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Two warrior angels. First friends, now lovers. Their future? A WILD UNKNOWN.


A Spirited Gift

A Spirited Gift, December 2011
Missing Pieces Mysteries #3
by Joyce and Jim Lavene

Berkley Prime Crime
Featuring: Mayor Dae O'Donnell; Kevin Brickman; Shayla Lily
304 pages
ISBN: 0425245020
EAN: 9780425245026
Kindle: B005GSYXD6
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"Dae finds a body at the first Mayor's conference. Will she discover who and why before the culprit makes her disappear?"

Fresh Fiction Review

A Spirited Gift
Joyce and Jim Lavene

Reviewed by Leanne Davis
Posted January 15, 2012

Mystery Cozy

Dae O'Donnell is hosting a Mayor's Conference at the Blue Whale Inn. Plans go awry when the edges of the latest hurricane hit the town of Duck, North Carolina. After the storm passes, they discover a mayor is missing and then Dae discovers a ring and the body in the remnants of the Inn's tool shed. Using her gift of being able to see the history of the object she is holding, Dae learns that someone was threatening Sandi Foxx just before the storm hit. The election for Mayor of Duck is coming up soon. Her opponent is using every opportunity to smear Dae's name. Despite her desire to stay clear of the investigation, Dae will find herself at the center of it as Duck sets out to clean up the storm damage. In A SPIRITED GIFT, the third in the Missing Pieces Mysteries, readers will find themselves drawn into the investigation of the death. Throw in a little ghostly activity, the promise of a pirates' treasure and the reader will be hooked. Just as Dae is considering where her relationship with Kevin is going, the authors throw us a curve ball.

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SUMMARY

Mayor Dae O'Donnell of Duck, NC runs into the ghost of a dead pirate ancestor as she searches for the killer of her firen, Mayor Sandi Foxx. Pirate Rafe Masterson, scourge of the Outer Banks, wants his relative to prove that he was innocent of the crimes he was hanged for hundreds of years ago and he's willing to stay in Dae's life until he finds the truth.


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