Mystere Parish: Family Inheritance Complete Collection: The Accused\The Betrayed\The Reunion

by Jana Deleon

Join New York Times bestselling author Jana DeLeon as she revisits three tales of suspense set in a mysterious Louisiana town!The Accused After working as a cop in New Orleans, Carter Trahan is back in Mystere Parish, where his latest assignment seems like a making sure Alaina LeBeau lives in her childhood home for two weeks to comply with her mother's will. But soon the sexy sheriff isn't laughing. Someone--or something--is stalking the beautiful defense lawyer, turning her once-grand mansion into a house of horrors. The Betrayed One day on the job and contractor Zach Sargent is ready to believe the dilapidated old LeBeau mansion is haunted. Some intruder--earthly or not--is threatening the youngest LeBeau sister, back to claim her inheritance. And though Danae keeps her distance from the sexy hired hand, he falls for her in a heartbeat. The ReunionBodyguard to an heiress is Tyler Duhan's idea of hell. The steely, sexy ex-marine has heard--and dismissed--the gossip about the haunted old LeBeau mansion and its "cursed" heiresses. Now headstrong Joelle has arrived to reunite with her long-lost sisters. And as much as he wants her, he needs to keep his distance--or suffer the fatal consequences.

Genres: Mystery

623 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 16, 2018

About the author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jana DeLeon was raised in southwest Louisiana among the bayous and gators. Her hometown is Carlyss, but you probably won't find it on a map. Her family owned a camp located on a bayou just off the Gulf of Mexico that you could only get there by boat. The most important feature was the rope hammock hanging in the shade on a huge deck that stretched out over the water where Jana spent many hours reading books.

Jana and her brother spent thousands of hours combing the bayous in a flat-bottom aluminum boat, studying the natural habitat of many birds, nutria and alligators. She would like you to know that no animals were injured during these "studies," but they kept makers of peroxide in business.

Jana has never stumbled across a mystery or a ghost like her heroines, but she's still hopeful.

She now resides in Dallas, Texas, with the most spoiled Sheltie in the world.

Reviews

[Ginna · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read about 40 of Jana's books and thoroughly enjoy the characters she creates. While the Fortune series is formulaic and redundant in many ways, Jana's high quality writing style, sense of humor, and love of the bayou make the reader forget that many pages are simply copied from previous books to describe the town, the neighborhood, Ranger, etc., Gotta set the stage, right?

The Mystere Parish trilogy. If I had to use one word to describe the series, it would be "Scoobydooish." Maybe Jana wanted to parody Scoobydoo with phrases like, "If it weren't for those meddling women..." and I missed it?

The plot is loose, the editing is poor, the characters and their actions are not believable nor well-developed. The use of the haunted house and almost the same plot from a previous book had me wondering if I accidentally ordered a book I'd already read before starting the trilogy. To reuse material like this is unfair to the reader (the books aren't free, after all). It feels lazy on the part of the author. I actually found myself doing eye rolls at various places in the book as the scenes were so predictable, contrived, or simply cheesy and unbelievable (these are Harlequin publications, after all). I had to locate the publication date as I couldn't believe these were written recently. Maybe these were her first publications? I was shocked to find 2013.

I am a solid Jana Deleon fan and will continue to read her books, but this trilogy was a major disappointment.

[Rhonda Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome Series

Three sisters with a heartbreaking past. When there mother died, they were separated as young children, never to see each other until their stepfather died. The estate lawyer tracks each woman down. Each book is about one of the sisters, starting in order of the estate lawyer finding them. This was a great mystery. There were several sub-plots around one over-arching plotline. There are definitely bad guys, murder, suspense, and romance. And I loved the ending of the trilogy.

[Mallory · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this. The ending was so perfect and the entire tale had the perfect mix of intrigue, suspense, and romance. A couple of minor continuity mistakes but not enough to detract from the overall experience. Definitely one of my favorites.

[Rebecca Dowd · Rating 5 out of 5]

NANCY DREW ADULT STYLE

Secret passages, hidden treasures and unexplained phenomenon gives you the feeling that you are in a Nancy Drew story. Luckily, I really liked Nancy Drew and really enjoyed this trilogy.

[Nettie Schneider · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exceptional!

The books grab you from the very first page and keeps you on the edge of your seat until the very end of the third book So many twists and turns! And an unexpected but great end to the trilogy. Outstanding job!

[Joyce · Rating 5 out of 5]

You can tell she is a newer writer but still great books

u can tell she is a newer writer in this series
but still great books. I would definitely recommend these books.

[Fran Connelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this author and this 3 book series was a fun, exciting read...try it, you will be enthralled

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great romance

The characters are fun, the stories are terrific and the writing Is exceptionally great. You’ll certainly enjoy this story and read.

[Doris Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

wow just wow

This as 3 books in one. The storyline was great. The characters were all wonderful and convincing. I couldn’t stop reading. Be ready for the ending.

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