The Spirit of the Season (A Lexie Starr Mystery, Novella)

Author proceeds from the sale of this 29,000 word novella are donated directly to Toys for Tots. Thank you for your generous support. Lexie Starr, the 50-year-old co-owner of a B&B, adopts a local military family struggling to make ends meet at Chris... Read more

Author proceeds from the sale of this 29,000 word novella are donated directly to Toys for Tots. Thank you for your generous support. Lexie Starr, the 50-year-old co-owner of a B&B, adopts a local military family struggling to make ends meet at Christmas while the father serves in Afghanistan.Soon collection bins are overflowing with toys, food, and household items for the Allens, so Lexie expands her cause to the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program.Then the most expensive toys go missing and Lexie is determined to bring the holiday-cheer-stealing grinch to justice . . . until she meets him. Foreword by Sgt. Dominique G. Yost, USMC, Toys for Tots Coordinator, Leavenworth, Kansas REVIEWS: "Lexie's sly, tongue-in-cheek sense of humor provides plenty of laugh-out-loud moments." ~Booklist on Leave No Stone Unturned "No matter what time of the year it is, everyone can use a quick "pick me up" of a story. And this is one such tale." ~Donald Hunt, Amazon Reviewer THE LEXIE STARR MYSTERIES, in series order Leave No Stone UnturnedThe Extinguished GuestHauntedWith This RingJust DuckyThe Spirit of the Season (A Holiday Novella)Cozy CampingMarriage and Mayhem THE RIPPLE EFFECT MYSTERIES, in series order A Rip Roaring Good TimeRip TideRipped to ShredsRip Your Heart OutRipped Apart Less