Trouble in Mudbug [Mass Market Paperback]

Jana DeLeon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2009

Scientist Maryse Robicheaux thought that a lot of her problems had gone away with her mother-in-law’s death. The woman was rude, pushy, manipulative and used her considerable wealth to run herd over the entire town of Mudbug, Louisiana.

Unfortunately, death doesn’t slow down Helena one bit.

DEA Agent Luc LeJeune is wondering what his undercover assignment investigating the sexy scientist has gotten him into – especially as it seems someone wants her dead. Keeping his secrets while protecting Maryse proves to be easier than fighting his attraction for the brainy beauty.

(Note: This book is part of the author’s backlist, originally released in print in 2009 by Dorchester Publishing)

Visit www.janadeleon.com for more information on the author and her books.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Love Spell; Original edition (February 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0505527847
• ISBN-13: 978-0505527844
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #174,181 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jana DeLeon was raised in southwest Louisiana among the bayous and gators. Her hometown is Carlyss, but you probably won't find it on a map. Her family owned a camp located on a bayou just off the Gulf of Mexico that you could only get there by boat. The most important feature was the rope hammock hanging in the shade on a huge deck that stretched out over the water where Jana spent many hours reading books.

Jana and her brother spent thousands of hours combing the bayous in a flat-bottom aluminum boat, studying the natural habitat of many birds, nutria and alligators. She would like you to know that no animals were injured during these "studies," but they kept makers of peroxide in business.

Jana has never stumbled across a mystery or a ghost like her heroines, but she's still hopeful.

She now resides in Dallas, Texas, with the most spoiled Sheltie in the world.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Murder Mystery with a twist or ten, February 8, 2011

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S. Blass - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trouble in Mudbug (Ghost-in-Law Mystery/Romance Series) (Kindle Edition)

Helena Henry was dead and didn't know it when she woke up at her own funeral. The only person who could see her was her estranged daughter-in-law who inherited a bayou full of trouble from her mother-in-law and from there this ghost story turned murder mystery turned romance story gets off to a running start. Lots of fun, very entertaining and a real whodunit that had me guessing right to the end. Happy to see there are more books in the series. Small Spoiler: The author did manage to work in some adult content in the romance subplot so readers who wish to avoid that may want to be forewarned, and those who are looking for that may be disappointed as it was quite brief.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars humorous, cute romance...looking forward to more Helena, August 8, 2009

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Laura B (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trouble in Mudbug (Mass Market Paperback)

Jana DeLeon's first in the Ghost-in-Law series introduces Helena Henry, the dead mother-in-law to Maryse Robicheaux. Helena was never well liked in the town of Mudbug and her daughter-in-law was at the top of the list of people who couldn't stand her. Helena's wayward son, Hank disappeared 2 years ago and Maryse needs to find him to serve him divorce papers. Unfortunately, he still hasn't made an appearance, but his mother is now haunting Maryse.

Maryse's dull like suddenly gets interesting with a ghost haunting her, someone trying to kill her, and a hot officemate that is wreaking havoc on her hormones.

I really enjoyed this book. It is laugh-out-loud funny and cute. The mystery is decent with enough red herrings to keep the reader guessing, but also not too difficult to figure out. The Maryse/Luc romance is just hot enough without being too steamy. I enjoyed the first 2/3 more than the last 1/3...mostly because the end wasn't as humorous. It also closed everything up without as much excitement.

The style is similar to Stephanie Plum, but not as goofy--just fun. Also similar to Kathleen Bacus's Calamity Jayne series though not as immature (Tressa was young and in the process of growing up). All are very humorous. This one does have more descriptive sex, though (only one episode and it isn't too steamy).

The next installment of the series involves Maryse's friend, Sabine. I'm looking forward to more antics from Helena. She may not have been liked in life, but she's a lot more fun in death!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars murder mystery, March 9, 2011

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R. Laney (Fairview, UT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trouble in Mudbug (Ghost-in-Law Mystery/Romance Series) (Kindle Edition)

Maryse goes to her mother-in-law funeral even though she had lots of problems dealing with her and in the middle of funeral sees her crawling out of the casket. Maryse talks more with helena now that she is dead than a live and together they try and find out who is trying to kill maryse and who suceeded to kill Helena. their is lots of action, attempted murder a few times. talking to a ghost that only she can see causes some fun embarrsing moments. I enjoyed the book and look forward to reading more of the series