Praise for Pleating for Mercy
I’m overwhelmed with gratitude for the praise Pleating for Mercy has received! A big huge thanks to cozy mystery readers everywhere who’ve made it a smashing success. ~ ~ ~ “This series debut by Bourbon (who also writes the “Lola Cruz” series under the name Misa Ramirez) has a clever premise, [...]
A Magical Dressmaking Mystery Book Trailer
Sometimes friends do things for you that are beyond thoughtful. Rachel Firasek made me this amazing book trailer for A Magical Dressmaking Mystery Series. I love it…maybe beyond reason. Thank you, Rachel!
Fitting Sewing into My Busy Life Thanks to Mom
I was in elementary school when my mother taught me to sew. The first big project I made completely on my own–a dress– was hard, definitely, but I am nothing if not dogged and focused when I put my mind to something. The pattern had the option of using two coordinating fabrics which I decided to attempt. I made the whole thing scrap pieces from my mother’s ample collection.
A Fitting End, book 2 in A Magical Dressmaking Mystery Series
I’m thrilled to reveal the cover of A Fitting End, book 2 in A Magical Dressmaking Mystery. Thelma Louise, Nana’s feisty goat, plays a prominent role in the cover. I love that, and the amazing covers NAL has produced for this series.
Pleating for Mercy, A Magical Dressmaking Mystery, Book 1
Pleating for Mercy is a TOP PICK by The Season for Romance! “Pleating for Mercy is…a charming, whimsical tale that’s also chock full of sex, lies, intrigue, and murder, and it’s one heckuva series debut…cleverly plotted and elegantly constructed. Run to your nearest bookstore and snap up a copy of this whimsical take on a supernatural [...]
The Tricked Out Toolbox, coming early 2012
Whether you’re just sticking your toe into the murky waters of the publishing industry, traversing the white waters of your already established career, or somewhere in between, The Tricked Out Toolbox is for you. In The Tricked Out Toolbox, you’ll identify your personality type: introvert or extrovert? Read anecdotes from authors about what’s worked for [...]
The Lola Cruz Christmas Story
Almost private investigator Lola Cruz gets wrapped up in her own Christmas story when she’s summoned by a woman from her past. This short story is a fun holiday prequel to Living the Vida Lola, the first in the Lola Cruz Mystery series from St. Martin’s Minotaur Books.
Hasta la Vista, Lola!, A Lola Cruz Mystery
“In Ramirez’s second novel featuring the feisty Latina detective, Dolores “Lola” Cruz is investigating her own death. That is, she is trying to find out why a woman who stole her identity ended up dead. With sexy reporter Jack Callaghan—her on-again, off-again love interest—by her side, Lola finds out that the other Dolores is actually Rosie [...]
Living the Vida Lola
Dolores Cruz (Lola for short) loves shoes, chicken mole, kung fu (she’s a black belt) and her close-knit family. When her brother’s hunky old high school friend Jack Callaghan moves back to town, Lola falls hard. Now, after a year and a half as an underling at Camacho and Associates, a local private investigation firm, her oh-so-sexy and mysterious boss, Manny Camacho, assigns Lola her first big case: solving the mysterious disappearance of Emily Diggs. Can Lola juggle two men, her loving but demanding family, her PI exams, solve her all-important first case, and shop for fabulous shoes?
Living the Vida Lola: Excerpt
When I was fourteen years old, I snapped pictures of Jack Callaghan doing the horizontal salsa in the back seat of a car with Greta Pritchard. That’s when I knew for sure I’d grow up to be a private eye.
I’d hidden under the bleachers at the high school, followed him to the levy, even disguised my voice and called his mother to find out his plans so I’d know where to set up my surveillance. It had taken a month of steadfast determination, and at least four rolls of film, before I got proof that Jack was messing around–no, having sex–with Greta while he was supposedly dating Laura something-or-other.
