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Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes

Rose Gardner Mystery, Book 1

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Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes

By: Denise Grover Swank
Narrated by: Shannon McManus
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The first book of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today best-selling series!

"Though much of the book is light-hearted and occasionally outright hilarious, the author sneaks in a few home truths along the way that will hit you where it counts, like how even someone’s best intentions can box you in." (Everybody Needs a Little Romance blog)

"This was one of those books that I kept telling myself one more page, then I need to put it down. Instead I found myself tearing through the book instead, needing to know the outcome." (Just Jump Book Reviews)

For Rose Gardner, working at the DMV on a Friday afternoon is bad even before she sees a vision of herself dead. She’s had plenty of visions, usually boring ones like someone’s toilet’s overflowed, but she’s never seen one of herself before. When her overbearing momma winds up murdered on her sofa, instead, two things are certain: There isn't enough hydrogen peroxide in the state of Arkansas to get that stain out, and Rose is the prime suspect.

Rose realizes she’s wasted 24 years of living and makes a list on the back of a Wal-Mart receipt: 28 things she wants to accomplish before her vision comes true. She’s well on her way with the help of her next door neighbor Joe, who has no trouble teaching Rose the rules of drinking, but won’t help with number 15 - do more with a man. Joe’s new to town, but it doesn’t take a vision for Rose to realize he’s got plenty of secrets of his own.

Somebody thinks Rose has something they want, and they’ll do anything to get it. Her house is broken into, someone else she knows is murdered, and suddenly, dying a virgin in the Fenton County jail isn’t her biggest worry, after all.

©2011 Denise Grover Swank (P)2020 Denise Grover Swank
Cosy Detective Fiction Mystery Romance Romantic Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Suspense Heartfelt Witty Funny

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A delightful adventure

Like Stephanie Plum meets Hart of Dixie, this had me laughing and crying.

It’s a light-hearted mystery romance. Like the mills & boon books, your mum read when you were a kid. It’s not meant to be profound. It’s charming, and it explores complex issues of reframing childhood trauma to understand how it affects them now. I expect this to be explored in the future.

Southern girl Rose, downtrodden by childhood trauma and an overbearing mother, experiences a series of events, Thus leading Rose to realise what freedom and happiness mean. As Rose realises how much she’s missed out on, she figures she might as well do them before life sends her to the ultimate DMV in the sky.

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