Look what people are saying about the BODY MOVERS series â¦
âThere should be a notice on her books: for a really
GOOD time, read Stephanie Bond!â âAmerica Online Romance Fiction Forum
âBond has successfully switched to the crime genre,
bringing along her trademark humour and panache.â âBooklist on Body Movers
âA fun and exciting romp from beginning to end.
Body Movers is signature Stephanie Bond, with witty dialogue, brilliant characterisation, and a wonderful well-plotted storyline.â âContemporary Romance Writers
âBond keeps the pace frantic, the plot tight and the
laughs light, and supplies a cliffhanger ending thatâs a bargain at twice the price.â âPublishers Weekly, Starred review! on Body Movers: 2 Bodies for the Price of 1
âStephanie Bond knows what her readers want and
she definitely delivers it in this fantastic new instalment.â âFreshFiction.com on Body Movers: 2 Bodies for the Price of 1
âBond continues her popular BODY MOVERS
series with a fast-paced and wickedly humorous story that skewers fame and celebrity obsession with deadly accuracy.â âRT Book Reviews, 4 1/2 stars! on Body Movers: 3 Men and a Body
âWhere the [BODY MOVERS] series goes next
continues to be an intriguing mystery. Readers who love a combination of suspense and sexy romance will find their thrills in Bondâs latest offering.â âBookPage on Body Movers: 3 Men and a Body
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The longer my career goes on, the more I appreciate my wonderful editors, who are champions for this series. Many, many thanks to Brenda Chin, who somehow manages to read my material both as a reader and as an editor. Brenda puts a shine on everything I write. Thanks, too, to Margaret OâNeill Marbury, Dianne Moggy and Valerie Gray for your ongoing support of the series and especially for arranging the back-to-back release of books 4, 5 and 6. And to my agent Kimberly Whalen of Trident Media Group who first proposed a trilogy to help satisfy readers who were clamouring for closer release dates! Thanks to my critique partner, Rita Herron, for our weekly meetings and for not being too biased about who Carlotta will pick. Thanks to pal Blair Fisher, former soldier, trivia whiz, all-around good guy for always answering my e-mails. My undying love and thanks to my dear husband, Chris, who cheers me on with every new project and keeps me going until The End. And to all the booksellers, librarians and readers who keep the ball rolling by telling customers, patrons and friends about the BODY MOVERS seriesâthank you, thank you, thank you.
Carlotta Wren skidded onto the sales floor of the Neiman Marcus at Lenox Square in Atlanta soaked in a flop sweat. Late on her first day backâminus ten points.
âWelcome back.â
Carlotta turned and manufactured a smile for Lindy Russell, her boss, who was standing with arms crossed. âThank you. Itâs good to be back.â
Lindy pursed her mouth. âToo bad you couldnât make this morningâs staff meeting.â
Carlottaâs smile wavered, but she massaged the flexible cast on her arm. âSorry. This morning was the first time Iâd driven in a while, and my car battery was dead.â She didnât think it would help to mention that the MARTA trains were being single-tracked for construction. Still, she decided not to dwell on transportation challenges since her recent medical leave had come on the heels of a two-week suspension to âget her personal issues worked out.â
Personal issues such as her brotherâs gambling debts, her ruined credit, the fact that her parents were long-lost fugitives ⦠and oh, sheâd been entangled in a couple of murders as a by-product of her part-time hobby as a body mover for the morgue.
âThings happen,â Lindy conceded. âIs your arm healing well?â
Carlotta flexed the fingers of the arm that had been broken when a killer had pushed her over the balcony of the Fox Theatre, where sheâd dangled with her skirt around her waist for all the attendees of an Elton John concert to see. âAlmost as good as new.â Though, at the moment it was throbbing like a toothache.
Sympathy crossed Lindyâs face. âI canât tell you how sorry I am about Michael.â
Michael Lane, aka the person whoâd pushed her over the balcony, had been Carlottaâs former coworker and friend. Heâd also turned out to have some very dark secrets.
âMe, too,â Carlotta murmured, wishing her heart could be splinted like her arm had been.
âI donât suppose youâve heard from him?â
She shook her head. âI was told heâs in the psych ward at Northside Hospital until heâs deemed competent to stand trial.â
âSo terrible.â Lindy sighed, then checked the clipboard she held. âWell, life goes on, doesnât it?â
Carlotta blinked. It was true, but still â¦
âIâm glad you could come back in time for the Eva McCoy appearance.â Lindy swept her arm toward the small dais that had been erected on the sales floor with several rows of cordoned-off chairs for seating.