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Trouble in Mudbug (Ghost-in-Law Mystery/Romance Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Jana DeLeon (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 18,664 ratings
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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)
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    January 27, 2009
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About the Author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling 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.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004AYDC9I
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Jana DeLeon (January 27, 2009)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 27, 2009
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2816 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 252 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1940270030
  • Customer Reviews:
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New York Times and USA Today bestselling 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 her husband and the most spoiled Sheltie in the world.

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LifeRegeneration
5.0 out of 5 stars Puzzling, Funny, Romantic and . . . Human
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2024
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I thoroughly enjoyed this mystery but do wish they'd tied up who the murderer was. The ghost was a study in herself. GREAT read.
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Stephen Matlock
4.0 out of 5 stars A fun romp in the bayous of Louisiana with a ghost to muddy the waters
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2022
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I get a lot of my ebooks for free from various promotional campaigns, and this is one of the many in my queue of books to read. I've read so many different types of stories, some standalone, some the first of a series. Typically I will read through, note that I either enjoyed the book or not—and then I move on.

But this book is different, and it is the first time in reading one of these books where I've said at the end, "I think I want to read the next one in this series, even if it costs me money." :)

It is fast, funny, and well-plotted. Because of its style (sardonic & witty) it is full of colorful characters, and it's set in an unusual or exotic location where there is beauty and danger mixed--the bayous of Louisiana.

Our protagonist is having a very bad day when the book opens, and it does not improve when she sees something at a funeral that almost scares her to death. So she faints.

The plot simply thickens from that point on, with multiple twists and surprises, falsely supportive people who are trying to see her eliminated, and subtle, unseen supporters who were there the whole time mostly silently rooting for her, but sometimes stepping out in the open to protect and defend her.

Of course there's a romance involved, too, and there are emotional highs and lows. And there's a surprise of a huge payoff as well as the crushing of some dreams, but ultimately, this is a story that is fun and wicked and enjoyable.

Mostly the book is well written and well edited. There are two instances of "revert back." (Hint: Dear writers, "revert" means "to turn back." "Revert back" means to just turn in a circle and continue. Please don't do this.) But I did not encounter other common errors I see in modern books, such as hyphenating an "ly" adverb. (The "-ly" of the adverb takes the place of a hyphen, so "slowly-rising temperature" is the equivalent of adding a hyphen (-ly) and then adding another. Which is not necessary.)

Now as to rating: I would have given this five stars because I so thoroughly enjoyed the book, and loved the pace kept me wanting more—so much so that, as I said, I want to buy the next book in the series. And I probably will!

But this gets four stars because as the book neared its end, it became so much more talky. Yes, of course given the characters of the people in this book, talkiness itself isn't unusual. These people are lively and emotional and like to spew their thoughts. But when characters are explaining the plot or explaining their motives, a book becomes a book report. Please don't do this, writers.

The other major flaw is that one of the characters who is represented in the book as a fool ends up having this very detailed, self-aware conversation that, given the character arc and story, just comes out from left field. Given this character's history and their actions, even in moments of crisis, led to utter disbelief when they shared some of their thoughts. I cannot imagine someone with that depth of self-awareness to be able to say and to the very foolish things they were doing <i>throughout the book</i>.

These faults did not ruin the story. I still enjoyed the book based upon the strength of the characters and the wonderfully witty plot. And almost all the writing is executed professionally. It was just the wrap up felt like everyone was in a hurry to get the book finished and published, and while both the writer and editor felt there were some problems with how to end the story, the decision to simply have the characters speak the plot and their part in it was disappointing.

Am I still going to buy the next in the series? Yes! I enjoyed the book. I think the writing is very good. I want to know more about these banana-pants people and their antics.

I recommend the book, and hope that when you read it you enjoy it as much as I did.
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Rebekha
5.0 out of 5 stars just plain FUN
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2024
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This is a very entertaining book. I’ve read all of the misfortune, series and quite a number of the offshoots by other authors, but thought I’d get back to the original author. I hesitated because it didn’t have the same characters, but it has a whole new bunch of them that are entertaining, especially the quite obnoxious ghost mother-in-law. Enjoy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2024
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This book is a riot from start to finish with great characters, surprise plot turns, romance and so much humor. One sex scene easy to skip over.
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LH422
3.0 out of 5 stars Fun Little Mystery
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2012
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This is a cute and fun little mystery. Helena Henry's death is a welcome relief to her long-suffering daughter-in-law Maryse, and most of the town of Mudbug, Louisiana. Unfortunately for Maryse, it turns out that Helena is not quite dead enough. She's back in Mudbug and only Maryse can see her. To add to the troubles, Maryse's inheritance from Helena's will puts her in mortal danger. Maryse and ghostly Helena team up to solve the mystery of who is after the inheritance.

This is a bit of fun summer reading. It reads quickly, and the mystery is quick to draw in the reader. I was not very interested in the romance and sex, they took away from the mystery. I'm not opposed to sex in my reading, but the main sex scene in this book went on for pages and simply wasn't very interesting. There were also things that were very hard to believe. I don't mean the ghostly elements, those were quite well done. Still, it was difficult to believe that a hospital would leave medical records lying out on a table, that they could easily be broken into, and that a mystery flower could provide adequate cancer treatment. Still, a fun read.
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Carole Wooten
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun!
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2015
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4 Stars

This book was so much fun! I had hoped that this book would keep me entertained at the gym and it did that job so well I found myself listening to it not only at the gym but on my way to the gym and really anytime I was in the car. This book isn't anything serious and was a bit silly at times but it was exactly what I was looking for.

Maryse attends her mother-in-law's funeral like any good person would do, even though she is estranged from her deadbeat husband, Hank. Maryse would love to get a divorce if she could find Hank so that he could be served with papers. During the funeral, Maryse sees her mother-in-law, Helena, get out of the coffin and nobody else seems to see it. She is shocked to learn that she has been named in Helena's will and even more shocked to find out what she has inherited.

Luc is in Mudbug investigating an anonymous tip concerning illegal dumping in the bayou. He is an undercover DEA agent and moves himself into Maryse's office by posing as a zoologist. As Maryse has one bad thing happen to her after another, Luc realizes that more may be going on than he first realized.

This book was incredibly funny at times. I can only imagine what Maryse would have looked like as she talked with a ghost that nobody else could see. The ghost, Helena, became funnier as the book progressed and by the end of the book I just loved her. The situations the characters found themselves were always amusing.

I thought the mystery was quite interesting. This book had some twists and turns that I was not expecting at all. There were at least two times during the book that I was absolutely shocked. I love that this light-hearted story was able to keep me guessing. The romance in this book didn't take over the story and I liked the chemistry between Luc and Maryse.

I listened to the audible edition of the book and thought that the narration was wonderful. The narrator added to the story. Her character voices were distinctive and the pacing of her speech was wonderful. I think that Johanna Parker was the perfect narrator for this story.

I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a fun, light-hearted book. This is the first novel by Jana DeLeon that I have had a chance to read but I definitely plan to look for her work in the future.
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5.0 out of 5 stars very funny
Reviewed in Canada on December 23, 2022
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good read
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Patricia O. Ferreira
3.0 out of 5 stars Veru funny
Reviewed in Brazil on August 7, 2019
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This book is so hilarious. Really funny and crazy. A regretful ghost and a clumsy protagonist.
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Indy Dog
5.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in France on May 5, 2019
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Entertaining storyline with good characters. Mystery, romance and humour all rolled into one book. Will read more of these stories
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Carmen
4.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining
Reviewed in Spain on January 18, 2019
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Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Easy read and well written. Nice romantic comedy. Will get the next one in the series.
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rakesh
5.0 out of 5 stars Very light read
Reviewed in India on December 8, 2017
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Funny and live. A page Turner with mixed set of emotions to churn your heart in midst of a mystery
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