances
NONFICTION
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Darla Holliday's recipe for Lemon Lush:
In real life, Darla Holliday is my lovely and wonderful sister-in-law. She was kind enough to allow me to use her name in this book and share this recipe with you. (She refuses to admit that it has started any wrestling matches at family reunions.)
LEMON LUSH
A. CRUST
Take 1 stick of butter, 1 cup of flour and cut them together and then pack this mixture in the bottom of a glass baking dish.
Bake 15 minutes at 350 degrees – Cool
B. 2ND LAYER
1 8 oz. pkg cream cheese
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup Cool Whip
Beat together, with Cool Whip added last, and put on cooled crust
C. 3RD LAYER
2 pkgs Lemon instant pudding
3 cups milk
Beat 2 minutes and pour over 2nd layer
D. 4TH LAYER
Cover the entire thing with more Cool Whip
(Wrestling optional)
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Alyssa Day is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than forty novels filled with kissing, laughter, mystery and magic. Alyssa’s paranormal series include the Vampire Motorcycle Club and Poseidon’s Warriors paranormal romances and the Tiger’s Eye Mysteries paranormal mysteries. In an Alyssa Day book, the good guys always win and happily ever after always prevails!
Alyssa’s many awards include Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA award for outstanding romance fiction and the RT Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Paranormal Romance novel of 2012. She’s a recovering trial lawyer who loves life outside of a courtroom. Her books have been translated into a zillion languages, but she’s still holding out for Klingon.
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Acknowledgments
Thanks so much to my beta team: Lanette Alt, Kate Bauer, KK Fischer, Kari Ganter, Joanne Grimm, Vicki Jones-Haley, Peggy McChesney, Leanne Patton, and Marty Poling Tool for their kind assistance, sharp eyes, and great senses of humor. I appreciate you all!
This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, places, and incidents in this book are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
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