Her best friend jumps on the body-moving bandwagon.
Her fugitive parents phone home.
Her identity is stolen by a look-alike.
Her look-alike is found, well...dead.
Under suspicion for murder, Carlotta discovers that her devious double might've been bumped off accidentally--and that she could be the real target! Throw in dealing with her motley crew of family, friends and wannabe lovers, and Carlotta begins to think that jail isn't such a bad alternative after all....
Look for all six books in Stephanie Bond's Body Movers series, available now from Harlequin MIRA!
Who would WANT her life? Atlanta shopgirl Carlotta Wren has more problems than most women her age-fugitive parents, a brother with a gambling problem, looming debts to loan sharks, and a part-time gig moving bodies for the morgue. So WHY would someone steal her identity? Then again.... On the other hand, her romantic prospects have improved recently-her first love is back in her life, and there's the sexy cop who's made the Wren family his personal project, and her body-moving boss who makes no secret of his desire for her body.... Maybe someone just wants to TAKE her life? But after a couple of close calls, Carlotta realizes there's more at stake than just her credit score-enough to make a girl consider faking her own death.... Starred review! "Bond keeps the pace frantic, the plot tight and the laughs light, and supplies a cliffhanger ending that's a bargain at twice the price." -Publishers Weekly "Bond has successfully switched to the crime genre, bringing along her trademark humor and panache." -Booklist "Stephanie Bond knows what her readers want and she definitely delivers it in this fantastic new installment." -FreshFiction.com
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With fugitive parents, a brother dodging loan sharks, a hunky cop who's made her outlaw family his business, a buff body mover looking to make a move on her and her ex-fiancé back in the picture, Carlotta Wren thought her life couldn't get any more complicated. And then...
Her best friend jumps on the body-moving bandwagon.
Her fugitive parents phone home.
Her identity is stolen by a look-alike.
Her look-alike is found, well...dead.
Under suspicion for murder, Carlotta discovers that her devious double might've been bumped off accidentally--and that she could be the real target! Throw in dealing with her motley crew of family, friends and wannabe lovers, and Carlotta begins to think that jail isn't such a bad alternative after all....
Look for all six books in Stephanie Bond's Body Movers series, available now from Harlequin MIRA!
Who would WANT her life? Atlanta shopgirl Carlotta Wren has more problems than most women her age-fugitive parents, a brother with a gambling problem, looming debts to loan sharks, and a part-time gig moving bodies for the morgue. So WHY would someone steal her identity? Then again.... On the other hand, her romantic prospects have improved recently-her first love is back in her life, and there's the sexy cop who's made the Wren family his personal project, and her body-moving boss who makes no secret of his desire for her body.... Maybe someone just wants to TAKE her life? But after a couple of close calls, Carlotta realizes there's more at stake than just her credit score-enough to make a girl consider faking her own death.... Starred review! "Bond keeps the pace frantic, the plot tight and the laughs light, and supplies a cliffhanger ending that's a bargain at twice the price." -Publishers Weekly "Bond has successfully switched to the crime genre, bringing along her trademark humor and panache." -Booklist "Stephanie Bond knows what her readers want and she definitely delivers it in this fantastic new installment." -FreshFiction.com