Murder by Dummies: Friends to Lovers romantic comedy.

by Kayce Lassiter

The Muensters had their niece, Marilyn. Buzzard’s Breath has Emily Redfeather. Being the only “normal” one in the bunch ain’t for the faint of heart. Emily Redfeather, Brittney Redfeather, and Jo Parker struggle to survive the chaos in Buzzard’s Breath, Arizona. Between Emily getting stuck running a no-kill animal shelter, Jo’s Great Aunt accidentally killing Jo’s mother, and Brittney’s father trying to dig a hole with dynamite, the girls have their hands full sorting out the family crazies. Sanity is so tough to come by in today’s dysfunctional version of The Muenster Family, that the girls band together to form their private sanctuary in the midst of the chaos—The Marilyn Club.

After years of dancing around their feelings for each other, Hawk and Emily struggle to find a way around the obstacles preventing them from pursuing a relationship. But the dangers of Hawk’s career stand in their way, and anyone he gets close to could end up dead.

As they work to solve a murder that Jo Parker’s Aunt Maddie is up to her neck in, Hawk and Emily realize they must either find a solution to their relationship challenges, or put their feelings behind them and move on.

328 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 7, 2022

About the author

Kayce is country through and through, and she writes snarky contemporary romance in a country setting—what she calls "Chick Lit in Cowgirl Boots," and she likes to throw in some magic now and then just for fun. Now she is adding nonfiction works to her catalogue, which includes dysfunctional family stories—something she knows a heck of a lot about.

Kayce is an author, a Butterscotch Martini Girl, and a consummate smart-alec, which shows in her humorous, heart-tugging stories about everyday people complete with broken hearts and all the flaws that come with being human. Some of her characters will make you laugh, others will touch your heart, but they will all take you to a world where dreams are possible, hearts can be mended, and people survive through the power of love.

A second-generation native Arizonan, Kayce was born to deaf parents and grew up on a dairy farm. Living on a farm as a kid can be fun, but it can be lonely, too. So she learned to dream, to imagine, to pretend—something she's never grown out of. Kayce still lives in rural Arizona with her horse and dogs, including a nut-job named Riley whose claim to fame is having eaten an entire rattan chair in one afternoon.

So let Kayce introduce you to her world of "Chick Lit in Cowgirl Boots" and seriously dysfunctional families. After all, what would a good story be without a little magic, or a crazy or two? That's what makes the world go round—right?