So when the ornery D-lister is murdered with her own Do Not Trespass sign on Halloween night, the neighborhood fills with relief-and possible culprits. Now she spends her days making enemies with everyone on the block. The cantankerous Hollywood has-been once played Cryptessa Muldoon, television's fourth most famous monster mom.
Her books are so outrageously funny." -Joanne FlukeWhen Jaine Austen's beloved cat Prozac unwittingly scares to death a parakeet belonging to the neighborhood's resident curmudgeon, Jaine finds herself knee-deep in toil and trouble.
Reprinted Edition"I'm crazy about Laura Levine's mystery series. Joy left behind a slew of enemies struck by her deviant arrows, so finding the culprit may prove harder than spotting that elusive caramel praline in a box of chocolates - and Jaine will have to flirt with danger to get to the truth. Or the furious Beverly Hills widow who forked over the last of her savings for a Prince Charming who never materialized? The handsome hunk of a client with a secret in his past? Joy's harried assistants, whose lives she made a living hell? So it's no surprise when the chiselling cupid turns up dead at a Valentine's Day mixer.Īghast to find herself on the cops' suspect list, Jaine sets out to track down the killer. And woe betide anyone who lays a finger on her heavily guarded stash of chocolates. Joy is a ruthless taskmaster who screams at her employees for the smallest infractions, pads her website with pictures of professional models posing as clients, and offers up convincing but empty promises of love in exchange for inordinate sums of money. When Jaine lands a job writing web copy and brochures for matchmaker Joy Amoroso, she's excited for a chance to help the lovelorn just in time for Valentine's Day - until she realizes what "Dates of Joy" is really all about.
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