Brandy and her friends are back in the second book in the Brandy Alexander Mystery Series No Such Thing As A Good Blind Date When childhood friend and recent parolee Toodie Ventura suggests he exchange his plumbing services for the spare room in twenty-eight year old Brandy Alexander's hou...
Meet Brandy Alexander, a young woman from South Philadelphia, with a big mouth, an even bigger heart and a little problem with impulse control. It's not her fault trouble seems to follow her around. Okay, it is her fault, but why quibble over details? When Brandy (a puff piece reporter for a loca...
I could hear the laughter in Alphonso’s voice and thought back to a year ago, when he was commissioned by Nick to baby sit me. We’d come a long way since that first meeting. Alphonso is my companion of choice when I need brawn and brains to watch my back. Plus, he’s got a really cool Hummer. And ...
Not the college course, the life course. More specifically, my life course. I’d been seeing a therapist once a week for a little over two months (seems I have “issues” stemming from some scary stuff that’s happened to me lately) but it didn’t seem to be going anywhere. Now, I’m willing to admit I...
The way Gail had described it I was supposed to hug a few hounds, interview owners about life on the canine beauty contest fast track, and then do some dorky bit with His Honor while he bonded with Pomeranians. I couldn’t believe the mayor had even agreed to this, but apparently his P.R. departme...
Honey, wake up.” The voice belonged to Homicide Detective Robert Anthony DiCarlo of the Philadelphia Police Department. Bobby. What was he doing here? I struggled to open my eyes and found his smoky blue ones staring back at me. My head ached and it took me a few seconds to remember why. “Bobby,”...
It was Monday morning. I’d spent all of Sunday in bed, watching kick-ass movies like “Die Hard” and Walking Tall,” getting vicarious thrills out of watching the good guys beat the tar out of the bad guys. “You’re filling in for Tamra today,” Lynne said. “Be ready in half an hour.” Normally, this ...