She can be abrupt with people and gets irritated easily, but she has a loyal and loving heart. She feels fear and love and faces the clusterfuck that is her life with bravery and honesty. She is smart and capable, but never perfect. Maryse is someone that I would happily befriend. He wants to support Maryse, but never crosses that line into thinking that she needs to be protected from herself or any of that trite nonsense. The hero is a rather pleasing mashup of ‘noble knight’ and ‘emotionally intelligent man aware of fundamental feminist ideals’. It doesn’t take long for their mutual attraction and verbal banter to overshadow their initial suspicions and irritations. He is there to investigate Maryse’s status as a ‘whistleblower’, but she is not the person he’s looking for… OR IS SHE?! Maryse is, of course, innocent of any wrongdoing, and completely oblivious to his purpose in Mudbug. She sees this alleged scientist primarily as a space-invader and irritation. The book tells the story of her Very Very Bad Week: her awful (yet endearing) mother-in-law comes back as a ghost, someone is trying to kill her for unknown reasons, and the DEA has sent A Very Attractive “Scientist” to work in her office for a few weeks. She is a single woman with an estranged husband, a cat and a house in (on?) the bayou.

The heroine is Maryse Robicheaux, a botanist living in Mudbug, Louisiana.

The first book in Jana DeLeon’s Ghost-in-Law series, Trouble in Mudbug is currently free! FREE! As I am both partial to a cosy mystery/romance led by a woman sleuth and perpetually broke, this book and I made a very happy pair. Genre: Mystery/Thriller, Paranormal, RomanceĮN: Reader Lara was so taken with the cozy mystery, Trouble in Mudbug, that she wanted to share the joy with all of you! Right now, the book is currently free at most online vendors, with the exception of Barnes & Noble and All Romance.

Trouble in Mudbug by Jana Deleon