Author: Melissa Bourbon

Christmas is a time for giving, but Lola Cruz never expected her holiday spirit to include solving a murder. When PI-in-training Lola Cruz agrees to help Jack Callaghan’s cousin, Margo–with her baby in tow–she quickly finds herself in the middle of a holiday caper like no other. Just when Lola thinks she’s found Margo a safe haven, a man is found dead—and the police want answers. Now, with Margo a prime suspect and the law closing in, Lola must untangle a web of secrets and lies. With Jack reluctantly by her side, their undeniable chemistry adds sparks to the chill in the air as they follow a trail of clues that lead them through festive but potentially deadly twists and turns. Lola’s sleuthing skills are put to the test as she uncovers more suspects than snowflakes, from shady neighbors to mysterious Christmas cards with sinister messages. Can she solve the case in time to save Margo’s future—and make it home for her family’s annual tamale-making marathon? Filled with Lola’s trademark humor, heart, and sass, Fa-La-La-La-Lola is the perfect holiday caper to curl up with this Christmas. Fans of Janet Evanovich and Stephanie Plum will love this fast-paced, festive adventure!

When Camacho & Associates receive a mysterious invitation to a lavish Christmas party, novice PI Lola Cruz can’t resist the intrigue. However, when she arrives with her reluctant boss, her even more reluctant boyfriend, and her biggest frenemy in tow, nothing is as it seems. The millionaire host who sent the invitation has just passed away, yet his dying wish was for the holiday party to proceed. Now Lola must race against time to solve a series of riddles with clues left by the murder victim himself that will unveil the identity of his killer. Each clue leads her closer to untangling the web of deception but also puts her in danger’s path because everyone is a suspect. Will Lola uncover the murderer’s identity before it’s too late, or will the truth be hidden forever, shrouded in the darkness of a snowy Christmas night?

The evening’s events will push all the women past their boundaries, including Lola. But all that pales compared to the new case at Camacho & Associates. Not everyone is convinced that Jack Callaghan’s childhood friend, Philip, committed suicide, least of all the man’s mother, Marnie. Marnie hires the P.I. firm—and specifically Lola—to get to the bottom of her son’s death. There’s not much to go on, but Lola would rather drop dead than leave a case unsolved. When a second attack happens against Marnie herself, Lola knows she’s on the right track. Now her biological clock isn’t the only thing ticking. She has to stop a murderer before he—or she—strikes again.

The Sacramento Police Department has hired Camacho and Associates for one specific reason: They need Lola Cruz to go undercover at The Broadway, a salsa club suspected of running a prostitution ring. She fits the description: Young, Latina, beautiful, and a PI. But the secrets at the club go much deeper than anyone thought, and Lola finds herself embroiled in a dangerous game she may not be able to win.

Going undercover is second nature for Private Investigator Lola Cruz, but she’s out of her league when the case of a murdered Royals Courtside Dancer leads her to a local nudist resort. Parading around the sidelines of Sacramento’s professional basketball scene in a barely there cheerleading outfit is one thing – but parading around in nothing but a smile? If she’s going to have any chance of hiding this from her traditional family and on-again, off-again boyfriend, Jack, she’s going to have to keep a lot more than her duct tape bra and killer dance moves under wraps.

When Lola comes home to her parents’ house to find a horde of relatives mourning her death, no one is more surprised than she is. The news had reported that one Lola Cruz, a private investigator, was found murdered in an alley, causing great alarm in the Cruz family. Before Lola can say “boo,” a cop comes to the house. It turns out the dead woman had a driver’s license with Lola’s information. Between avoiding an unsavory ex-boyfriend, sorting out mixed signals from the very interested but not yet committed Jack Callaghan, and filling in as a waitress at her parents’ Mexican restaurant, Lola tries to find out who the woman was and why she stole her identity. Was the woman hiding from someone who meant her harm, or is there someone out there who wants Lola dead?

Meet Lola Cruz. After paying her dues as an intern, she’s now a full-fledged detective at Camacho and Associates. Her boss is Manny Camacho, a muy caliente former cop with a mysterious ex-wife, a Lara Croft look-alike girlfriend, and a sudden personal interest in Lola. Her first big case? A missing mother who may not want to be found. And to make her already busy life even more complicated, Lola’s helping her cousin plan her quinceañera and battling her family and their old-fashioned views on women and careers. She’s also reunited with the gorgeous Jack Callaghan, her high school crush, whom she shamelessly tailed years ago and photographed doing the horizontal salsa with some other lucky girl. Lola takes it all in stride, but when the subject of her search ends up dead, she realizes she has a lot more to worry about. Soon she finds herself wrapped up in the possibly shady practices of a tattoo parlor, local politics, and someone with serious—maybe deadly—road rage. To top it all off, her treasured post-coital pictures of Jack are missing! Still, Lola is well-equipped to handle these challenges. She’s a black belt in kung fu, and her body isn’t her only weapon. She’s got smarts, sass, and more tenacity than her Mexican mafioso-wannabe grandfather. A few of her famous margaritas don’t hurt, either.