Publisher Description
Start with bad mojo, add a pinprick of revenge, and watch things boil over…
There’s something strange afoot in the small tourist town of Mojo, Louisiana. Yet even as the annual voodoo festival gets underway, Penny Francisco refuses to believe in black magic. Her thoughts are on the Victorian house across the street from her health food business—her lying, cheating ex-husband Deke is having the house that she restored painted pink! Isn’t it enough that he moved in his busty mistress and Penny has a front row seat to all their shenanigans? At her divorce party Penny receives a “Deke” voodoo doll as a gag gift, and vents her frustration by stabbing it with a pin as a joke. But later when Deke is found stabbed to death, Penny doesn’t have to be told she’s managed to land herself IN DEEP VOODOO.
“A satisfying tale of sex, love, and voodoo, I highly recommend this book as your guilty pleasure on the nightstand.” —FreshFiction
“IN DEEP VOODOO is funny and fresh. It combines a little bit of magic, romance, and mystery.” —Romance Readers Connection
“This book is quite humorous at times, and the mystery is well done. The intertwining of voodoo is quite intriguing, and the two main characters are wonderfully drawn.” —Romantic Times Book Reviews
“An engaging story and clever mystery, IN DEEP VOODOO is not to be missed.” —Romance Reviews Today
“Zany…a solid foundation for future books in the series.” —Publishers Weekly
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
When Deke Black is stabbed through the heart with a lawn stake, the secrets of Mojo, La., start bursting to the fore in this lively first of a new romantic mystery trilogy from Rita Award winner Bond (Whole Lotta Trouble). Deke's ex, health-food store owner Penny Francisco, is the primary suspect. Not only was she found at the scene of the crime holding the murder weapon but, at her divorce celebration, she stabbed a voodoo doll bearing Deke's likeness. The police are keen to pin the crime on Penny, and only sexy, junk-food-loving PI B.J. Beaumont may be able to keep her out of jail. It's hard to sympathize with Penny, whose troubles often stem from her own stupidity, and harder still to believe that she could fall in love with B.J. while suspecting him of murder. Despite these flaws, Mojo and its zany, likable inhabitants from a slutty, lawsuit-happy tanning-salon owner to a randy, 109-year-old woman into voodoo magic form a solid foundation for future books in the series.
