Laina Turner, Author
L.C. Turner, Author

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Wine and Revenge – A Read Wine Cozy Mystery First Chapter
Wine and Revenge – A Read Wine Cozy Mystery First Chapter

Cozy Mystery Chapter 1 Buy the book now “What time is Brenda supposed to stop by?” Sally asked me as I was firing up the coffee machine at the Read Wine Bookstore while she put pastries in the display case for the morning rush. “She called me a little while ago and asked if I […]

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Gems and Gunshots – A Presley Thurman Cozy Mystery
Gems and Gunshots – A Presley Thurman Cozy Mystery

Buy the cozy mystery book now. Chapter 1 “Whoo-hoo, I’m going to California!” I yelled to Jared, my best friend and roommate, as I hung up the phone. Bella was prancing around my legs, which was semi-dangerous, since she was almost a year old and weighed in at one-hundred-plus pounds. I gave her giant mastiff […]

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Rivalry Gone Wrong: A Cheer Moms Cozy Mystery Free Chapter Friday
Rivalry Gone Wrong: A Cheer Moms Cozy Mystery Free Chapter Friday

Download this cozy mystery for FREE. Chapter 1 Jamboree, one of the season’s most important cheerleading competitions, was well underway, and the music was pumping so loudly I felt like I was at a club. Well, what I vaguely remembered clubbing was like from many, many years ago. I couldn’t hear myself think, which back […]

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Sleuthing Women Cozy Mystery Interview with Carolyn Dean
Sleuthing Women Cozy Mystery Interview with Carolyn Dean

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It’s About The Hit- a Cheer Moms Cozy Mystery Free Chapter
It’s About The Hit- a Cheer Moms Cozy Mystery Free Chapter

Chapter 1 The parents’ viewing room at the gym of my daughter’s cheerleading team, The Aces of Cherry City, was full of activity as I waited for the start of practice. We were at the last practice before competing for the weekend, which would not only be the last cheer competition of the year, but […]

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Free Chapter Friday – Cheerleading is Killer, A Cheer Mom Mystery
Free Chapter Friday – Cheerleading is Killer, A Cheer Mom Mystery

Chapter 1 “Mom, I can’t find my shoes,” my daughter Ashley said. She frantically dumped everything out of her backpack and suitcase onto the bed in our hotel room to locate the missing items. “What do you mean?” I said, fully understanding her but mildly in shock. “Just what I said, Mom. My shoes aren’t […]

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