Drape Expectations (A Caprice De Luca Mystery)

Smith, Karen Rose

ISBN 10: 1617737704 / ISBN 13: 9781617737701

Published by Kensington, 2015

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Synopsis:

Caprice De Luca Home Staging Mystery Series, Book 4 

Caprice De Luca's former client and now friend Ace Richland--an 80's rock star--asks her for a favor.  Can she quickly stage his girlfriend's house to sell?  Widow Alanna Goodwin, a transplanted Southern beauty, will be moving in with him!  Immediately Caprice realizes Alanna's southern charm can be turned on and off at will.  Caprice agrees to stage Alanna's Kismet antebellum-styled mansion for Ace's sake.  But she soon learns Alanna doesn't have a genuine love for her cat Mirabelle and also uncovers a plot her new client is hatching to sabotage Ace's comeback.  However, before she can tell Ace, Alanna is murdered and Ace is the prime suspect.  
 
As Caprice investigates, she learns Alanna had more secrets than pie safes.  With her Cocker Spaniel Lady by her side, she tracks down clues and adopts Alanna's cat.  In the midst of some of her own family upheaval--her uncle has moved in with her parents--she finds herself with a dilemma.  Grant Weatherford, her brother's law partner, advises Ace and reveals more of his past to her.  Seth Randolph, the doctor she dates, wants her to meet his family.  She must choose between them.
 
Danger stalks Caprice.  Will her refresher self-defense course save her life?  Only if she keeps her wits about her and Lady by her side.
 

STAGED TO DEATH, Book 1

DEADLY DECOR, Book 2

GILT BY ASSOCIATION, Book 3 February 2015

DRAPE EXPECTATIONS, Book 4 August 2015

SILENCE OF THE LAMPS, Book 5 May  2016

About the Author:

          With her Caprice De Luca mystery series, Karen Rose Smith has branched out from romance into mystery. She began writing in her early teens when she listened to music and created stories to accompany the songs. After expressing feelings in poetry, earning a degree in English and French, completing short stories that became too long to find a market, she turned to her love of relationships. This award-winning best-selling author (USA Today List and Borders Bestseller List, as well as Amazon's Cozy Mystery, Romance, Contemporary Romance, and Love and Romance Bestseller lists) has sold over 85 books since 1991 and has published with Silhouette, Harlequin, Kensington and Meteor/Kismet.  She has added indie never-before published works to her e-book list as well as short story anthologies.  Her awards include Best Single Title from singletitle.com for her cozy mystery STAGED TO DEATH, two Golden Leaf awards in short contemporary romance, the Golden Quill in traditional romance, two cataromance.com's awards for Best Special Editions and Romance Review's Today's Best series romance award.

          An only child, Karen spent a lot of time in her imagination and with books.  She dreamed of brothers and sisters and a big family like her mother and father came from.  On weekends she was often surrounded by aunts, uncles and cousins. The root of her plots include family relationships. 

          Karen married her college sweetheart and they have been married for 43 years. Along with enjoying time with her husband, Karen enjoys cooking, gardening, shopping, listening to music and keeping her four rescue cats company or vice versa.

          She is busy working on her next mystery for Kensington as well as a new addition to her Search For Love series. Readers can follow her on Facebook (KarenRoseSmithBooks), on Twitter @karenrosesmith, through her blog Cats, Roses...and Books! as well as her newsletter IN TOUCH. She welcomes interaction on social networks and would love to chat.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Drape Expectations (A Caprice De Luca ...
Publisher: Kensington
Publication Date: 2015
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New