To live, sometimes ya gotta die! Daisy Grant is in a heap of trouble. She stumbles into a mob turf war and now somebody wants her dead. Daisy may be small-town to the bone, not at all the kind of woman to deal with the Southern Mafia, but she knows how to get creative fast! Enters the way-too-attractive Mark Jensen... He didn't mean to rescue anybody, and he certainly didn't mean to go on the run because of a stubborn, sassy woman. Soon they are up to their ears in so many wacky characters they don't know who's on their side. Daisy and Mark decide that to live, sometimes ya gotta die. And sometimes to die right takes . . . practice.

Welcome to Down and Dead, Inc., where, to Live, Sometimes Ya Gotta Die. Caroline Branch Easton is trapped in an abusive marriage. She’s tried to leave her rich and powerful husband, Martin, and paid a horrible price for the attempt. But thanks to her sister, finally she has an escape plan. One they both pray will be successful and grant Caroline the safety and respite she needs to heal. But Martin refuses to let that happen. Now Caroline and her sister are in dire jeopardy from him and his hired henchmen. One of them is fortunate enough to make their way to Down and Dead, Inc., where she finds help of a unique variety… if she can summon the courage to take the bold risks required. Will she succeed and reclaim her life? Down and Dead, Down and Dead in Dixie (Daisy) Down and Dead in Even (Caroline) Down and Dead in Dallas ( Christine)

Sometimes to live, ya gotta die. And sometimes dying right takes practice… Christine Branch is elated. Finally her sister, Caroline Branch Easton, has left made the break from her abusive ex, Martin Easton, and returns to Dallas to Christine’s ranchette to heal. Only Martin refuses to let her go. Within twenty-four hours, his thugs are doing everything they can to intimidate Christine into returning home. Christine knows she must do something to get her sister the time and space she needs to heal—and she concocts a plan: Operation Switch and Bait. The sisters trade lives and Christine baits the thugs into following her. It works! Caroline undergoes counseling, eventually divorces Martin, though he refuses to accept it, and the operation continues… until Martin shows up at the ranchette and issues a return-home ultimatum. Christine’s had enough. She ends the operation, resumes her identity and disappears. Christine continues with the switch, hoping confusion of two Carolines will assist in a clean getaway. On Christmas, Caroline calls Christine. A chef from Dallas is assisting her. She’s in Even, Georgia but within an hour leaves for Sampson Park. She’ll call again as soon as she’s settled. But Caroline doesn’t call. And three months later, Christine remains unable to find anything on the mysterious Sampson Park, or on her sister’s whereabouts. She must take the risks of leading Martin to Even to find out what happened to Caroline. Has she escaped, or is she to remain Down and Dead in Dallas?