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Between Dusk and Dawn

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Book #2 in the LaShaun Rousselle Mystery Series. LaShaun Rousselle is as famous, and infamous, as her ancestors for being a psychic and voodoo expert. After a bad girl life she’s finally settled down in her small hometown of Beau Chene, Louisiana. She’s content to have a few true friends, and a new love with Deputy Chase Broussard, the chief criminal investigator with the Vermilion Parish Sheriff Department. LaShaun is determined to live simply and quietly, no more mayhem. But trouble arrives on her doorstep in the unlikely form of two middle-aged ladies bearing unsettling suspicions about weird happenings in the parish. Are the legends about loup garou real? LaShaun and Chase are determined to find out and stop a serial killer, human or not.

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Scary Louisiana Legend

Loup Garou are Louisiana's Cajun/Creole version of werewolves, but some legends say they can change into other animals at will as well. They prowl the swamps looking for victims to release them from their curse. Are they real? That's what LaShaun finds out.

Only By Moonlight

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Only By Moonlight is the third book in the paranormal series featuring psychic LaShaun Rousselle and Deputy Chase Broussard. Lovely Vermilion Parish, Louisiana is teeming with bloody secrets. LaShaun is once more called on to use her paranormal ability to solve a mystery. In Only By Moonlight what starts out as a simple case of wild teenagers dabbling in the occult turns out to be just one layer to a far darker and deeper plot. A formidable cult is determined to unleash a malevolent force on the world. To her horror, Chase seems possessed by the threat LaShaun is fighting to defeat. Will she have to kill Chase to save him? LaShaun wages a war she can’t afford to lose.

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Moonlight Isn't Always Romantic

In this third book in the LaShaun Rousselle Mystery series, LaShaun's battle against dark forces becomes very personal. The stakes are high, and LaShaun isn't sure she can win. In Only By Moonlight, LaShaun has to make a horrifying choice to save lives. Or will she find another way?

Night Magic

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Savannah St. Julien and Paul Honorè get caught up in a legal battle that leads to a near riot, voodoo threats, and murder. Beau Chene, Louisiana may look like a picturesque small town on the bayou, but there are more secrets than alligators floating in the murky waters. Savannah and Paul fight off dangerous forces to save their lives, and their love for each other. "A plot that rivals a Zambeezie Zinger roller coaster... Bravo, Ms. Emery, for the read of a lifetime." Romantic Times Magazine "Night Magic is an emotional powerhouse." Affaire de Coeur Magazine

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Whispers, Family Secrets and Magic

I have always been fascinated by family secrets. It's amazing the things families strive to conceal, and finding out why some events, or even people, are kept hush-hush is just as interesting as the secret itself. In fact, unraveling the "Why?" can answer even more questions. St. Julian and Honoré family secrets play a huge part in Night Magic, as you will see.

Sweet Mystery

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Rae Dalcour is no longer the wild child she was growing up in small town Louisiana, but she still lives life on her own terms. A blues guitarist and singer, she leads her band and loves every minute of being on the road. When her father dies, Rae does something she vowed never to do, she goes home to Belle Rose. Rae is determined to clear her family’s reputation by solving a fifty year old mystery. She revives the juke joint her father owned years before and sets tongues wagging again when she starts a hot affair. When a destructive fire, and the discovery of human bones seem linked to the past, Rae and her new love confront sordid family secrets and reveal a murderer.

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Louisiana Jams!

I love the blues. Actually I love all kinds of music, but the blues can reach me in a way most other music genres don't for some reason. Maybe it's because my mama used to play Bobby Blue Bland and B.B. King records while she did housework. Enjoy Rae's story, put on some blues music to set the mood!

Tender Touch

Romance

Jade Pellerin survives one shake-up in state government and lands her dream job. As the top assistant to a powerful government official destined for even greater things, Jade is poised to rise right along with him. Her professional life seems set. Whispers reach a fever pitch as an investigation of Jade’s decisions on the job heats up. A dark cloud of family secrets, lies, and half-truths hover over Jade. The suspense surrounding allegations of corruption threatens Jade’s steamy romance with businessman Damon Knight. Together they rip the cover off deception and get back on the path to a lifetime of love

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Good Ol' Boy Politics

Louisiana is famous for its "colorful" politics and politicians. As a long time state employee, I've seen my share of scandals. Some never made it to the news. We even have a museum dedicated to our political history. If we're not being polite, another "C" word comes up; corruption. Jade Pellerin finds herself at the center of just such a storm. I made up the events in Tender Touch, but a similar scandal caused more than a few public officials to sweat. Read how Jade deals with the good ol' boys.

A Time To Love

Romance

Neva Ross returns to her small hometown of Solitude, Louisiana; a fitting name for the life she’s decided to live after years of a loveless marriage and disappointments. When she meets handsome Chandler Macklin their mutual attraction is undeniable. His sensuous smile and caring manner overcome her resistance. Her new life is threatened when ugly secrets both past and present tear her family apart. Neva fights to save the legacy her ancestors built, and the future bright future just within her grasp.

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Who Are Your People?

It's legendary that southerners are fixated on family lineage. Yet when it came to the Emery family, the "Who are your people?" question was treated like a bomb. I told my father I would search our family tree in West Feliciana Parish, and he quickly said I should "Leave it alone." That the Emery family was related to a wealthy and influential white family could only be whispered about. Even though events happened almost 200 years ago. An ancestor had fled into the wilds of unsettled parts of Louisiana because he dared press his claim to his white father's estate. Neva uncovers just such explosive family secrets in A Time To Love.

Devilish Details

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Jazz's former boss settles a grudge by framing her for murder, a crazy gang member is stalking her, and the city decides to shut down her nightclub Candy Girls. What's a woman to do? Get help from a sexy homicide detective, a collection of her shady friends, and come out swinging. What else?

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The Tough Get Going

As a young social worker I once had a job in child welfare. I learned the shocking truth that not all parents love and nurture their kids. I wondered what kind of adults those children growing up in foster care or awful homes would be. Jazz Vaughn in Devilish Details is one of those kids now grown and handling a harsh past and world in her own unique way.

Smooth Operator – Psychic Detectives – The Joliet Sisters

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Charmaine Joliet gets an offer she wants to refuse but can’t. Someone from the old neighborhood knows a dark secret, one that could make Charmaine and her younger sister Jessi homicide suspects. But she’ll keep quiet a price. The client “hires” Charmaine to help rid her of an unwanted rich husband. Meanwhile troubled Jessi is in jail again for assault. The police would believe Jessi is capable of murder, and that Charmaine is willing to be an accessory to protect her. Charmaine juggles saving Jessi from herself, solving a murder, staying out of jail, and not becoming a hit woman. Charmaine and Jessi have psychic abilities that help them come up with a much needed but risky Plan B. Once again supernatural skills and street smarts kick in to save the sisters from a dangerous smooth operator.

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Hearing is Enjoying

The audio version of Smooth Operator and That Awful Sound is available. Both stories feature New Orleans psychic detectives Charmaine and Jessi Joliet. Two sisters with street smarts that complement their paranormal abilities. Go to www.lynnemery.com to listen to the sample for FREE!

Crazy or Psychic

I have worked in mental health for at least fifteen years now. A psychiatrist friend raised a fascinating point some time ago. She pointed out that sometimes we mistake "crazy" for cultural beliefs. Then we moved to the question, "What if people we think are psychotic actually can see into another realm?" Fast forward to the present. That conversation came back to me when I created the Joliet sisters. Seeing spirits used to be commonly accepted in southern culture. Charmaine and Jessi, once diagnosed as mentally ill, slowly realize they're not crazy after all. They use street smarts and paranormal skills to solve crimes. And stay alive.

Hunting Spirits – Psychic Detectives – The Joliet Sisters

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Sultry New Orleans seethes with over 300 years of grim secrets. No one knows this better than psychic sisters Charmaine and Jessi Joliet. In That Awful Sound, they take on the case of an old moneyed Garden District resident. Something supernatural is creeping around her grand nineteenth century mansion, and she wants it gone. On the outside, she's the picture of respectability and decorum. Yet within those stately walls lurk generations of dark secrets. Charmaine and Jessi find themselves caught in twisted plots, betrayals, and murder. They'll need every ounce of their paranormal skills to solve a grisly murder and stay alive.

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What Are Ghosts Made Of?

Charmaine and Jessi Joliet accept that they have psychic abilities. A much happier discovery than what doctors, even their own family, concluded: that they were both crazy. Jessi is harder, tougher than her older sister. And she's an atheist. Charmaine takes their abilities as proof that what they learned in Sunday School is real. Jessi sees science as the way to explain spirits, ghosts and other so-called supernatural phenomena. Who's right? You decide. Either way, they both use their own tools to fight the messier, less friendly spirits causing problems for their clients. Charmaine uses holy water, Jessi... well, she's built her own set of unique weapons. See them in action when they go Hunting Spirits.

Best Enemies

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

What do a dead, cheating ex-husband, his mouthy pregnant mistress and a stripper have in common? They're all members of Willa Crown's patched together family, and they're getting on her last nerve. When Willa’s almost ex-husband, Jack Crown, is murdered, she is shocked to learn that he made her executor of his estate. Willa discovers that Jack was involved in a business deal with a gang, and they want their missing drug money. More bad news- Willa’s stripper sister and son were somehow mixed-up with the same gang. When Willa’s son becomes a suspect in Jack’s murder, she must find out the truth to prove he didn’t kill his stepfather. Jack’s mistress and Willa’s sister decide to help her to fight for truth, justice and to track down all that sweet cash, of course.

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Unlikely Allies

What kind of woman would team up with her no-good ex-husband's mistress to solve his murder? That's the question that bounced around in my head as I created the protagonist for Best Enemies. Willa Crown is nothing if not practical. My challenge was to show why it made sense to her, and make it believable that she wouldn't smack the gold digger senseless instead! Oh, not to mention rely on her "scandalous" stripper sister for help navigating the shady criminal world. Best Enemies is a study in how Willa, MiMi, and Jazz become a whodunit squad in spite of their differences.

Pretty Dangerous

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

MiMi Landry takes what promises to be an unforgettable trip to an exotic Caribbean Island with a sexy and well-to-do new boyfriend. Unforgettable is right. When MiMi ends up behind bars she calls for help from her two best buddies, Willa Crown and Jazz Vaughn. MiMi finds herself on the wrong of the law in an even deadlier way. Not one, but two murders. A Dominican gang, the local police, and the FBI are on her tail. But if any of them think she’s going to get pushed around this time, they better think again. This eye candy has toughened up. She gets to the bottom of whodunit in MiMi Landry designer label style all the way.

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Crazy Family

Some years back I read a study that said the rich and the poor have a lot in common. So in the Triple Trouble Mystery Series I juxtaposed Willa and Jazz's economically poor upbringing with that of MiMi's more privileged one. Yet MiMi's BAP life (Black American Princess) isn't all it seems on the surface. She's tougher than she looks. When you get to know her family, you'll understand why!

A Darker Shade of Midnight

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

A Darker Shade of Midnight is Book #1 in the LaShaun Rousselle Mystery Series. LaShaun returns to her hometown to say goodbye to her terminally ill grandmother. Beau Chene, Louisiana is still filled with those who judged her guilty even though another man went to prison for a brutal murder. Whispers that LaShaun, like her powerful grandmother Monmon Odette, used her voodoo powers to get whatever she wanted start again the minute word is out she’s back. A malevolent spirit she called up back in the day returns to leaving death and destruction in its path.When she’s once more a suspect in a death, LaShaun finds an unlikely ally in sexy Vermilion Parish Deputy Chase Broussard. Together they fight human and supernatural evil.

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Murder in Paradise

A Darker Shade of Midnight takes place in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, called the most Cajun place in America. However, Creoles of color are also part of the culture. Legends about spirits and strange creatures are woven into the fabric of life in our state. We are gumbo people. A spicy brew of many origins. By the way, Africans brought to Louisiana created gumbo, although in popular culture the dish is associated with Cajuns. So get comfy and visit our mysterious state.

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