Deathly Christmas

A second murder mystery for intrepid Eve Masters on the beautiful island of Crete, Greece. Eve and her steady partner, David Baker, are planning an idyllic first Christmas together, but life is turned upside down when a newcomer to the village, Jennifer Anderson, is murdered. Eve�s curiosity once again puts her life in danger, but despite David�s concerns, she is determined to solve the murder. Contemporary Romantic Suspense by Irena Nieslony; originally published by My Weekly at DC Thompson [UK] Superior Guardian Angel Francesca is aghast when Sylvia, one of her angels, asks for . . . of all things . . . a vacation On consideration, Franny takes Sylvia's protestations of stress to heart and agrees they will both take a short leave in an earlier, less-stressful time, 1875 Louisiana. In 2005, Alaynia Mirabeau is thrilled when she inherits Chenaie, a southern plantation, from her aunt. Disillusioned with both her professional and love lives, she leaves Boston to examine the plantation and possibly move there. In 1875, Shain St. Clair is having enough trouble already trying to save Chenaie from the Yankee carpetbaggers. Then a strange time machine lands practically in his lap and a gorgeous woman who insists she owns Chenaie complicates matters even more. Alaynia is obviously mentally off, but despite his reservations about her, southern gentlemen do not abandon ladies in distress. As they watch over her, Franny and Sylvia encounter Basil, a ghost who has transported Alaynia back to the past for his own purposes. As Alaynia and Shain deal with the sabotage at Chenaie and their growing love, Franny and Sylvia try to reason with Basil. Eventually, matters come to a head. Will all right itself both at Chenaie and in the angel world in the end? Trana Mae Simmons lives in a historical town in East Texas.