As WW2 rages, a lone vigilante takes to the streets of New York to wage war against a powerful crime syndicate. She’s the antihero the city needs, hidden in plain sight, with the perfect double life. But the past is catching up to her and it’s not going to be pretty…“Lady Vigilante is a delicious love triangle wrapped in dark comedy, with knives on the side…” (Review) ⠀Winner of The Kindle … (Review) ⠀
Winner of The Kindle Book Review Reader’s Choice Award.
Winner of the Scarlet Stiletto’s HQ Fiction Award for Best Thriller.
Betty Jones has a dark past, which she paints away each day with Avon cosmetics and a bright smile. She’s created a new life with her picture-perfect family, but old scars are beginning to itch.
When a series of heists leave a trail of dead soldiers and missing military cargo, Betty recognizes the calling card of her past demons. Blessed with gifts that make her more than human, Betty is unable to live with the continuing existence of the people who once ruined her, so she embarks on a cold-blooded vigilante mission to be rid of them once and for all. But her enemies are closing in, and Betty’s perfect life is beginning to crack.
The Lady Vigilante Season One Collection includes the first TEN episodes in the thrilling crime series that readers describe as “an EXPLOSIVE laugh-out-loud story!” with the indomitable protagonist, Betty Jones, as “a female Jack Reacher”, “powered as all hell” and “sassy, smart and deadly!”
Episode 1 ~ A Woman’s Work is Never Done
Episode 2 ~ A Dream That I Can Call My Own
Episode 3 ~ Chocolate Cake and Sandwiches
Episode 4 ~ Kitty’s Kat House
Episode 5 ~ In For a Dime, In For a Dollar
Episode 6 ~ St. Augustine’s Home for Unwanted Boys
Episode 7 ~ Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
Episode 8 ~ Guns and Glitterati
Episode 9 ~ Serenade to a Savage
Episode 10 ~ Lullaby to a Jitterbug
About this Series
Set against the backdrop of World War 2 in New York City, this series features an unlikely heroine that you’ll fall in love with. You can find continuing new releases for this series on Amazon. Best read in order.
For fans of Kerry Greenwood’s Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, classic Film Noir like Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep and action superheroes like Marvel’s Avenger Black Widow, starring Scarlett Johansson.
It’s a blisteringly paced and stylish read that’s a mix of Batman and Agent Carter – with a dash of Tarantino… If you love ruthless revenge, kick-ass action and unforgettable characters, then you’ll love Hayley Camille’s bestselling serialized novel.
Lady Vigilante is a Crime Prize Winner, earning the Kindle Book Review ‘Reader’s Choice Award’ against an impressive cast of International Crime Drama novels and the Scarlet Stiletto’s HQ Fiction (HarperCollins) Award for Best Thriller, 2020. Infused with crime romance, mysteries and humor, the entire series is also available on Kindle Unlimited.
In the seedy underworld of 1940s New York, revenge tastes like cherry pie with a side of lipstick and perfume. This Avon Lady has murder on her mind…
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A Tour de Force
What a fantastic collection of ten episodes that gives the reader an introduction to well descriptive, many-sided and unforgettable characters, great dialogues, and vast settings. The story takes place in New York City in the 1940s, in the middle of a war, where Betty Jones is an Avon representative but behind that facade is a badass woman, who possesses an unusual gift, is running from her past, and whose goal is to rid the city of its immoral elements. Betty’s quests and ways to bring down crime boss, Frank Polletti, who is a vile character, as well as other members of the crime family, make this narrative an intriguing page-turner. Each installment slowly pulls you into a cat-and-mouse game, touching on domestic violence, manipulation, drug peddling, greed, political corruption, extortion, and everything illegal. With sudden twists and turns, secrets and lies, a shocking encounter from the past that will interlock with the present, the author knows how to keep you on the rim of your chair, with endings that will leave you wanting more.
1. When you start reading Avon Calling you can’t imagine how good the story will be! I love that Betty is a cosmetic seller girl and I can’t wait to see what happens next… “Avon Calling Me”!!!
2. Avon calling me again!! Now it’s getting more interesting…can’t wait what is going on next!!! Don’t look for me I will be reading episode 3…
3. “Avon Calling” me for chocolate cake and sandwiches so I better don’t be late! It is a must read book through the episodes but it lacks a little bit from the first 2. But It is good enough! Don’t miss it.. it’s delicious!
4. Avon Calling me at the Kitty’s Kat House… And I went and I had a blast! It intrigued me at how will continue!!!
5. Avon calling me again… A penny for my thoughts!
What can I say for the 5th Episode “In for a Dime, In for a Dollar”? It was marvelous! Betty is a hardcore woman and fights for her believe and to be free from the demons of her past… But the past is hunting her down, if I could say that! This Episode makes you hungry for more! Can’t wait until the next one!
6. Avon calling me to St. Augustine’s Home for Unwanted Boys! It’s getting better and better! Now this Avon Lady is “cornered” I must say! What will happen next? The next episode must be the BOMB! But with this one your heart dances from agony! Don’t miss it!
7. OH! A very crucial point of the story goes here! To important to be missed!
8. You must be crazy if you don’t read this book of this series! So important and powerful!
9. Wow! I was blown away!!!! One of the best episodes so far!!! What a thrill! Action!!!! Agony!!! Reveals!!! I was so hooked by it!!!
10. The last episode, so powerful! It is everything I wanted to close this series and can’t wait what it’s going to be the next one! I hope there is a next one! I am hooked!
The most AWESOME Avon Lady EVER!
This is a collection of ALL episodes comprising the first season of “Avon Calling!” by author Hayley Camille. It includes the following:
Episode 1 – A Woman’s Work is Never Done
Episode 2 – A Dream That I Can Call My Own
Episode 3 – Chocolate Cake and Sandwiches
Episode 4 – Kitty’s Kat House
Episode 5 – In For a Dime, In For a Dollar
Episode 6 – St. Augustine’s School for Unwanted Boys
Episode 7 – Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered
Episode 8 – Guns and Glitterati
Episode 9 – Serenade to a Savage
Episode 10 – Lullaby to a Jitterbug
In this series, we are introduced to the most awesome Avon Lady ever!
Betty is the perfect 1940s housewife with a loving husband, two lovely children, and a pretty amazing side hustle; her very successful Avon business is actually a cover for a nightlife of covert crime fighting!
The author has created a story with the awesome “look & feel” of the 1940s. With the war is full swing and crime taking advantage of the distraction it creates, there is a lot of action and suspense.
Each episode in the series advances the plot and gets us closer and closer to a show-down between Betty/Susie and her nemesis and uncle, Donny Pinzolo. With the pressure on Betty continually mounting, I kept wondering if husband, George, or one of the children was going to find out too much about her clandestine activities. And with her childhood sweetheart, Jacob Lawrence, heading up the investigation into some of her activities (collateral damage of her crimefighting) on the right track to finding her, and Donnie Pinzolo, himself, suspicious, the story makes for some very exciting reading.
I highly recommend the box set, not only to be able to read past each cliffhanger, but because it is just an awesome bargain as well.