"Mad? Get Even...but watch where you stick those pins!!"

By: Stephanie Bond

Genres: Mystery Amateur Sleuth | Romance Suspense

Posted: October 12, 2005

Welcome to Mojo, Louisiana. Home of the many interesting characters created by Stephanie Bond for her newest title IN DEEP VOODOO. IN DEEP VOODOO blends Ms. Bond's unique sense of humor with a touch of romantic suspense making for a truly delightful read.

Penny Francisco is newly divorced from a favorite son of the town, Deke Black. She is experiencing the anger and pain that any woman who is thrown over for another might be expected to be feeling. How far will her anger carry her is the true question, and one that can only be answered by continuing to read.

Deke Black was raised in a family of position in the town. His mother Mona is the town Mayor, and his father was a prominent attorney. The Blacks think that they own the town, and that others should bend to their will. Will this feeling of superiority in the end be their downfall? Again, you're going to have to read to find out.

Mojo is also full of other interesting characters. Every year there is a large Voodoo Festival, and people gather from all other to participate in various rituals. It is during the beginning of the festival that Penny's friends have decided she needs a party to celebrate her divorce. The party is to be held at a local bar complete with gag gifts.

Penny, a total health nut, rarely puts anything impure into her body. However, the night of the party she does drink, and gets carried away with the fun and excitement swirling around her. When she opens the gifts she is shocked to find a voodoo doll who is supposed to represent her husband. With some urging from her friends she does stick it to the doll.

What is considered to be innocent fun soon has horrid consequences for Penny. There are so many mysteries surrounding Mojo, will they all ever be solved? If they are who will solve them? The police department, or Penny and the mystery man who is in Mojo?

Ms. Bond's characters have appeal and are written with qualities that make readers love to hate the villains, and root for the good guys without thinking twice. For readers who hate to see IN DEEP VOODOO end there is good news. There will be a sequel in 2006.

Book Summary

Start With Bad Mojo ...
There's something strange afoot in the small town of Mojo, Louisiana. Yet even as the annual voodoo festival gets underway, Penny Francisco, who runs a health food business, refuses to believe in black magic. Her mind is on celebrating her divorce from her lying, cheating husband Deke.

Add a Pinprick of Revenge ...
Fueled by run-ins with her ex-mother-in-law and Deke's busty mistress, Penny is eager for the "emancipation party" her friends plan. When she receives a Deke voodoo doll as a gag gift, she sticks it with a pin as a joke. But when Deke winds up fatally stabbed, the police aren't laughing.

And Watch Things Boil Over ...
A junk-food junkie P.I. offers his services, and although Penny is wary of the sexy Cajun's motives (and his diet), she's desperate. Dodging a media sideshow and a looming murder rap, Penny realizes that somehow she's landed herself In Deep Voodoo.

In Deep Voodoo by Stephanie Bond

In Deep Voodoo

by: Stephanie Bond

Avon
October 1, 2005
Featuring: Penny Francisco; BJ Beaumont
384 pages
ISBN: 0060820578
Paperback

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