Kirjahaku

Is it against the law to kill somebody who is, technically, already dead? Because Sylvie Pace wanted to dig up dear old (late) Dad and throttle him personally. It was his fault Sylvie got stuck in a business (thank heaven, not personal) relationship with The Abominable Cowboy.Abominable, whose real name was Walter McGurk, co-owned the ranch with Sylvie's late father. Walt and Harry had a history, the details of which remained a secret. The ranch seemed to be the only asset of Harry's which had not been mismanaged, leveraged, lost, or stolen-probably because it was hidden so far back in the Florida swamps that everyone forgot about it. So Sylvie's entire inheritance was what she could fit into her (using the word loosely) "car" and what she shared with Walt McGurk, cowboy.Sylvie knew her way around high society, sure, but around a real house without servants or a concierge, she didn't know how to do anything. Some of her mistakes around the house-especially the ones involving electricity-nearly killed the longsuffering Walt.Will Sylvie and Walt get along any better when they find out Harry isn't exactly dead? Or will they realize how much they mean to each other only when someone is murdered?

A hunky carpenter wants to adopt six children, but first he must convince authorities that he is not crazy. He isn't. His teapot really IS talking to him.Despite his many positive attributes, Lloyd has reached the age of 32 years, seven months, four days, and six hours without finding Miss Right and converting her into Mrs. Lloyd Schifflebein. Yes, Schifflebein. A surname decidedly lacking romance in addition to being difficult to spell and way too long a signature for checks and the backs of credit cards. Supposing Miss Right is found and is willing to overlook the awkward appellation, there is one other impediment to wedded bliss. Lloyd devotes his whole life to his children. Children he doesn't yet actually have, but he is working on it. He has been filing adoption applications all his adult life. This devotion to his as-yet-unadopted children leads many people to deduce that Lloyd Schifflebein is crazy. Big and strong, sure. Cute, maybe, but loony nonetheless. When Lloyd convinces the Social Worker From Hell that he really is good father-material, things are looking up. Soon Lloyd is the happy father of six, count 'em, six special needs children and their six pet bunny rabbits. The Schifflebein household is a regular day at the circus. And they'll be a forever family, provided they can get through a probationary period with surprise inspections at any time. Then things begin to go wrong. First, the Teapot arrives. The talking Teapot. The one that Lloyd is certain will get him labeled "insane" and remove all chance of finalizing the children's adoptions. Simultaneously, Miss Right arrives and sweeps the entire Schifflebein family off their multiple feet - then reveals she is engaged to someone else. At the same time, dishonest political schemers threaten Lloyd's new home business, and the same people contrive several false legal complaints against him - and the State takes away his children. Lloyd will get his day in court. On that one day, he must fight to keep his children save his business, and prevent Miss Right from marrying the wrong guy Lloyd will definitely need supernatural help - even if it comes in the form of a snarky, talking Teapot.

Ex-undercover agent Yves Dubreau has no memories, but plenty of enemies, when he moves in with a reluctant lady doctor. Just who will be body-guarding whom? John Doe remembers nothing of his life before waking up in the hospital. He doesn't know he was a dangerous man, and he somehow has survived assassination by even more dangerous men. He doesn't even know how to speak English. > John needs long-term supervision and care to re-learn how to live. Dr. Mitchell Oberon has been married to her surgical work for too long. She is comfortable in her spinsterish life. She resists being attracted to this brain-damaged patient with the body of Adonis and the mind of a child, but Agent Frank Stone, of Homeland Security, forces the doctor to take John Doe into her own home to recover. Stone, who knows John Doe's past history well, says it's not safe to send him back to the place he lived before he was "killed" by his enemies. If Duby's enemies find them, will either John or his lady doctor even know how to fight back? To survive? Nobody predicts the bizarre events that will unfold when a "friend" betrays John and Dr. Oberon to Agent Dubreau's bloodthirsty foes

There's a heap of trouble brewing fer these folks -- some of it human, some of it animal, and all of it deadly -- when a blind deejay and a small-town librarian try to solve a double disappearance. The trouble started with a Pig River canoe trip and a friend's discovering a mammoth's skeleton. Shep and Miranda rely on their sense of humor as they face dangerous fossil poachers -- but even that is difficult when their engagement is broken amidst a river of troubles. Shep's Italian friend (Carlo - cook, chauffeur, valet, & ladies man) aids the couple in their adventures. Shep's animal friend, Zeus, a huge and independent Maine Coon cat, is so clever, he sometimes seems clairvoyant. The Coffee Ritual ladies of Minokee, Florida, add their quirky personalities and folksy wisdom to help Shep & Miranda iron out the bumps in their lives. Martha, Bernice, Wyneen, and Charlotte (average age 74.3) gather every dawn on their front porches to sip their coffee while they wait for the sight of the blond Adonis (Shep) jogging past their Magnolia Street cottages. Shepard's absurdly wealthy, snobbish, and domineering mother (Hermione Montgomery-Krausse) is always behind the scenes, attempting to direct the course of Shep's career. Hermione wants Shep to become a politician, like several of his ancestors. At the very least, she wants her son to become a television commentator. With his blindness, his noble family connections, and his golden good looks, Shepard would be recognized by future voters - which will not happen if he stays in radio. The shy Miranda shows a surprising inner strength when confronting Shepard's officious mother, and Hermione has been forced to admire the librarian. Hermione vacillates between trying to separate Shep and Miranda or trying to marry them - on Hermione's terms.Miranda's difficulties with Hermione are compounded when Miranda's parents arrive unannounced from Miami. Dr. Rosario Ogilvy, Miranda's mother, is a soulmate for Hermione Montgomery-Krausse, while Dr. Ezekiel Ogilvy, Miranda's father, sides with his daughter (and Hermione's son) against the two matriarchs. The serio-comic family battle continues in the background even while Shep and Miranda risk their future and their very lives attempting to find the crooks responsible for The Mammoth Murders.

How come nobody ever sees Miranda Ogilvy-- except one smoking-hot neighbor and one stone cold killer?The tiny village called "Minokee" (Seminole for "alligators all over the place") is chock full of mysteries like that, and like: Who isthe hunky neighbor, Shepard Krausse, howin heck did he find the invisible Miranda, and why does such a nice guy have such deadly enemies?Who killed Miranda's Aunt Phyllis?Is Shepard's guide dog, Dave, reallythe smartest guy in town?Whydoes old Miz Cleary keep a loaded rifle beside her front porch rocking chair?The big question for readers of this quirky novel is, "Who (or what) will find Miranda before Shep's homicidal enemiesdo?" Get Finding Miranda, book 1 of the Minokee Mysteries series. You'll want to re-read it for a dose of sunshine whenever you're feeling down Look for book 2, The Mammoth Murders.

Galen Randall fears no elephant, python, lion, or rhino through his camera lens, but he's deathly afraid of airplanes. A random seat assignment pairs him with Lou O'Malley, who calms his fears, but it puts him in the crosshairs of a clumsy, well-intentioned, ill-informed bevy of biker buffoons. Lou's dimwitted, tattooed "protectors" act tough, but they are about to meet a man who eats tough guys for breakfast.