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Trouble in Mudbug (Ghost-in-Law #1)
by
Jana Deleon (Goodreads Author)
With the wise-cracking ghost of her mother-in-law hounding her, a sexy half-Creole investigator ready to seduce her, and a killer on the loose, Maryse Robicheaux is feeling the heat on the Louisiana bayou.
Mass Market Paperback, 336 pages
Published
January 27th 2009
by Love Spell
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If you like steamy, sexy romance mixed up with wacky adventure, strong, smart heroines, attempted murder and obnoxious ghosts, you will love Jana DeLeon. In this charmingly original and memorable book, we meet the citizens of Mudbug, Louisiana, a small town on the bayou that is home to Maryse Robicheaux, her not-dearly-departed mother-in-law, and a whole lot of stuff going on. What I love about this author is that she has respect for her characters - they are often eccentric and unique, but neve...more
Romance novels have a somewhat stereotypical formula: boy meets girl, boy falls for girl and vice versa, a little kissing and/or sex, but always something complicating the path to romance.
In this book's instance the obstacle was not only the mystery suddenly surrounding Maryse, the main female character, but a ghost. Not just any ghost but Maryse's mother-in-law - who apparently makes her presence just as known in death, as she supposedly did in life, during her own funeral but only Maryse can...more
In this book's instance the obstacle was not only the mystery suddenly surrounding Maryse, the main female character, but a ghost. Not just any ghost but Maryse's mother-in-law - who apparently makes her presence just as known in death, as she supposedly did in life, during her own funeral but only Maryse can...more
I must admit that I passed over Trouble in Mudbug (A Ghost-in-Law Mystery Romance) by Jana DeLeon, several times while searching for a new romance mystery novel... but you shouldn't!
When Maryse's mother-in-law Helena died, nary a tear was shed since Helena was not well liked in the small town of Mudbug, Louisiana. Helena had made Maryse's life miserable the two years and thirty-two days she had been married to her son, Hank. Hank ran off not long after they were married and Helena, the wealthies...more
When Maryse's mother-in-law Helena died, nary a tear was shed since Helena was not well liked in the small town of Mudbug, Louisiana. Helena had made Maryse's life miserable the two years and thirty-two days she had been married to her son, Hank. Hank ran off not long after they were married and Helena, the wealthies...more
This book came to me in a recommendation from Amazon. I loved the artwork on the cover and thought the title sounded cute. So I thought why not? It was a very cute story. A mystery with a bit of humor thrown in. With a very predictabe romance added to the mix. I loved the characters right away.
Maryse is a botonist, working in the bayou of Mudbug Lousiana. When her mother in law, Helena, dies, and then rises as a ghost, only Maryse can see, her problems are just starting. Her mother in law is th...more
Maryse is a botonist, working in the bayou of Mudbug Lousiana. When her mother in law, Helena, dies, and then rises as a ghost, only Maryse can see, her problems are just starting. Her mother in law is th...more
Aug 01, 2012
Lynn Demsky
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
cozy, romance, mystery
Recommended to Lynn by:
was an Amazon freebie
Shelves:
cozy-mystery,
romance-intrigue
Maryse faints at the funeral of her mother-in-law; when her mother-in-law comes to life as a ghost only Maryse can see! And, the fun begins! A botanist living out in the bayou by herself doing a job for the State of LA, Maryse seems quite happy and content, except she's been married for two years to a supposedly no good person and can't find him to divorce him and she's too nice to murder him when she does find him. Plus she's stuck paying back all his bills he piled up before he left. But thank...more
A mother-in-law that only agrees to help you pay off your disappeared husband’s debts if you pay her back-with significant interest-isn’t the kind of person any woman would want hanging around watching her every move. Maryse Robicheaux is no different. When her mother-in-law Helena dies suddenly, she doesn’t exactly miss her. However, her moment of relief only lasts halfway through Helena’s funeral. She can’t figure out why no one else is freaking out at the site of Helena climbing back out of h...more
Maryse Robicheaux is a botanist working on a natural cure for cancer, using plants found in the bayou. Helena Henry is Maryse's mother in law who dies suddenly,while at her funeral Maryse watches Helena climb out of her casket. The mother in law from hell is now a pushy ghost with secrets. Luc Lejeune is an under cover agent, looking into finding a mole supplying information into contaminating the bayou, he enters Maryse life as a zoologist appointed to the Mudbug area. Trouble begins when Marys...more
Aug 23, 2011
Tracey
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Cozy Mystery lovers
Good storyline but it did lack a real WOW factor which let down the mystery somewhat.
Maryse was a great character and Helena was a nice counterpart...when she appeared...and her changes of outfits were fun to read about. Luc sounds okay but I need to have him more in the story to get a good feel for his character.
Without revealing too much the last chapter was a surprise as I thought some of this would have been taken into the next book of the series since the events of this book were all over...more
Maryse was a great character and Helena was a nice counterpart...when she appeared...and her changes of outfits were fun to read about. Luc sounds okay but I need to have him more in the story to get a good feel for his character.
Without revealing too much the last chapter was a surprise as I thought some of this would have been taken into the next book of the series since the events of this book were all over...more
Helena Henry is the dead mother-in-law to Maryse Robicheaux. Helena was never well liked in the town of Mudbug and her daughter-in-law was at the top of the list of people who couldn't stand her. Maryse is married to Hank, Helena's son, who disappeared 2 years ago.
Maryse's life suddenly gets exciting when the ghost of her dead mother-in-law starts haunting her. Someone is trying to kill her and on top of it all she has a new and hot office-mate that is wreaking havoc on her hormones.
I really enj...more
Maryse's life suddenly gets exciting when the ghost of her dead mother-in-law starts haunting her. Someone is trying to kill her and on top of it all she has a new and hot office-mate that is wreaking havoc on her hormones.
I really enj...more
Kindle Edition:
I saw this while browsing cozy mysteries section over at Amazon and actually paid for it. The first thing that caught my eye was the fact that the author gave some of the characters dumb names. Maryse. What is that. This is not the first book I have read where the characters have the dumbest names. I don't understand what is wrong with naming a character just plain Mary. End of rant.
I love stories about ghosts that haunt normal people especially Topper-like stories. This was somew...more
I saw this while browsing cozy mysteries section over at Amazon and actually paid for it. The first thing that caught my eye was the fact that the author gave some of the characters dumb names. Maryse. What is that. This is not the first book I have read where the characters have the dumbest names. I don't understand what is wrong with naming a character just plain Mary. End of rant.
I love stories about ghosts that haunt normal people especially Topper-like stories. This was somew...more
Do you have and in-law you are less than fond of? How would you feel if you were at their funeral and they crawled out of the casket a ghost only you could see? That is exactly the problem Maryse finds herself dealing with. Her mother-in-law (commonly called the bitch of Mudbug) is haunting her insisting that she was murdered and needs her help in finding out who the killer was. But not only is she being haunted, but a very sexy 'zoologist' has just taken over half of her botony lab on the bayou...more
This was complete and utter fluff - but it was fun. No lofty aspirations, no attempt at anything more than it was, it succeeded in what it set out to do, which was be light entertainment. The characters were likable, unlike in the last few books I've read, so that was a nice change. The one sex scene - wait for it - was actually good. Probably because it wasn't trying for sweeping emotion or some great angsty love - it was just fun, plain and simple.
If I find more by this author used at Don's Pa...more
If I find more by this author used at Don's Pa...more
This was a cute, entertaining story that combined elements of mystery, fantasy, humour and romance. Although there were a few darker moments, for the most part, the story was light hearted and amusing. There were enough twists and turns in the plot to hold my interest and most of the characters evolved and showed more depth as the story unfolded. Unfortunately, I never fully engaged with the heroine, Maryse. I'm not really sure why. Possibly it was because she was only portrayed in shades of whi...more
Mainly I found this book quite good and well written - I could have done without the sudden jump to pornography that occurred without warning two thirds of the way through it, but no doubt someone told the author you had to put that in for sales reasons. Nevertheless I did have one criticism. A lot of the action in the book depended on the effect of a will, and it was clear the author hadn't troubled to find out much about how wills actually work. A five minute call to her local law society woul...more
Maryse Robicheaux's mother-in-law, Helena Henry, has just kicked the bucket, but nobody in their small town is exactly upset. She was rich but quite full of herself. Maryse's husband was a rat who took off soon after their wedding leaving Maryse holding the bag on his extensive debts. Helena loaned Maryse the money but charged her an exorbitant amount of interest.
Maryse is shocked to see Helena rise from the casket and then start following her around town. This is especially disconcerting since...more
Maryse is shocked to see Helena rise from the casket and then start following her around town. This is especially disconcerting since...more
This story was a about a woman who found herself stucked with her dead mother-in law ghost.
To be honest, I didn`t expect much from reading this, except that it`ll be a fun and light reading.
And it did. It wasn`t that emotion-driving or depressed..Instead, I was being feasted by its fun read.
Despite the colourful cover, it didn`t come out to be that childish or girly at all.Well, maybe a bit..But I actually enjoyed reading the investigations/romance/paranormal attributes in this one.
The jokes wer...more
To be honest, I didn`t expect much from reading this, except that it`ll be a fun and light reading.
And it did. It wasn`t that emotion-driving or depressed..Instead, I was being feasted by its fun read.
Despite the colourful cover, it didn`t come out to be that childish or girly at all.Well, maybe a bit..But I actually enjoyed reading the investigations/romance/paranormal attributes in this one.
The jokes wer...more
Maryse R. attends the funeral of her monther in law in the hopes that her awol deadbeat husband will show up and she can serve him with divorce papers. Instead of her husband showing up - she sees the ghost of her dead mother in law rise up from the coffin! Apparently she is the only one who can see the old battle ax and so she is stuck with the lady following her until the mystery of her death can be solved. It was not natural causes as the coroner reported, but a murder.
Maryse wants nothing t...more
Maryse wants nothing t...more
Blurb: With the wise-cracking ghost of her mother-in-law hounding her, a sexy half-Creole investigator ready to seduce her, and a killer on the loose, Maryse Robicheaux is feeling the heat on the Louisiana bayou.
I wasn't sure what to expect but ended up loving this story. I downloaded it for free but once I started reading I was hooked! I particularly loved the relationship between Maryse and her ghost-in-law, Helena. As the story progresses, more is revealed about why Helena gave Maryse such a...more
I wasn't sure what to expect but ended up loving this story. I downloaded it for free but once I started reading I was hooked! I particularly loved the relationship between Maryse and her ghost-in-law, Helena. As the story progresses, more is revealed about why Helena gave Maryse such a...more
I wanted something completely different to what I usually read and chose this book purely because of the cover, which screamed “light read”. And it is a light read, but by no means was it a boring read. I would class this book as a romance mystery with lots of humour. I really enjoyed it.
Maryse’s mother-in-law, Helena, is dead. This is cause for celebration because the old biddy is a real pain in the backside but before she can celebrate Maryse finds she hasn’t seen the last of her horrid mother...more
Maryse’s mother-in-law, Helena, is dead. This is cause for celebration because the old biddy is a real pain in the backside but before she can celebrate Maryse finds she hasn’t seen the last of her horrid mother...more
What do you do when you go to your monster mother-in-laws funeral only to watch her ghost sit up in her coffin and start complaining because the funeral was not being done to her specifications?
What do you do with a dead beat husband?
How do you keep from getting yourself killed while falling in love with the man that is personally investigating you for some strange reason?
Who should you trust or tell what is going on without putting them in harm's way?
Add in lots of laughs and awesome characters...more
What do you do with a dead beat husband?
How do you keep from getting yourself killed while falling in love with the man that is personally investigating you for some strange reason?
Who should you trust or tell what is going on without putting them in harm's way?
Add in lots of laughs and awesome characters...more
Maryse loves working in the bayou but life has a different turn for her. When her mother-in-law dies, crawls out of her coffin at the funeral and talks to Maryse, she knows her life will never be the same. Maryse and Helena didn't get along, her no good husband had vanished two years ago and left his wife to pay off this debts and she wasn't able to serve him divorce papers. Helena was murdered and wanted Maryse to help her find out who had killed her, but someone was now trying to kill Maryse....more
Maryse is at her mother in law's funeral (kind of mother in law since her husband has been MIA for 2 years), when she sees the woman's ghost. Unfortunately she then decides Maryse is responsible for finding her killer, which leads to her uncovering other crimes and putting her in danger. An agent has been placed at her office to uncover EPA violations that she might be involved with but instead he sees all the trouble shes in, and how cute she is, and decides to try and avoid his boss and help h...more
This is my first book by Jana Deleon and it won't be my last. I'll definitely be reading the rest of this series.
This book had me laughing at so many scenarios and I must say, the relationship Maryse had with Helena after her death was better than when she was alive. It was also heartwarming when Helena revealed the truth about Maryse's mum, the days when Maryse was just a kid and how she tried to look out for Maryse in her own way (even though it wasn't the best way). The romance between Maryse...more
This book had me laughing at so many scenarios and I must say, the relationship Maryse had with Helena after her death was better than when she was alive. It was also heartwarming when Helena revealed the truth about Maryse's mum, the days when Maryse was just a kid and how she tried to look out for Maryse in her own way (even though it wasn't the best way). The romance between Maryse...more
I was making the long trip across the Atlantic and was looking for something light to occupy my time. Trouble in Mudbug fit the bill perfectly! At its heart it's a charming whodunit with a romantic thread that at times approaches steamy, but isn't nearly as hot as the bayou it takes place in. I really like that the next book in the series picks up right where this one ends and in turn follows a supporting character from this first book - I think I'll pick that one up for the flight home!
Also, di...more
Also, di...more
If you like your mysteries with a heavy dose of humour, then the "Mudbug" series is for you.
Having a bullying mother-in-law is bad enough, but what do you do when said mother-in-law is so irritating she doesn't even go away after she is dead and 'not so gone'? In a place like Mudbug, Louisiana, it's hard being haunted by your mother-in-law, trying to find your missing ex to serve divorce papers, and trying to solve a murder before the murderer gets you too.
A very funny mystery/ghost story. Recom...more
Having a bullying mother-in-law is bad enough, but what do you do when said mother-in-law is so irritating she doesn't even go away after she is dead and 'not so gone'? In a place like Mudbug, Louisiana, it's hard being haunted by your mother-in-law, trying to find your missing ex to serve divorce papers, and trying to solve a murder before the murderer gets you too.
A very funny mystery/ghost story. Recom...more
A botanist, living in a Louisiana swamp near the town of Mudbug, Maryse works for the state, while also pursuing her own dream of finding a cure for cancer through the plants of the swamp. She's nearly given up on getting a divorce from her deadbeat husband Hank. Then, things begin to happen. Her mother-in-law drops dead, but Maryse is still stuck with the obnoxious woman's pink polyester clad ghost who wants her to find out who murdered her.
There are crashes, explosions, mayhem and also the be...more
There are crashes, explosions, mayhem and also the be...more
Why I picked this book up: I love cozy mysteries, especially if they’re set in the South. Throw in a ghost, a quirky best friend and a smoking-hot mysterious man, and I’m sold! Plus the hot pink pickup truck on the cover really caught my eye.
What I liked: The quirky main character and her wise-cracking ghostly sidekick really stole the show. Maryse has a deep connection to her friends, her town and the Louisiana bayou. She’s also a science wiz and a hermit, which really sets her apart from most...more
What I liked: The quirky main character and her wise-cracking ghostly sidekick really stole the show. Maryse has a deep connection to her friends, her town and the Louisiana bayou. She’s also a science wiz and a hermit, which really sets her apart from most...more
I was a bit leery about reading a book with a ghost in it. I'm all paranormal/other-worldly-romanced out. If it wasn't for the fact that I needed to read a book with a scientist character for a Reading Challenge, I probably would have left this book on the backburner. Instead, it was available for free with a code at Smashwords at the right time, and I took it. I seriously did not expect to enjoy it as much as I did. It was funny and light-hearted.
Just when Maryse thinks her life is looking up w...more
Just when Maryse thinks her life is looking up w...more
Maryse goes to her mother-in-law funeral even though she had lots of problems dealing with her and in the middle of funeral sees her crawling out of the casket. Maryse talks more with helena now that she is dead than a live and together they try and find out who is trying to kill maryse and who suceeded to kill Helena. their is lots of action, attempted murder a few times. talking to a ghost that only she can see causes some fun embarrsing moments. I enjoyed the book and look forward to reading...more
Jana DeLeon's first in the Ghost-in-Law series introduces Helena Henry, the dead mother-in-law to Maryse Robicheaux. Helena was never well liked in the town of Mudbug and her daughter-in-law was at the top of the list of people who couldn't stand her. Helena's wayward son, Hank disappeared 2 years ago and Maryse needs to find him to serve him divorce papers. Unfortunately, he still hasn't made an appearance, but his mother is now haunting Maryse.
Maryse's dull like suddenly gets interesting with...more
Maryse's dull like suddenly gets interesting with...more
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Jana DeLeon grew up among the bayous and small towns of southwest Louisiana. She's never actually found a dead body or seen a ghost, but she's still hoping. Jana started writing in 2001 and focuses on murderous plots set deep in the Louisiana bayous. By day, she writes very boring technical manuals for a software company in Dallas.
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