“Fans of laugh-out-loud romantic suspense will enjoy this author as she joins the ranks of Janet Evanovich, Katie MacAllister, and Jennifer Crusie.”—Booklist, on An Affair to Dismember“Elise Sax will win your heart.”—New York Times bestselling author Jill ShalvisEnjoy the first two books in the Matchmaker Mysteries Series for the price of one!An Affair to Dismember:Three months has been Gladie … Dismember:
Three months has been Gladie Burger’s limit when it comes to staying in one place. That’s why Gladie is more than a little skeptical when her Grandma Zelda—who is more than a little psychic– recruits her into the family’s matchmaking business in the quaint small town of Cannes, California. What’s more, Gladie is also highly unqualified, having a terrible track record with romance. Still, Zelda is convinced that her granddaughter has her clairvoyant “gift.” But when the going gets tough, Gladie wonders if this gift has a return policy.
When Zelda’s neighbor drops dead in his kitchen, Gladie is swept into his bizarre family’s drama. Despite warnings from the (distractingly gorgeous) chief of police to steer clear of his investigation, Gladie is out to prove that her neighbor’s death was murder. It’s not too long before she’s in way over her head—with the hunky police chief, a dysfunctional family full of possible killers, and yet another mysterious and handsome man, whose attentions she’s unable to ignore. Gladie is clearly being pursued—either by true love or by a murderer. Who will catch her first?
Citizen Pain:
Lovably troublesome Gladie Burger runs into sizzling danger and a fiery love triangle in the second installment of Elise Sax’s hilarious and sexy Matchmaker Mysteries series.
Since joining the family matchmaking business run by her eccentric and psychic Grandma Zelda, Gladie is always looking for love. But when an unbearable toothache knocks her out of commission and into the dentist’s chair, she prays only for relief. No such luck. Emerging from an anesthetic haze, Gladie awakes to find that not only is her tooth still throbbing, but her dentist is dead—and the lead suspect in the murder, office receptionist Belinda, just so happens to be Gladie’s first real client. Now it’s up to Gladie to find Belinda a man and keep her from being locked up behind bars.
As if that weren’t enough distraction, two gorgeous men are vying for Gladie’s attention: Spencer, the playboy chief of police, and Holden, Gladie’s secretive, gorgeously muscled neighbor. Still, Gladie’s not complaining about having a helping hand or two when the case leads her to a dangerously bizarre cult. She may have met her match—and if she’s not careful, it could be her last.
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I started reading these after the Stephanie Plum series. These aren’t as fun, but they are a nice quick easy read and very lite in tone.
Ok. Too silly for my taste but cute.
Pretty simple story, book is full of shallow characters I did’t really find a connection to, therefore, I didn’t much care “who done it”.
Loved it! Want to read more by this author
A great beach read.
If you like very silly stories without any real meat just sugar read.
I didn’t bother to finish. Too wacky without really being funny.
A little,light reading with amusing characters
They are derivatives of Evanovitch books.
I did not care for this book. It was a good premise I thought, but I didn’t like some of the actions of the main character. Sorry I would not recommend this book.
The print was too small. Read book 1 deleted book 2because of print font.
Really funny and interesting book. I enjoyed it very much and am looking forward to the rest of the series.
didnt care for this at all…sorry
Liberally peppered with foul language. I know people use such language but it doesn’t make the people/characters very endering. Funny despite the language and extramarital affairs. Lots of (unpredictable) action.
Book two ended very wierdly…Or maybe the editor couldn’t finish reading. The main character walks into one guy’s house and is talking to her other ” lover “. Having had both men in other scenes as separate and distinct people, this ending was very confusing. If there are more books in the series, I probably won’t be reading them.
Really crazy situation but laughable
Too much detail on some areas
Reminds me of a lot of what I used to love about the Stephanie Plum novels early on the series before they got very one note. Enjoyed a lot, looking forward to more
Enjoyable read.