Bücher von Jana DeLeon

Things have reached a critical point in the Middle East. Carter agreed to serve as a consultant for his old Force Recon unit but for reasons unknown to his friends and family, jumped from the command center and into the field. Now he's MIA, and Fortune is the only one who can put together a rescue mission that has any chance of being successful. But will her skills and connections be enough? Most Sinful residents are unaware of Carter's crisis and are going about their daily lives as they always have, including local prankster Gage Babin. Except this time, Gage's attempt to elicit laughs leaves him on a slab in the medical examiner's office. Everyone knows how unhealthy he was, but Fortune thinks there's more to his death than a poorly timed prank that caused his bad heart to give out.Unfortunately, what she knows and what she can prove are two different things. And unless she can find the evidence to support her theory, someone will get away with murder.

Ein Wilderer treibt sein Unwesen in Sinful, Louisiana, und Deputy Carter LeBlanc will ihn unbedingt erwischen, bevor die State Police Wind davon bekommt und ihm die Zuständigkeit entzieht. Leider wird er dabei ständig von Celia Arceneaux behindert, der amtierenden Bürgermeisterin und schrecklichsten Einwohnerin von Sinful, die nach einem Grund sucht, Carter zu suspendieren. Als Beweise auftauchen, die einen Verwandten von Gertie belasten, bleibt Carter keine Wahl: Er muss den Jungen verhaften, obwohl ihn alle für unschuldig halten. Und da Celia und die State Police Carter ganz genau beobachten, bleibt es Fortune, Ida Belle und Gertie überlassen, den wahren Wilderer zu schnappen ...

When Jill Morgan left Tempest Island after high school, she didn't know what she wanted to do the rest of her life. The only thing she'd ever loved was writing fiction, but that was a pursuit with no financial guarantees. So she did the responsible thing and got her college degree, then a job that provided a good living, and she wrote in her free time. She never expected to become a bestseller, but her books-written under a pseudonym-brought her millions of happy readers.And a stalker.When her identity is compromised, Jill decides to disappear until the cops can identify the man threatening her. Her first thought is returning to Tempest Island, one of the many places her father was stationed with the Navy, and the only one that had ever felt like home. Plus, she had connections there who could help her remain off radar. It was just a matter of time until the cops had her stalker in custody and Jill could get back to normal. But being on Tempest Island again brings back old memories and creates some new ones, forcing her to take a hard look at her carefully crafted life. Can she build a new life for herself on Tempest Island? Or will the stalker end that journey before it even gets started?

With Carter off on a military mission, there's a new sheriff in town, and Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie have been tasked with not interfering. But then a young girl is pulled out of the swamp, unconscious and with no memory of how she got there. And when no one comes to claim her, Fortune knows they have to help. For decades, a mysterious group known only as the Brethren has been rumored to live deep in the swamp, their contact with civilization rare. Some suggest the girl might have been one of them, but if so, why was she alone in the swamp in the middle of the night? Swamp Team 3 is on the case, but long-buried secrets like to stay that way, and finding the Brethren proves to be a difficult and dangerous task. The deeper they dig, the more pieces of the puzzle they expose, but can they put the pieces together in time to save the girl?

In Sinful geht ein Betrüger um, der alleinstehende Frauen mit einer gefälschten Social-Media-Identität um ihr Geld bringt. Da er ziemlich gut über seine Opfer Bescheid zu wissen scheint, glauben Fortune, Ida Belle und Gertie, dass der Liebesschwindler entweder in Sinful lebt oder auf andere Weise eng mit der Stadt verbunden ist.Doch aus Betrug wird Mord, als eine Frau tot aufgefunden wird. Hat sie etwa die wahre Identität des Hochstaplers herausgefunden? Auch wenn Deputy Carter LeBlanc mit vollem Einsatz an diesem Fall arbeitet - um einen Frauenmörder zu entlarven, braucht es manchmal eine Frau. Oder auch drei ...

Allmählich hat sich CIA-Agentin Fortune Redding an ihre neue Identität und das beschauliche Kleinstadtleben in Sinful, Louisiana, gewöhnt. Ihre Freundinnen versorgen sie mit Tratsch und Törtchen, und Carter LeBlanc, der heißeste Deputy im Bundesstaat, lässt ihren Puls schneller schlagen. Es könnte alles so schön sein ...Doch dann fällt ein Schatten auf die Idylle am Bayou. Carter entgeht nur knapp einem Mordanschlag. Wer hat es auf ihn abgesehen und warum? Fortune sucht nach Antworten - und will natürlich einen weiteren Anschlag auf ihren Freund verhindern. Unterstützt durch das chaotische Duo Ida Belle und Gertie begibt sie sich auf die Jagd nach dem Täter ...

Wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer ...CIA-Agentin Fortune Redding hat es wirklich nicht leicht. Seit sie mit neuer Identität in Sinful, Louisiana, untergetaucht ist, muss sie harmlos wie eine Bibliothekarin wirken, über banale Sachen wie Make-up-Tipps plaudern und sich auf ihr allererstes Date vorbereiten. Ausgerechnet Deputy Carter LeBlanc hat sie zum Essen eingeladen - der Mann, der ihre Tarnung gefährden könnte. Zum Glück stehen ihr die munteren Seniorinnen Ida Belle und Gertie mit Rat und manch unüberlegter Tat zur Seite. Als Carter das Date absagt, weil das Haus von Fortunes Freundin Ally in Flammen steht, ist für Fortune klar, dass sie den Brandstifter finden muss. Gemeinsam mit Ida Belle und Gertie beginnt sie heimlich zu ermitteln. Doch dann taucht eine Leiche auf ...Eine brandheiße Mission!

Politik kann mörderisch sein.Obwohl sich die CIA-Agentin Fortune Redding erst seit Kurzem im Hinterland von Louisiana versteckt, war sie bereits in zwei Mordfälle verwickelt. Höchste Zeit für Fortune, es ein wenig ruhiger angehen zu lassen, denn ihre wahre Identität darf keinesfalls bekannt werden. Als jedoch der Bürgermeisterkandidat Ted Williams ermordet wird, gerät ihre Freundin Ida Belle unter Verdacht. Das kann Fortune natürlich nicht zulassen und beginnt zu ermitteln, sehr zum Ärger des attraktiven Deputys Carter LeBlanc ...

Schönheit geht unter die Haut. Der Tod trifft ins Mark.Aufgrund ihrer Undercover-Identität als ehemalige Schönheitskönigin wird die CIA-Agentin Fortune Redding verpflichtet, zusammen mit dem Möchtegern-Hollywoodstar Pansy Arceneaux einen Schönheitswettbewerb in Sinful, Louisiana, zu leiten. Es dauert jedoch nicht lange, bis zwischen den beiden die Fetzen fliegen. Als Pansy tot aufgefunden wird, ist Fortune die Hauptverdächtige. Ganz klar, dass sie den wahren Täter finden muss, ehe ihre Tarnung auffliegt ...

Beckett Rousseau is the firstborn son of one of New Orleans' most prominent families. He's the quintessential golden boy-great looks, money, and a political career in his future-until his wife murders him. Or at least that's what everyone thinks. Athena Durand is still reeling from her murder conviction but now that it's overturned, she's at a loss on how to proceed with her life. As long as people still believe she's guilty, she has no future in Louisiana and more importantly, she wants to know who killed her husband. When she hears about Fortune's exploits, Athena knows she is the one person who might be able to give her answers, and her life back. But too many people are harboring secrets about Beckett's life and death, including Athena. Can Fortune sort through the half-truths and lies to discover the truth? Or did the jury get it right the first time?

Death is a roller coaster.The traveling carnival has made its stop in Sinful and everyone is ready for thrilling rides, challenging games, and most importantly, funnel cake. But when a man is murdered in the funhouse and Emmaline LeBlanc is knocked unconscious so the killer can escape, the good times are over. Carter is beside himself wanting to hunt down the man responsible for putting his mother in the hospital, but he can''t investigate when he''s related to one of the victims.Palmer Reed was well known as a boy by most everyone in Sinful for being a sneak, a liar, and sometimes a thief. As an adult, he continued his reign of underachieving and mostly making people angry wherever he went. Now he''s a state police detective and is assigned to the case, but Fortune knows that to get Carter the answers he needs, Swamp Team 3 has to take on the investigation. As they dig deep into the confusion and lies that surround the murder, they uncover a secret that could devastate Carter and Emmaline, but Fortune is determined to discover the truth...whatever that may be.

Venus Thibodeaux had a reputation for being trouble. Some said she started at birth. When she finally left Sinful shortly after turning eighteen, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. When she blew back into town four years later, no one was happy about her return. She immediately launched into her same old scams, picking off Sinful residents with ease before disappearing again as quickly as she'd appeared.Everyone assumed she'd headed back to New Orleans.But when an accident at the annual Thanksgiving Turkey Run uncovers her body, everyone Venus took for a ride becomes a suspect. The man at the top of that list sees the writing on the wall and hires Fortune to figure out who killed Venus, before he goes to prison for a murder he didn't commit. Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie start poking around into Venus's complicated life, hoping to find the killer. And to solve their first official case.

Father Nicolas Chatry pushes his wheelchair into the confessional and pulls back the small door that covers the screen between the booths when he hears someone enter."Bless me, Father, for I have sinned," a voice whispers. "Welcome," Nicolas says. "What do you have to confess?""I killed her."Nicolas's pulse shoots up, and he sucks in a breath. "Are you saying you willingly took the life of another person?""Yes. God is the reason I killed her. Will you absolve me, Father?"As Nicolas fumbles for his phone to send an urgent text for help, he hears the chair in the other booth squeak, and a shadow passes in front of the screen. His pulse pounds in his temples and he starts to sway, dizziness washing over him. Help isn't going to make it in time.