Author: margaretlashley

Don’t Miss the Final Dramatic Conclusion to the #1-Rated Val Fremden Humorous Mystery Series!Change happens. Even when it doesn’t make any cents.Planning for a rainy day has never been Val’s forte. But when a storm brews up right in her own backyard, Val’s forced to get off her lounge chair and spring into action. A shady, ham-fisted developer’s threatening to knock down Val’s favorite beach … threatening to knock down Val’s favorite beach haunt, along with all the precious memories held within its shabby walls. With the owner’s signature on the bill of sale, the plan seems like a done…

You can’t fix stupid with duct tape. But you can muffle the sound.When Val tries to revive her old writing career, story ideas prove as elusive as a moment alone without her boyfriend Tom breathing down her neck.Tom’s moved in, and Val’s itching to move out – at least temporarily. A last-minute getaway to the country seems like the perfect solution for dissolving her writer’s block. But a fateful … her writer’s block. But a fateful fish fry ends up inspiring a whole different kind of dead end.With an angry horde of RVers pointing the finger at Val, she’s got…

La Dolce Vita or Bust.We’ve all dreamed of ditching everything and running off to another country. But almost no one actually does. Well, Val feels like she’s almost no one. Invisible to her husband and dissatisfied with her life, deep in her soul Val yearns to be someone else. Someone sexy. Someone happy.With only her favorite romance novel to guide her, Val decides Italy is the perfect place … decides Italy is the perfect place for some relaxation, romance and reinvention. But she soon finds out that handsome men, like life, have plans of their own.In the race to rediscover…

With over 500 five-star Goodreads ratings: When Val’s best friend turns up dead, Val finds herself scrambling to locate the missing heir to her friend’s will. Aided by a ragtag group of companions, she’s in for the wackiest adventure of her life!