Maggie Needs An Alibi
Maggie Kelly mystery: Book 1
Kensington Publishing
July 1, 2002
ISBN-13: 1575668793
Available in: Hardcover
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Maggie Needs An Alibi
by Kasey Michaels
Maggie Kelly is nothing if not resilient. She bounced back after getting fired from her old job as a writer of historical romances, reinventing herself as a mystery author. She bounced back when she discovered her lover -- who also happens to be her publisher -- cheating on her. And she bounces right back into her smoking habit whenever she tries to quit. But something just happened that's got tough-talking, quick-thinking Maggie swooning into her super-soft sofa cushions.
Something in the form of an incredibly sexy Englishman by the name of Saint Just. Alexandre Drake, Viscount Saint Just, to be exact. Tall, dark, handsome, with an accent to die for and charm to spare, he's everything she's ever dreamed of in a man. There's just one problem. He is her dream man. He's every woman's fantasy. He's the character who's made her a bestselling author. He's not real. No, he's not real -- but he is, for some reason, standing in the middle of Maggie's apartment. With the adorable, bumbling sidekick she created expressly for him right by his side -- and eating that piece of fried chicken she was saving for lunch.
What's a savvy, New York City writer to do when faced with the figments of her imagination -- in the flesh? Well, short of checking herself into Bellevue, she'd better get used to it. Because these guys aren't going anywhere -- at least not until they've given Maggie a little unsolicited editorial advice regarding her latest telling of their adventures. Still, it's not the worst thing in the world to have a roomie as gorgeous as Saint Just -- even if he is somewhat arrogant -- and prone to leaving the cap off the toothpaste.
But just as Maggie's getting used to her new houseguests, things start to get quite a bit more complicated -- in the "homicide" sense of the world. It seems her ex-lover, Kirk Toland, ever the inconsiderate cad, has had the nerve to die right there in her living room... of poisoning... after eating a dinner Maggie made. Her cooking isn't that bad -- is it? And if that weren't weird enough, Toland's death is soon followed by the murder of a colleague whom everyone knows Maggie hated.
So, the mystery writer has become the murder suspect. And the only sleuth who's really on Maggie's side is the one she invented.
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Kasey Michaels' Bio
Kasey Michaels is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than seventy-five books, many of them historical romances for Avon (Regency romances to be reprinted by Harlequin beginning in 2002), Pocket, and Warner books, many of them contemporary romances for Harlequin Books and its sister company, Silhouette Books, and she is now writing single title contemporary romances for Zebra Books. With more than 8 million copies of her books in print, she is known both nationally and internationally for the stories she tells of love, laughter and, of course, romance.
Kasey has received two coveted Starred Reviews from Publisher's Weekly, and both the historical SECRETS OF THE HEART and the contemporary LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY were named as one of that year's best romances. She is the recipient of the Romance Writer's of America RITA award for a Regency romance, THE LURID LADY LOCKPORT, a Waldenbooks' award for her time-travel, OUT OF THE BLUE, and many awards from Romantic Times magazine, including a Career Achievement award for her Regency era historical romances. She has appeared on the TODAY show, and was the subject of a Lifetime Cable TV show "A Better Way," in conjunction with Good Housekeeping magazine, a program devoted to women and how they have achieved career success in the midst of motherhood. A highly praised nonfiction book, written as Kathryn Seidick, ...OR YOU CAN LET HIM GO, detailed the story of Kasey and her family during the time of her eldest son's first kidney transplant.
Kasey has something new in the works, as she has recently signed a contract for the first three books in a continuing character series she calls a mix of mystery, comedy, romance, and just a little bit of fantasy. The first installment of the Maggie Kelly series will debut in hardcover for Zebra Books in July 2002, MAGGIE NEEDS AN ALIBI.