Trouble Brewing |
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Author:
| Roberts, Lee |
Series title: | Trouble Brewing Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-4835-0900-6 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
Publisher: | BookBaby
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $2.99 |
Book Description:
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Imagine a young, intelligent woman who has immigrated to the United States in hopes of living the American dream. Success seems to be almost within her grasp, but something goes horribly wrong. The whole world has gone completely nuts, and her little corner of the universe seems to be where all the lunatics are converging.Candi Rios is a magnet for trouble. She is a spiritual hot spot where the forces of nature do battle every day. Despite her years of education, Candi still believes...
More DescriptionImagine a young, intelligent woman who has immigrated to the United States in hopes of living the American dream. Success seems to be almost within her grasp, but something goes horribly wrong. The whole world has gone completely nuts, and her little corner of the universe seems to be where all the lunatics are converging.Candi Rios is a magnet for trouble. She is a spiritual hot spot where the forces of nature do battle every day. Despite her years of education, Candi still believes in natural magic and practices the rituals that she learned as a child. She finally seems to be getting some results, but not the results that she expected. Not even close. Be careful what you ask for.Candi lands her first real job, but then she learns that the man who hired her has been brutally murdered. She finds herself in the middle of a tangled web of deceit and danger not knowing who to trust. While trying to figure it all out, Candi meets a mysterious stranger. On the surface he is handsome and polite, but underneath there is a hard edge and a lot of secrets. They stumble across two Colombians who were smuggling herbal tea and conspiring with the murdered man. Oddly enough, their best customer turns out to be a charismatic televangelist who is using the strangely addictive tea in his church services. A lot of money is flowing and attracting other nefarious schemers, including the reverend's mistress, her coven of wannabe vampires, and a couple of ambitious exotic dancers. Candi's co-workers are supportive but have secrets of their own. Another one is savagely murdered, and all of the chaos draws the attention of a savvy detective who senses that all of these weird recent events are somehow connected, and Candi is in the middle of it all.Candi has stumbled onto a scheme of international drug smuggling, murder, and embezzlement involving some very dangerous people who are not the brightest bulbs.Can she figure it all out in time? Or will she become the next victim?