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The Housewife Assassin #11
The Housewife Assassin's Tips for Weddings, Weapons, and Warfare
IN BOOK 11 OF THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN SERIES:
It's time for Donna Stone and Jack Craig to tie the knot–hopefully not around each other's necks as they juggle the planning of their wedding with tracking a terrorist in the White House.
It won't be easy exchanging rings while at the same time exchanging gunfire as they stop the Quorum's quest for world domination. But if anyone can, it's the housewife assassin and the spy who loves her.
It's time for Donna Stone and Jack Craig to tie the knot–hopefully not around each other's necks as they juggle the planning of their wedding with tracking a terrorist in the White House.
It won't be easy exchanging rings while at the same time exchanging gunfire as they stop the Quorum's quest for world domination. But if anyone can, it's the housewife assassin and the spy who loves her.
292 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 28, 2015
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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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August 9, 2018
Finally marriage!!
Could not wait for Donna and Jack to get hitched! What a great story! Loved the characters and this series!
Could not wait for Donna and Jack to get hitched! What a great story! Loved the characters and this series!
November 2, 2015
The 11th book in the Housewife Assassin's series is full of surprises-not the least of which is the FLOTUS's calling Donna her best friend repeatedly! Yikes! With best friends like that, who needs enemies? Tension rides high as the search to find and destroy Quorum leaders continues. Lee and Babette come to the Western White House in time for Babette to take over Donna and Jack's wedding, turning it into a party staring Babette! Of course Donna and Jack, along with their Acme crew, never stop looking for terrorists as a lot of cell phone checking goes on during the bridal parties. New villains, returning villains, family disappointments, and a hilarious cake tasting scene and lots more all contribute to the best book ever. Too bad it ends the way it does! I can hardly wait for the twelfth book in the series to be released in the near future. I have to know what Donna does next!
This is one series that must be read in order! Don't skip the topics at the beginning of the chapters either! Nothing will make much sense if you skip around or just read the last book in the series. So settle in and order book one-currently free on Amazon-and let the enjoyment begin! It is like gaining a whole new family and friends to your life.
This is one series that must be read in order! Don't skip the topics at the beginning of the chapters either! Nothing will make much sense if you skip around or just read the last book in the series. So settle in and order book one-currently free on Amazon-and let the enjoyment begin! It is like gaining a whole new family and friends to your life.
July 6, 2015
I LOVE this series! Donna and Jack have finally decided to tie the knot. Their jobs make is tough to set a date, but POTUS and FLOTUS get involved and decide to plan and host the wedding. Of course, then it becomes a political event instead of a wedding. FLOTUS is even more out of control than usual and driving Donna nuts with all of her demands and her attempts to take over the wedding. Even worse, ACME suspects POTUS and/or FLOTUS of being Quorum. Hilarity ensues as Donna and Jack try to figure out who is part of Quorum while also tried to get married.
One thing that I really enjoy is at the beginning of each chapter, the author provides helpful "tips" for relationships and mariage Most of them are very likely to get you to spend quality time with your local police, but some of them are very real and good advice for marriage. It is up to you to know which is which...
This is a laugh out loud book that you will just love. While this is a stand alone novel, it is so good that you owe it to yourself to read all of the books in the series.
One thing that I really enjoy is at the beginning of each chapter, the author provides helpful "tips" for relationships and mariage Most of them are very likely to get you to spend quality time with your local police, but some of them are very real and good advice for marriage. It is up to you to know which is which...
This is a laugh out loud book that you will just love. While this is a stand alone novel, it is so good that you owe it to yourself to read all of the books in the series.
January 14, 2020
I love how Josie Brown has kept this series going! Every time I read a book I worry it's the last one. In this one Donna and Jack are finally getting married. It continues to amaze me the creativity she uses to put Donna in the situations she seems to always find her self in! Thanks for not ending the series yet!
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July 5, 2015
You can tell from the title and cover that Jack and Donna are finally, probably, hopefully getting married. The book will make you happy, sad, angry, frustrated, laugh, cringe, want to kill someone, be glad someone got killed, and pissed… not necessarily in that order!
July 21, 2015
Yes, love this series, and can't wait for the next 1!!
February 23, 2016
Another fun book in The Housewife Assassin series.
April 1, 2018
Another triumph!
August 10, 2016
very nice continuation of the series
March 30, 2020
Josie Brown writes such entertaining books, and again, this one was no exception. The housewife in question is Donna Stone, soon to become Donna Craig. I particularly enjoy her introduction to each chapter. They are tongue-in-cheek hilarious do's and don'ts; advise that somehow always seem to end in dastardly deeds! What can I say? I love these books!
September 18, 2017
Yet again, couldn't put it down.
Love this series. Just when I think I have it figured out...there is always a twist. Donna keeps me laughing and I love the dynamic between her and Jack. These are quick fun reads. Got to go start the next one. Happy reading all!
Love this series. Just when I think I have it figured out...there is always a twist. Donna keeps me laughing and I love the dynamic between her and Jack. These are quick fun reads. Got to go start the next one. Happy reading all!
May 17, 2017
the wedding! FINALLY!
February 10, 2020
Humorous read
August 4, 2020
This one was very good. Some in the series have been formulaic or not quite right. This one was suspenseful and moved the characters along. Very nice!
August 12, 2020
I am enjoying the series, but was a little disappointed in the ending of this one. Though I guess if I had thought about it when starting that it was a possibility.
September 5, 2022
The 11th book in the Housewife Assassin series. Humorous and fun.
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 31, 2016
The game is on, with both POTUS and FLOTUS as suspected members of the Quorum. I really like Lee, he'd be a great president, much like an Obama has been.
In trying to check out the first family, Donna and Jack end up surrendering their wedding to Babette, which is just too terrible for words.
I didn't like that Donna's kids got hurt in the process of her work to ghetto Babette, but in the end, she finally stood her ground, and the wedding was all that Jack and Donna hoped for.
The mystery of who ordered a hit on Catherine, who was in jail, turned out to be a minor character, but the other Quorum member, Eileen, had been a trusted member of Lee's staff, so that was sad.
The ending of this book was also a bit ridiculous, with Jack being take and Donna given the ultimatum of joining the Quorum herself, or losing Jack.
We'll see how well the next book takes care of this problem.
In trying to check out the first family, Donna and Jack end up surrendering their wedding to Babette, which is just too terrible for words.
I didn't like that Donna's kids got hurt in the process of her work to ghetto Babette, but in the end, she finally stood her ground, and the wedding was all that Jack and Donna hoped for.
The mystery of who ordered a hit on Catherine, who was in jail, turned out to be a minor character, but the other Quorum member, Eileen, had been a trusted member of Lee's staff, so that was sad.
The ending of this book was also a bit ridiculous, with Jack being take and Donna given the ultimatum of joining the Quorum herself, or losing Jack.
We'll see how well the next book takes care of this problem.
July 4, 2015
Love every minute of it.
Will Donna ever get her happily ever after well that's yet to be determined but it is what keeps me reading. Can't wait to see what happens next.
Will Donna ever get her happily ever after well that's yet to be determined but it is what keeps me reading. Can't wait to see what happens next.
July 9, 2020
so enjoyed the series. i am caught up in the storyline and care deeply about the characters. now I am going to have to wait until another episode is published. bummer
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