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A Match Made in Hell
Book Two in the Nicki Styx series

by Terri Garey



      It's no wonder that the first book in the Nicki Styx series, Dead Girls Are Easy (also reviewed on Myshelf.com), was just named the Best First Book by Romance Writers of America. Terri Garey's sequel, A Match Made in Hell, which came out this summer, is an absolute stitch! It's funny. It's got a great convoluted mystery. It's got romance!

Like Amanda Gordon in the television hit, Ghost Whisperer, Nicki Styx can talk to dead people. She never realized she could do that until she had a near-death experience and came back seeing spirits. The first book explains all this and how she meets her hunky doctor / boyfriend, Joe Bascombe. In this second book, Nicki discovers she also has a twin sister, who also can see spirits after surviving a car accident, but who just happens to be Dr. B's soon-to-be ex-wife. If that doesn't complicate Nicki's life big time, add in long-lost dead relatives and several appearances by the sexiest version of the Devil anyone could ever envision.

I absolutely loved this book! I loved all of the characters even when they were behaving badly. I found Nicki's business partner, the co-owner of her vintage clothing store, Evan to be thoroughly charming and wished he were my best gal pal. Garey's writing is witty and her descriptions of Savannah, GA are spot on. (It's one of my favorite cities!) Her story is so well-plotted she kept me guessing right to the end. And what an ending it was! Of course, Nicki and her sister will hopefully have more encounters with spirits. I eagerly look forward to visiting with these young Georgia women and their friends again.

The Book

Avon
June 24, 2008
Trade Paperback (reviewed an ARC)
0061136166 / 978-0061136160
Paranormal romance / mystery
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Excerpt
NOTE: Romance is spicy
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The Reviewer

Janie Franz
Reviewed 2008
NOTE: Reviewer Janie Franz is the author of Freelance Writing: It’s a Business, Stupid!and co-author of The Ultimate Wedding Reception Book and The Ultimate Wedding Ceremony Book.
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