Carly Wayne - Author

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Cocktails & Casualties

Crooked Cove is a village of expats from various countries, and the people are welcoming, but she only intends to stay long enough to make the money to get off the island and back to her real life.. However, when one of the village’s most distinguished citizens turns up dead, it’s up to her to either solve the case or become a permanent resident of the slammer!

With her new friend Jasmine on her side, Teddy will do whatever it takes to shake out the truth and stir up the real killer to clear her name. Will she manage to keep herself out of lockup, or will she end up under the influence of the Mahina Cay Prison?

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Books by Carly

Marissa's Muse

Marissa Byrne is satisfied with her life. She is in her forties, happily single, and a graduate student at a local college. So, when she gets hit on at a restaurant bar by a man young enough to be her son, she is flattered but definitely not interested. Unfortunately, she made a promise to her best friend that she would accept the next date offered her.

Finn is not what she expected. Sexy, gallant, and visiting from Ireland, he presents the perfect opportunity for her to enjoy a few dates and then move on. But then she falls head over heels for the man from across the pond.

What will she do when she realizes that loving him could destroy his happily-ever-after?

Cocktails & Casualties

Teddy Aarons is a nomad, using her bartending skills as an excuse to move to a new luxury resort with each change of the season. But when she finds herself stuck on the remote island of Mahina Cay, she finds refuge in the quirky little village of Crooked Cove.

Crooked Cove is a village of expats from various countries, and the people are welcoming, but she only intends to stay long enough to make the money to get off the island and back to her real life.. However, when one of the village’s most distinguished citizens turns up dead, it’s up to her to either solve the case or become a permanent resident of the slammer!

With her new friend Jasmine on her side, Teddy will do whatever it takes to shake out the truth and stir up the real killer to clear her name. Will she manage to keep herself out of lockup, or will she end up under the influence of the Mahina Cay Prison?

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Unmasked

LGBT / Romance
Jessica Bradford is a divorced single mother, forced to conform to her parents' and ex-husband's conservative views of propriety in her small hometown.

Abby Miller is new in town, a liberal single mom who wears a diamond in her nose and tattoos down both arms.

When the two of them are put together to work on the Halloween Carnival for their children's elementary school, neither one can resist the magic of desire, like a magnetic pull. Can they each overcome their own obstacles to happiness?

Gabrielle's Closet

LGBT / Time Travel Romance
Sarah Lawson is a modern woman, focused on her career as an investigative journalist with no time for romance. But when in a drunken moment she plays around with a magic spell, she finds herself on a Parisian street in World War II.

Gabrielle Dumas is a war-widow with a secret. When she finds a disoriented woman in immanent danger from a Nazi soldier, she feels duty-bound to rescue her.

What will Sarah do to escape the past? And what is the secret hidden in Gabrielle's Closet?

(Marissa's Muse) "I'm impressed that this is Ms. Wayne's debut novel. I can't wait to read more of her work."

Rafe Jadison

Author

(Cocktails & Casualties) A fun setting and engaging characters puts this new cozy mystery series debut at the top of the “Not To Miss” list!

Guatemala Paula Loves To Read Reviewer

(Marissa's Muse) A great read that I thoroughly enjoyed and have no hesitation in recommending.

Archaeolibrarian

Book Reviewer

Cocktails & Casualties is an entertaining whodunnit with lots of clues, vivid descriptions, and food and drinks that immersed me in this cozy mystery from the first page to the last.