Hi everyone! I just want to intro Liza O'Connor's post by telling you how excited I am about her new book: The Missing Partner. Xavier and Vic are amazing. They're absolutely my favorite historical detectives... and I'd even put Xavier's deductive ability up against the crime solving prowess of Gemma and D.S. from Dead Sexy and *brand new* Dead Set... although I'd bet on D.S. in a fight, lol. Now, here's Liza to tell you why you should read The Missing Partner!
Aleah
That's right. To celebrate Book 2, The Missing Partner's early
arrival,
Book 1 is only 99 cents from 9/15 to 9/21. So grab it NOW before
it returns to $3.99.
What's The Missing Partner about?
Glad you asked.
The
Adventures of
Xavier
& Vic
–
Book
2
The
Missing Partner
By Liza O’Connor
∞
Cases to be Resolved:
The ‘New Woman’ Who Lost Her Old
Mind
The Lost Servant of Dante’s Hell
The Disappearance of a Very
Important Man
The Abduction of Sneaky Snake
by a Grand Elephant
The Cat Who Wore Too Much
Vic
Hamilton takes the reins of the investigation office, while Xavier Thorn
disappears on an assignment for the British government. Her caseload is
entirely ‘lost and recovery’ cases. In the midst of solving all her client’s
problems, she learns that the government has lost Xavier. With the help of the
gypsy pirate Jacko, and her driver Davy, Vic rushes against time to rescue
everyone.
Most
alarming, she befriends and hires a dangerous criminal as an employee of Xavier
Thorn’s Private Inquiries—without Xavier’s permission.
Davy insisted upon
making the tea, so she could sit and explain her night’s excursion without
distraction. At least, that was the reason he gave for working the stove. She
suspected he had yet to forget the small fire she started two months ago.
That fire had not
been her fault. Xavier had distracted her with kisses and pulled her into their
bedroom. Fortunately, Davy arrived before anything of importance burned.
Unfortunately, the small mishap seemed to have seared into his memory. Since
then, he usurped her every attempt to use the stove.
She sat down and
stared at the handsome pirate. “A friend of my Aunt Maddy’s has been
incarcerated in an asylum by her husband for supporting the suffragettes. He
claims she has lost her mind, but in truth, she’s only lost patience living
with a stupid man.”
Naturally, Jacko
laughed.
“This is not
funny. How would you like it if I had you locked up for nothing more than your
annoying smile? Just because I don’t like you constantly laughing at me,
doesn’t give me the right to declare you insane and incarcerate you.”
Jacko lost his
smile and nodded. His damn eyes continued to sparkle with amusement, but if she
complained about them as well, she’d appear petty.
“Tell him what
you’re planning,” Davy grumbled as he tended the stove.
Vic ignored Mr.
Busybody and focused on Jacko. “I’ve discovered where Mrs. Carson’s being held.
Tonight, I plan to sneak in and get her out.”
Well, at least
that killed the amusement in his eyes. Now Jacko looked like a sinister, deadly
pirate. “Where is she?”
“A place called
Bedlam.”
His eyes darkened and his hands
twitched.
“Have you heard of
it?”
He nodded.
“Have you ever
been in it?”
With narrowed eyes, he glared. “Not
because of my laugh. But I have removed people from it before.”
Vic’s heart quickened.
“Truly? Then I take it back. I’m very glad Davy called you in.”
“You’re welcome,”
Davy muttered as he joined them at the table.
She reached over
and covered Davy’s large hand. “Thank you, Davy, for bringing me skilled help.”
“How long has your
friend been there?” Jacko asked.
“She’s been
missing for two months. It took her daughter awhile to determine she was not on
holidays as her husband said.”
Jacko grimaced.
“By now she may have really lost her mind. How old is she?”
“In her fifties.”
“Attractive?”
“No.” She wondered
at Jacko’s questions. Does
he only save young, attractive women?
“Well, she might
still be sane, if they’ve left her alone.”
“If who’s left her
alone?”
Davy nudged
Jacko’s arm. “Vic don’t need to know that.”
Her agitation
focused on Davy. “I do if it’s pertinent to my case!”
“It’s not. We just
determined that. So let it drop!”
Book 1
The Troublesome Apprentice
Only
99 cents from 9/15 – 9/21
Book 2
The Missing Partner
First, I got tired of
telling my proper blog. Now, I’m tired of telling my improper bio. So what’s
left?
Liza O’Connor was born,
raised badly, left the South/Midwest and wandered off to find nicer people on
the east coast…and employment, there were no jobs in the Mid-west. There she
worked for the meanest man on Wall Street, while her psychotic husband tried to
kill her three times. (So much for finding nicer people.) Then one day she
declared enough, got a better job, divorced her husband, and fell in love with
her new life where people behaved normally. All those bad behaviors has given
her lots of fodder for her humorous romances. Please buy these books, because
otherwise, she’ll become grumpy and write troubled novels instead. And given
her past, they will likely traumatize you.
Mostly humorous books by
Liza:
Saving Casey – Old woman
reincarnates into troubled teen’s body. (Half funny/half traumatizing)
Ghost Lover—Two British brothers fall in love with the same young woman.
Ancestral ghost is called in to fix the situation. There’s a ghost cat too.
(Humorous Contemporary Romance)
A Long Road to Love Series: (Humorous Contemporary odd
Romance)
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