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The Housewife Assassin #6
The Housewife Assassin's Recipes for Disaster
Murder, suspense, sex—and some handy household tips.
In Books 6 of The Housewife Assassin Series -- Recipes for Disaster:
Donna’s executive mission is crystal clear: stop the assassinations of both US political parties’ presidential candidates.
When she discovers she has a long-term vendetta with one of the targets, can she put her animosity aside long enough to save the candidate’s life—and her relationship with Jack?
Read an excerpt here: http://tinyurl.com/harfdexcerpt
"Josie Brown writes with all the secrets, sex, money and scandal of an OK! Magazine cover…Truly entertaining reading." -- Jackie Collins
In Books 6 of The Housewife Assassin Series -- Recipes for Disaster:
Donna’s executive mission is crystal clear: stop the assassinations of both US political parties’ presidential candidates.
When she discovers she has a long-term vendetta with one of the targets, can she put her animosity aside long enough to save the candidate’s life—and her relationship with Jack?
Read an excerpt here: http://tinyurl.com/harfdexcerpt
"Josie Brown writes with all the secrets, sex, money and scandal of an OK! Magazine cover…Truly entertaining reading." -- Jackie Collins
282 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 29, 2013
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About the author
Josie Brown
76 books701 followersJosie Brown's forty-two novels are now in the hands of over two million readers.
She has been published by St. Martin's Press, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins Publishers, Penguin Books.
Read Josie’s books. You’ll get a good idea of her sense of humor. https://www.JosieBrown.com
You'll also find Josie on
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/JosieBrownCA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/josiebrownau...
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josiebrownn...
Visit her podcast, where she discusses writing with other authors:
http://bit.ly/AuthorProvocateurApple
Josie is the author of these novels:
The Housewife Assassin Novel Series, including
- Handbook (Book 1)
- Guide to Gracious Killing (Book 2)
- Killer Christmas Tips (Book 3)
- Relationship Survival Guide (Book 4)
- Vacation to Die For (Book 5)
- Recipes for Disaster (Book 6)
- Hollywood Scream Play (Book 7) [2014, Signal Press]
- Killer App (Book 8) [August 2014, Signal Press]
- Hostage Hosting Tips (Book 9)
- Garden of Deadly Delights (Book 10)
- Tips for Weddings, Weapons, and Warfare Hosting Tips (Book 11)
- Husband Hunting Hints (Book 12)
- Ghost Protocol (Book 13)
- Terrorist TV Guide (Book 14)
- Deadly Dossier (Book 15 - SERIES PREQUEL)
- Greatest Hits (Book 16 )
- Fourth Estate Sale (Book 17 )
- Horrorscope (Book 18 )
- White House Keeping Seal of Approval (Book 19)
- Assassination Vacation Tips (Book 20)
- Antisocial Media Tips (Book 21)
- Manners, Missiles & Mayhem (Book 22)
- Gambit (Book 23)
- Underwater Assets (Book 24)
The Candidate (Steamy Political Thriller)
Extracurricular - 3 episodic Novels (2020; Signal Press)
Totlandia - 8 episodic Novels (2014-2017; Signal Press)
The Baby Planner
[2011, Simon & Schuster]
The Housewife Assassin Gets Lucky (written with Deborah Coonts)
Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives
[2010, Simon & Schuster 2014 Signal Press]]
Hollywood Hunk (Book 1 - True Hollywood Lies)
[2005, HarperCollins; 2010 Signal Press]
Her novel, Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives (Simon & Schuster), is being produced by Jerry Bruckheimer as a dramatic series for NBC-TV.
She is also the author of three non-fiction books: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Finding Mr. Right [Penguin/Alpha]; Marriage Confidential: 102 Honest Answers to the Questions Every Husband Wants to Ask, and Every Wife Needs to Know [Signal Press]; and Last Night I Dreamt of Cosmopolitans: A Modern Girl's Dream Dictionary [St. Martin's Press]
Before becoming a full-time novelist, Josie also worked in advertising (JWT, DDB/Needham, BBM&B) and radio (WPLO-AM, Atlanta; WZGC-FM, Atlanta).
As a journalist, Josie has interviewed Maya Angelou, Brenda Blethyn, Julian Bond, Kenneth Branagh, Jackie Collins, Costa-Gavras, Craig Ferguson, John Gray, Derek Jacobi, Debbie Reynolds, and John Woo. Her celebrity interviews and relationships trends articles have been featured in Los Angeles Times Syndicate International, Redbook, and Complete Woman, as well as AOL, Yahoo, AskMen.com, Divorce360.com, and SingleMindedWomen.com, where she serves as the Relationships Channel editor.
Josie's interviews for her podcast, Author Provocateur, and for the International Thriller Writers magazine THE BIG THRILL include such notable authors as David Baldacci, Samantha M. Bailey, C.J. Box, Allison Brennan, Lee Child, Deborah Coonts, Robert Dugoni, Barry Eisler, JT Ellison, Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke, Tess Gerritsen, Andrew Gross, Kristan Higgins, Jon Land, John Lescroart, John Lutz, James Rollins, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Brad Thor, and Debra Webb.
Although born and raised (a Southern expression) in and around Atlanta, Georgia, Josie is proudly one-hundred percent Puerto Rican: her father was born in Ponce, and her mother was from Humacao. Does this make Josie a Georgiarican? She thinks so, and proudly claims that title.
She now lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children.
She has been published by St. Martin's Press, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins Publishers, Penguin Books.
Read Josie’s books. You’ll get a good idea of her sense of humor. https://www.JosieBrown.com
You'll also find Josie on
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/JosieBrownCA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/josiebrownau...
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josiebrownn...
Visit her podcast, where she discusses writing with other authors:
http://bit.ly/AuthorProvocateurApple
Josie is the author of these novels:
The Housewife Assassin Novel Series, including
- Handbook (Book 1)
- Guide to Gracious Killing (Book 2)
- Killer Christmas Tips (Book 3)
- Relationship Survival Guide (Book 4)
- Vacation to Die For (Book 5)
- Recipes for Disaster (Book 6)
- Hollywood Scream Play (Book 7) [2014, Signal Press]
- Killer App (Book 8) [August 2014, Signal Press]
- Hostage Hosting Tips (Book 9)
- Garden of Deadly Delights (Book 10)
- Tips for Weddings, Weapons, and Warfare Hosting Tips (Book 11)
- Husband Hunting Hints (Book 12)
- Ghost Protocol (Book 13)
- Terrorist TV Guide (Book 14)
- Deadly Dossier (Book 15 - SERIES PREQUEL)
- Greatest Hits (Book 16 )
- Fourth Estate Sale (Book 17 )
- Horrorscope (Book 18 )
- White House Keeping Seal of Approval (Book 19)
- Assassination Vacation Tips (Book 20)
- Antisocial Media Tips (Book 21)
- Manners, Missiles & Mayhem (Book 22)
- Gambit (Book 23)
- Underwater Assets (Book 24)
The Candidate (Steamy Political Thriller)
Extracurricular - 3 episodic Novels (2020; Signal Press)
Totlandia - 8 episodic Novels (2014-2017; Signal Press)
The Baby Planner
[2011, Simon & Schuster]
The Housewife Assassin Gets Lucky (written with Deborah Coonts)
Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives
[2010, Simon & Schuster 2014 Signal Press]]
Hollywood Hunk (Book 1 - True Hollywood Lies)
[2005, HarperCollins; 2010 Signal Press]
Her novel, Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives (Simon & Schuster), is being produced by Jerry Bruckheimer as a dramatic series for NBC-TV.
She is also the author of three non-fiction books: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Finding Mr. Right [Penguin/Alpha]; Marriage Confidential: 102 Honest Answers to the Questions Every Husband Wants to Ask, and Every Wife Needs to Know [Signal Press]; and Last Night I Dreamt of Cosmopolitans: A Modern Girl's Dream Dictionary [St. Martin's Press]
Before becoming a full-time novelist, Josie also worked in advertising (JWT, DDB/Needham, BBM&B) and radio (WPLO-AM, Atlanta; WZGC-FM, Atlanta).
As a journalist, Josie has interviewed Maya Angelou, Brenda Blethyn, Julian Bond, Kenneth Branagh, Jackie Collins, Costa-Gavras, Craig Ferguson, John Gray, Derek Jacobi, Debbie Reynolds, and John Woo. Her celebrity interviews and relationships trends articles have been featured in Los Angeles Times Syndicate International, Redbook, and Complete Woman, as well as AOL, Yahoo, AskMen.com, Divorce360.com, and SingleMindedWomen.com, where she serves as the Relationships Channel editor.
Josie's interviews for her podcast, Author Provocateur, and for the International Thriller Writers magazine THE BIG THRILL include such notable authors as David Baldacci, Samantha M. Bailey, C.J. Box, Allison Brennan, Lee Child, Deborah Coonts, Robert Dugoni, Barry Eisler, JT Ellison, Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke, Tess Gerritsen, Andrew Gross, Kristan Higgins, Jon Land, John Lescroart, John Lutz, James Rollins, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Brad Thor, and Debra Webb.
Although born and raised (a Southern expression) in and around Atlanta, Georgia, Josie is proudly one-hundred percent Puerto Rican: her father was born in Ponce, and her mother was from Humacao. Does this make Josie a Georgiarican? She thinks so, and proudly claims that title.
She now lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children.
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February 13, 2019
This is a great rom-com-spy-mystery series.
Donna's on a team with Jack to protect political candidates as they prepare to win their party nominations for president. Protection detail gets sidelined when candidates drop out when their sins are exposed, until Donna's High School Nemesis turns out to be one of the candidates. Someone sets Donna up as a murderer.
I won't spoil the plot with further details! This was a 194 page book so read it very quickly.
Donna's on a team with Jack to protect political candidates as they prepare to win their party nominations for president. Protection detail gets sidelined when candidates drop out when their sins are exposed, until Donna's High School Nemesis turns out to be one of the candidates. Someone sets Donna up as a murderer.
I won't spoil the plot with further details! This was a 194 page book so read it very quickly.
July 31, 2022
The 6th book in the Housewife Assassin series. Humorous and fun.
July 16, 2014
Murder, suspense, sex-and some handy household tips. Well maybe the last should have been actually recipes that were quite interesting.
This mission impossible is for Donna and her team to stop the assassination of both US political parties’ presidential candidates. However, she has a problem with on the candidates that dates back to when she was a teenager and when her mom dies. Despite this Donna is trying to put business first and personal issues aside. With this individual she has to be on her toes as her team is becoming known as party killers (my words) because since they have been on duty at least 3 potential candidates have had to withdraw from the running. I won’t tell you why that you’ll have to read yourself.
Also, Carl is back and legit again has been pardoned. I know how does he do it, he’s got so many lives just like a cat.
So read this book to be update to with what’s going on in Donna’s life and what will she do next?!?
This mission impossible is for Donna and her team to stop the assassination of both US political parties’ presidential candidates. However, she has a problem with on the candidates that dates back to when she was a teenager and when her mom dies. Despite this Donna is trying to put business first and personal issues aside. With this individual she has to be on her toes as her team is becoming known as party killers (my words) because since they have been on duty at least 3 potential candidates have had to withdraw from the running. I won’t tell you why that you’ll have to read yourself.
Also, Carl is back and legit again has been pardoned. I know how does he do it, he’s got so many lives just like a cat.
So read this book to be update to with what’s going on in Donna’s life and what will she do next?!?
January 21, 2014
Well what can I say about . The house wife's assasins recipe for disaster. But Josie has hit it out if the park again. Poor Donna and Jack . They are working through Mary's high school, Jeff's middle school and Trisha's elementary schools ups and downs . While trying to keep the presidential candidates alive. As grey work the case Donna runs into the girl who first hurt her and the hot , who now us a man . That broke her heart. So many years ago . Can she work with the conniving she witch and keep her sanity . You will have to read the book to find out . Oh yeah Carl might be alive again .
I love this series . I have never laughed so hard at some if the antics that they end up in . So if you want a great series check out the house wife assassins guide and meet the family
I love this series . I have never laughed so hard at some if the antics that they end up in . So if you want a great series check out the house wife assassins guide and meet the family
March 27, 2014
Yet another brilliant instalment in the Housewife Assassin books. I just really feel for Donna. It feels like she never gets a break, and is always getting in trouble for things she hasn't done and being disliked for no reason. Of course, she does have the ever-luscious and sweet Jack to make up for it, so it just may well be worth it. I think there might be lots of trouble on the horizon for our plucky assassin. As always, the book is funny, action-packed, sweet and sexy :)
March 24, 2014
Donna is at it again. Protecting the world from bad guys, in between raising children and baking. Delicious recipes at the beginning of each chapter, with extra notes on getting rid of your own pesky neighbors.
February 5, 2015
An awesome page-turner and unputdownable.
October 29, 2015
Always Hilarious
Hired to protect candidates from both parties, Donna keeps getting into trouble. When the husband of one of the candidates gets killed, Donna gets fired.
Hired to protect candidates from both parties, Donna keeps getting into trouble. When the husband of one of the candidates gets killed, Donna gets fired.
January 19, 2016
Fun, light reading.
July 15, 2018
A presidential plot!
Always keeping these characters on their toes, their fun and action packed lives are non-stop. Great story, wonderful characters, easy reading!
Always keeping these characters on their toes, their fun and action packed lives are non-stop. Great story, wonderful characters, easy reading!
July 1, 2017
This is the sixth book in the series and I read the previous five. I love this author. Her books are clever, funny and sexy. The recipes at the beginning of each chapter were an extra bonus. They all looked delicious and when I can, I intend to try them all. The main character, Donna Stone, is a hoot. I've been rationing these books because I enjoy them so much, I don't want to reach the final one! So I let a month or two go by before I read the next. That's how much I like them!
April 18, 2023
A great book!
The series has really kept my attention and making me not want to wait to read the next book. The plot was interesting and full of many twists and turns. There was also one plot twist that I thought was going to happen in last book.
The interesting part of the book is what starts off each chapter.
The series has really kept my attention and making me not want to wait to read the next book. The plot was interesting and full of many twists and turns. There was also one plot twist that I thought was going to happen in last book.
The interesting part of the book is what starts off each chapter.
September 15, 2022
Always a great tead!!
Like Josies other books in the housewife assassins series, this one was equally entertaining and fun to read as her character Donna Stone has great charm and deadly wit.
Like Josies other books in the housewife assassins series, this one was equally entertaining and fun to read as her character Donna Stone has great charm and deadly wit.
May 11, 2017
I'm addicted to this series!
January 21, 2018
Great book, but now desperate to read the next one! Unhappily, I have to start my reading group book first :(
February 10, 2020
Humorous read
May 5, 2020
Never disappoints
Love that I found this writer thanks to Deborah Coonts. She and Lucky are my fav bad girls. On to the next book
Love that I found this writer thanks to Deborah Coonts. She and Lucky are my fav bad girls. On to the next book
May 20, 2020
Carl
I unfortunately purchased the next book before I finished this one. No more.... I am so tired of Carl and his reoccurring presences has made this uninteresting..
I unfortunately purchased the next book before I finished this one. No more.... I am so tired of Carl and his reoccurring presences has made this uninteresting..
June 14, 2020
Really enjoying this series! Love the characters! Ready for the next book!
March 10, 2025
The end was so abrupt and anticlimactic. I truly thought I missed something.
January 12, 2024
Always a great easy holiday read.
Perhaps my favourite so far in this series is book 5.
Perhaps my favourite so far in this series is book 5.
January 3, 2025
I loved this series! Mom by day, assassin/honey pot by night. Can’t get much better than that! I loved the humor, personalities of the characters and the series really gives you it all: romance, comedy, and messy motherhood
August 21, 2016
I so enjoy the failings of politicians, so this was a great story to read. The fact that a villainous female, an old enemy of Donna's from childhood, CeeCee, is elected as president is cool, but because she's evil, she doesn't get to actually preside.
Donna and her team do a good job protecting candidates, until the soon-to-be-elected president's husband is killed. Donna tries to stop the killer, but instead is framed, until CeeCee's son Evan finds a video showing his mom hiring the assassin to kill her husband Bobby.
Naturally, it all connects to the Quorum, and to Carl, still alive and killing.
I liked Lee, the kind man married to Babette, a Quorum leader's widow, but it seems she traded one Quorum guy for another. Too bad Lee is a baddy, not a goody.
Also really liked the story of Donna's childhood crush on Bobby, the man who's eventually killed. Things also look up for the Stone kids, with Jeff being made class president, Mary figuring out how to navigate high school and meeting Evan, and Trisha, well, being a big girl in grade one.
The recipes added some fun as well, look forward to trying a few. If I ever stop reading long enough!
Donna and her team do a good job protecting candidates, until the soon-to-be-elected president's husband is killed. Donna tries to stop the killer, but instead is framed, until CeeCee's son Evan finds a video showing his mom hiring the assassin to kill her husband Bobby.
Naturally, it all connects to the Quorum, and to Carl, still alive and killing.
I liked Lee, the kind man married to Babette, a Quorum leader's widow, but it seems she traded one Quorum guy for another. Too bad Lee is a baddy, not a goody.
Also really liked the story of Donna's childhood crush on Bobby, the man who's eventually killed. Things also look up for the Stone kids, with Jeff being made class president, Mary figuring out how to navigate high school and meeting Evan, and Trisha, well, being a big girl in grade one.
The recipes added some fun as well, look forward to trying a few. If I ever stop reading long enough!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 22, 2016
Great rewd
Love the recipes with each chapter. Well, Josie went and did it. She penned in the most evil of men and now I have to read the next book to Dee if Jack and Donna can survive corruption.
Love the recipes with each chapter. Well, Josie went and did it. She penned in the most evil of men and now I have to read the next book to Dee if Jack and Donna can survive corruption.
April 24, 2017
Fun easy read.
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