Laissez les bon temps rouler! The pleasure of your company is requested at the most over-the-top wedding New Orleans has ever seen… When Poppy Fields, Hollywood IT girl and super-secret agent, agreed to be a bridesmaid, she anticipated gallons of Sazerac, memorable parties and handsome groomsmen. Instead, she’s dodging bullets. Juggling wedding showers, exploding buildings, picnics, black magic, … buildings, picnics, black magic, lunches in the Vieux Carré, and murder can be tough on a girl. Good thing Thor is there to escort her—until he disappears.
Poppy must outwit smugglers primed to flood the U.S. with a dangerous new drug (one Poppy knows all too well), save Thor, and get to the church on time. If she fails, she may end up dead. Or—worse—late to the wedding.
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Dollycas’s Thoughts
Poppy Fields is back and taking on New Orleans!
Our Hollywood It girl was set to relax at all the parties leading up to her college roommate Adele’s wedding before she headed off to her super-secret agent training, but while meeting at the Columns Hotel for drinks chaos erupts when a G-Wagon spins out of control. Behind it, a Range Rover stops and men with guns pile out and start shooting. Many are hit, some die, but Adele and Poppy are safe. Adele, a nurse, rushes to help. Poppy rushes to the first officer that arrives and shares all she can about what happened. And we are only midway through Chapter 1!
Poppy tries to attend to all her wedding commitments but she had to let her new secret agent boss know what happened especially what she did at the end of Chapter 1. He sends the cavalry in the form of Thor (not his real name/Chris Hemsworth’s doppelganger). Good thing too, because we have just scratched the surface of Poppy’s time in NOLA, she is there for 2 weeks and danger seems to follow Poppy everywhere she goes!
I absolutely love this series! The first two books in this series made my Best Reads List of 2018 and this one is headed to this year’s list. Ms. Mulhern continues to top herself. She takes suspense and turns it inside out with antics that will have you laughing out loud.
While in New Orleans Poppy is staying in a house that appears to have a resident ghost. She meets a Voodoo priestess, gets in numerous shootouts and car chases, a building explodes, takes on drug smugglers, some who want her dead after what happened in Mexico, (book #1), has to search for Thor and Jake, of course, he’s in town too! All I can say is that I am so thankful she learned a few fantastic things from her father, like Krav Maga and amazing gun skills. She also learned a few things from her mother and looking so much like her celebrity mom doesn’t hurt either.
I have learned one thing about this series. When you start reading you will not be able to stop so plan accordingly. Lightning fast pace, characters that you want to root for, action, twists, turns, and fabulous dialogue that will have you in stitches. Poppy is a fantastic protagonist and when partnered with Mark (Thor) they are unstoppable.
Come for the wedding, watch out for those flying bullets, use all those luncheons and dinners to get information, and oh yeah, stay alive to see your friend say her I do’s. What an awesome time! I loved every minute!! I can’t wait for the next adventure!! and maybe a little training if she can squeeze it into her busy schedule.
Fields’ Guide to Voodoo, third in Julie Mulhern’s newest series, is the best Poppy Fields Adventure yet! While I wasn’t sure I was going to love a book that featured a woman who is famous for being famous, I trusted Ms. Mulhern’s talent enough that I had to try it and now I am hooked. To most of the world, Poppy Fields might look like a typical too-rich-to-breathe-for-herself twenty something but this girl was raised by her dad for the first 14 years of her light and she learned a whole other set of talents in those years. She can negotiate the snootiest shop in Hollywood and get into the best restaurants without a reservation, but messing with this girl could leave you dead.
During Poppy’s first trip to New Orleans for a friend’s wedding, those skills come handy. Poppy has an amazing talent for drawing trouble. Once again Thor, I mean Mark Stone, is called on to act as her body guard and Jake shows up to protect her and to woo her back. One of these days, that boy needs to learn that she can take care of herself and those around her. Action is the name of the game and the only thing she fears is having her friends in danger and wearing a typically hideous bridesmaids dress.
I have read 4 of her books from the series in the last 2 weeks. Cant wait for the next one.
I love Fields’ Guide to Voodoo! This book is incredible, exciting and engaging! The book has interesting characters, humour, a well developed plot, and incredible detailed action scenes. It was impossible to put the book down. I look forward to the next book in the series.
This is the third book in this series and it continues to be a hoot to read. This time Poppy is in New Orleans to be a bridesmaid for her college roommate Adele’s wedding. Leave it to Poppy to be at The Columns Hotel veranda at the wrong time. Mayhem ensues and bullets start flying. In fact, drugs and a drug cartel are involved, which Poppy is very familiar with. Luckily her boss sends her ‘job’ partner, Mark Stone(Thor) to be her date and to watch out for her. Jake shows up too and she ends up rescuing them, instead of the other way around, catching the bad guys, and attending the wedding. Julie Mulhern does a great job of describing NOLA and making you feel like you’re there.
It was a perfect read that I thoroughly enjoyed and got some chuckles out of. Looking forward to more adventures. Sounds like helping her mother Chariss might be next on the agenda.
Julie Mulhern creates funny characters in interesting situations. But best of all—her books make me laugh.
Love this series! Poppy is a great character with a lot of spunk! Can’t wait for the next book in the series!
I absolutely loved Poppy’s latest adventure in New Orleans. The scenery, the plot, and the characters were described and developed so well that I felt like I was there.
Poppy went to New Orleans to be a bridesmaid in her college roommate’s wedding. Being Poppy, while having drinks, a shoot-out finds her. As she attempts to figure out what’s going on (against all advice), she is almost kidnapped, mugged, and bombed. Mark Stone is sent to keep her safe. It doesn’t take long for Jake to follow. The dialogue and dynamics between the main characters keeps you engaged and wondering who Poppy will end up with (I’m torn).
This was definitely one of the best books I’ve read recently (and I read a lot)! I’m looking forward to Poppy’s next adventure in London!
POPPY TAKES ON NOLA!
Everyone’s favorite spy is back and she’s better than ever! Poppy’s on her way to Spy Boot Camp but first must stop in New Orleans to be in her college roommate’s (Adele) wedding. No big deal, right? Wrong! It’s the blending of two old line Louisiana families so let the partying begin! For two entire weeks! Of jam-packed activities! How can Poppy get in any trouble? It’s just a wedding! (Said someone who has NEVER been involved in a huge over-the-top wedding in the party capital of the world – New Orleans!)
At their first meeting, Poppy and Adele find themselves dead center of some sort of bizarre attack. As they duck and cover, Poppy immediately starts working the case in her mind – the very thing she was instructed NOT to do. She really can’t help it. She’s as drawn to that as the Mississippi River is drawn to the Gulf of Mexico. It’s an irresistible pull that will always have her in its grip no matter the consequences. This quick attack triggers an avalanche of other criminal activities that have Poppy so busy Mark (THOR!!) is quickly sent out as her Plus One for all wedding festivities. Poppy is at her best in nonchalantly being at a wedding function, doing a little interrogating, sneaking off and investigating and going on with her life as normal. Only there seems to be a new problem. There seems to be two different groups of evil doers. One is a set of smugglers and they seem to be attempting to smuggle a drug with a very familiar name … and that might be the scariest news of all. Even though New Orleans brings its own unique set of challenges – voodoo, explosions, car chases, haunted homes, Mardi Gras World and smugglers, Poppy brings her ever ready unique tool set to restore order – 1) her incredibly accurate shooting skills, 2) all the years of Krav Maga lessons 3) using her celebrity status to take advantage of a crowd and then 4) knowing who to trust. I was provided an ARC of this book by the Author. The opinions expressed here are completely my own and without influence.