Jana DeLeon

Series

Miss Fortune mystery volume 22

Publisher

Jana DeLeon

Pub. Date

[2022]

Physical Desc

iv, 285 pages ; 21 cm

Language

English

Description

"It's New Year's in Sinful. The competition for the New Year's Queen is heating up as the warring churches go head-to-head. Fortune Redding is not the sequined dress kind of woman, but reluctantly agrees to partake in the debacle so that Ida Belle and Gertie can best their nemesis, Celia, who's put up former Sinful mean girl RJ Rogers. RJ and her friend Brock Benoit left plenty of devastation in their wake when they fled Sinful after high school....

2) Louisiana longshot

Author

Series

Miss Fortune mystery volume 1

Language

English

Formats

Description

CIA assassin Fortune Reading is about to undertake her most difficult mission ever -- in Sinful, Louisiana, With a leak at the CIA and a price on her head, Fortune never expected to be this far out of her element: posing as a former beauty queen turned librarian in a small bayou town!

3) Swamp sweets

Author

Series

Miss Fortune mystery volume 21

Language

English

Formats

Description

Everyone in Sinful is gearing up for Thanksgiving -- until Fortune, Ida Belle and Gertie bag a body on their turkey hunting trip! No one knew Miles Broussard well, and he had recently retired with plans to move to another state. Ally Lemarque had purchased his building, with plans to open a bakery. But when Ally visits the site and interrupts an intruder, she comes away with a crack on her head. Why would someone break into an empty building? And...

4) Frightfully Fortune: a Miss Fortune mystery

Author

Series

Miss Fortune mystery volume 20

Language

English

Formats

Description

It's time for the annual Halloween festival in Sinful, and Fortune, Ida, Belle and Gertie can't wait to suit up and enjoy the food and activities! When a dead man gallops through the park on a black stallion and slides to a decapitated stop in front of them, the festival is about to be turned on its head... so to speak. Gil Forrest's body was supposed to be at the funeral home, so how did it end up on a horse in the middle of the festival? It may...

5) Lethal bayou beauty

Author

Series

Miss Fortune

Pub. Date

2013.

Language

English

Formats

Description

"When aspiring actress Pansy Arceneaux returns to Sinful, Louisiana, to head up the beauty pageant portion of the Summer Festival, CIA assassin Fortune Redding knows she's in for trouble. Her undercover identity as a former beauty queen makes Fortune the perfect choice to chair the event with Pansy, but Pansy's abrasive personality makes it impossible to get through a single rehearsal without a fight. When Pansy turns up dead, Fortune is the prime...

6) Gators and garters: a Miss Fortune mystery

Author

Series

Miss Fortune volume 18

Publisher

[Jana DeLeon]

Pub. Date

[2020]

Physical Desc

iv, 326 pages ; 21 cm

Language

English

Description

Ida Belle, Fortune, and Gertie are gearing up for the big day--Ida Belle's wedding to Walter--but when the caterer goes missing just a week before the big day, it puts a huge black mark on the joyous celebration. Molly Broussard is no stranger to being in the limelight, so when the former cage fighter turned in her boxing gloves for pots and pans, everyone who knew her was surprised...until they ate her food.From all appearances, Molly took her boat...

7) Reel of Fortune: a Miss Fortune Mystery, Book 12

Author

Series

Miss Fortune

Pub. Date

2018.

Language

English

Formats

Description

Nothing says Welcome Home like a murder. It's official. Fortune Redding is out of the CIA and a newly minted resident of Sinful, Louisiana. She never expected her homecoming to be all apple pie and hugs, but a murder wasn't on her list of things to deal with before she'd even gotten her name stenciled on her mailbox. Boone Carre-- Hooch, to the locals-- was a drunk and a louse and had shafted pretty much everyone he'd ever done business with. So when...

8) Bullets and beads

Author

Series

Miss Fortune mystery volume 17

Pub. Date

2020

Language

English

Formats

Description

It's Mardi Gras time and Fortune is looking forward to seeing the spectacle firsthand. When a visitor to Sinful is murdered during the celebration there, Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie start looking into the woman, and the family in Sinful she came to visit. The investigation sends them to New Orleans, right at the height of the Mardi Gras celebration. But instead of relaxing a little and enjoying the festivities, Fortune can't shake the feeling that...

9) Fortune funhouse: a Miss Fortune mystery

Author

Series

Miss Fortune mystery volume 19

Language

English

Formats

Description

"The traveling carnival has made its stop in Sinful and everyone is ready for thrilling rides, challenging games, and most importantly, funnel cake. But when a man is murdered in the funhouse and Emmaline LeBlanc is knocked unconscious so the killer can escape, the good times are over. Carter is beside himself wanting to hunt down the man responsible for putting his mother in the hospital, but he can't investigate when he's related to one of the victims....

10) Fortune furlough: a Miss Fortune mystery

Author

Series

Miss Fortune mystery volume 14

Pub. Date

2019.

Language

English

Formats

Description

Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie are finally off to Florida on the vacation they've always talked about. Days filled with white sand, turquoise water, and fruity drinks are the only thing on the agenda. But when Gertie's 'hot date' turns up dead and she's the number one suspect, they're forced to hang up their bathing suits and shift to investigating mode. It seems Gertie's beau was up to all kinds of shady behavior, and there's a long list of people...

11) Cajun fried felony

Author

Series

Miss Fortune mystery volume 15

Language

English

Formats

Description

"Venus Thibodeaux had a reputation for being trouble. When she finally left Sinful shortly after turning eighteen, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. When she blew back into town four years later, no one was happy about her return. She immediately launched into her same old scams, picking off Sinful residents with ease before disappearing again as quickly as she'd appeared. But when an accident at the annual Thanksgiving Turkey Run uncovers her body,...

12) Swamp Santa

Author

Series

Miss Fortune mystery volume 16

Language

English

Formats

Description

It's Christmas in Sinful, Louisiana, and a Christmas gala, caroling, and a sleigh ride are on the agenda. When someone bumps off Santa, Fortune is aware a killer is lurking among the holiday cheer. But with no client and no reason to interfere with a police investigation, it looks as if Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie will have to sit this one out. Big and Little Hebert might be criminals, but they prefer no competition in their territory, especially...

13) Later gator: a Miss Fortune mystery

Author

Series

Miss Fortune

Language

English

Formats

Description

"A poacher is at work in Sinful, Louisiana, and Deputy Carter LeBlanc is hot on the trail of the outlaw, trying to apprehend him before the state gets wind of the crime and sends a game warden to take over his investigation. Unfortunately, he's hindered every step of the way by Sinful's current mayor and all-around horrible person, Celia Arceneaux, who wants nothing more than to drive Carter to resign. When a game warden turns up with evidence that...

14) Swamp spook

Author

Series

Miss Fortune mystery volume 13

Language

English

Formats

Description

"Sinful, Louisiana, really knows how to throw a party, and it goes all out for Halloween. The weeklong celebration kicks off with a maze of horror in the park built of hay bales. And Fortune has the perfect assignment - the executioner. Her scene comes complete with a head block, a hatchet, and a fake body with removable head ... When Fortune returns from break and realizes the body in her scene is a real one and not the prop, she knows trouble is...

15) Change of Fortune: a Miss Fortune mystery

Author

Series

Miss Fortune mystery volume 11

Language

English

Formats

Description

Sinful, Louisiana is always a hotbed of activity, and despite the steamy heat, August is no exception. Godzilla is terrorizing the town, looking for a home-cooked meal, and Gertie is worried someone will take the gator out before she can get him under control. Francine has a situation of her own at the caf́e, where food is missing from inventory. And Celia is always up to no good. But summer is almost over, which could mean huge changes for Fortune...

16) Backrush

Author

Series

Tempest Island Novel

Publisher

J&R Publishing

Pub. Date

2021

Language

English

Formats

Description

The sea heals all things.

Tempest Island has weathered the worst of storms and still stands proud, providing its residents with the healing power of the sea and sun. When Alayna Scott's life falls spectacularly apart, both professionally and personally, the executive chef's only thought is getting back home to the island and her aunt Bea. Between the two, she hopes to put the past behind her and figure out how to move forward.

After

...

17) Hurricane Force

Author

Series

Publisher

NLA Digital LLC

Pub. Date

2015

Language

English

Formats

Description

A force to be reckoned with...

During missions as a CIA assassin, Fortune Redding saw and overcame most every obstacle, but Sinful, Louisiana, keeps producing new challenges for her. When a hurricane blows through, it brings a shower of counterfeit money raining down on the tiny bayou town.

When the money is linked back to Ahmad, the arms dealer who issued the kill order on Fortune, everyone is worried that her nemesis is far too close for

...

18) Swamp Team 3

Author

Series

Publisher

NLA Digital, LLC

Pub. Date

2014

Language

English

Formats

Description

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jana DeLeon, the next installment in the bestselling Miss Fortune series.

What's a little arson between friends?

Undercover CIA agent Fortune Redding spent her first three weeks in Sinful, Louisiana dodging insults, makeup advice, guard dogs, bullets, and Deputy Carter Trahan, both professionally and personally. But just when she thinks things are going to settle down in the small bayou town,

...

19) Soldiers of Fortune

Author

Series

Publisher

NLA Digital LLC

Pub. Date

2015

Language

English

Formats

Description

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jana DeLeon, the sixth installment in the bestselling Miss Fortune series.

When Celia Arceneaux was elected mayor of Sinful, Louisiana, Fortune Redding expected trouble. The woman has an unmatched talent for making the worst of any situation, especially if it means getting revenge on her sworn enemies Ida Belle and Gertie.

At the Fourth of July celebration, an explosion rocks

...

20) Swamp Sniper

Author

Series

Publisher

NLA Digital, LLC

Pub. Date

2013

Language

English

Description