Crime solving is a family affair in The Big Uneasy, where gruff patriarch, Zack Baker, and his “Baker’s Dozen”, protect and serve, tangling with lawbreakers, love, and each other in post-Katrina New Orleans.
The Big Uneasy.
Book 1: Relatively Risky
A quirky artist must unravel her parent's secret past before the mob erases her future. But will the protection of a handsome homicide detective be her only hope of surviving the Big Easy?
Nell Whitby is starting over in New Orleans, getting a publisher for her children’s book, sketching tourists in the French Quarter, and leaving the tragic death of her parents behind. When a handsome detective asks her for a date, her fresh start seems perfect…until a dangerous family secret bubbles up from the past and puts her life in jeopardy.
The oldest of thirteen children, detective Alex Baker has two goals in life: solve murders and avoid anyone under the age of ten. That is, until the day the quirky children's book author foils a carjacking, becomes a target for the mob, and makes his libido sit up and reconsider the whole no-kids thing. If he doesn’t protect her, she’ll be the next body to turn up in his homicide investigation.
As bullets start to fly, Nell can’t resist her sexy bodyguard or ignore her past, and Alex must protect the irresistible kid-magnet who has them both in the crosshairs.
Tags: New Orleans, Louisiana, The Big Easy, romantic suspense, humor, humorous mystery, no sex, clean read, Wyoming, NOPD, Detective hero.
What others are saying about Relatively Risky:
"Jones’ writing style is unique: a strong dose of noir balanced with humor and witty dialogue. The plot moves at a fast pace as does the chemistry between Alex and Nell. The characters are well-developed and likeable, the relationship between Alex and his 12 siblings fun, and the New Orleans ambience conveyed so realistically the reader will feel as if they have been plopped down right in the middle of the Big Easy." Midwest Book Review
Stay tuned for next story in The Big Uneasy series!
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