Maggie By The Book (Maggie Kelly Mysteries)

In this second book in the completely original and sexy new series from New York Times bestselling author Kasey Michaels, Maggie Kelly picks up where she left off in Maggie Needs an Alibi. When Maggie Kelly was fired from her job of writing historical romances, she was clever and resilient enough to reinvent herself as a mystery author. But something happens that's got tough talking, quick-thinking Maggie swooning into her super-soft sofa cushions in her Upper East Side apartment--something in the form of an incredibly sexy Englishman by the name of Alexandre Drake, Viscount Saint Just. Tall, dark, handsome, with an accent to die for and charm to spare, Saint Just is everything Maggie's ever dreamed of in a man. There's just one problem. He's not real. He's the character who's made her a bestselling author. But for some reason, he is standing in the middle of her apartment. With the adorable, bumbling sidekick--a one Sterling Balder--she created for him right by her side. So, when Maggie attends a romance writers conference and a handsome cover model is found dead, it's up to Maggie, Saint Just and Balder to find out who the murderer is. And always complicating matters is her ongoing attraction to Lieutenant Steve Wendell who, several months earlier, had helped clear maggie's name in the murder of her former love and publisher, Kirk Toland. Combining the wit of Moonlighting with the breeziness of Kate and Leopold, the Maggie Kelly series is a completely new take on comic mystery and will appeal to fans of Jennifer Crusie and Janet Evanovich.