\\\\\Voted one of the 50 Self-published books worth reading, 2015!\\\\\ A young girl meets the love of her life at sunrise on the Sea of Cortez. Love lifts you up “about a foot above the ground," she says. It fills you with joy, courage, and hope, even when faced with great challenges. A coming of age story of love, loss, and inspiration, Bernadette will need all the good things that love has to offer. This story is set in the 1960s, told to Jessica Huntington in the 1980s, and shared with us today. A prequel of sorts, the book provides backstory for two central characters in the Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery Series.

Jessica Huntington, rich, beautiful, and smart, seeks refuge from betrayal in a desert paradise near Palm Springs only to discover life is full of surprises...like a dead husband. Jessica Huntington is hiding out from her own well-planned life, now in shambles. Her law career tanked by the Great Recession, she failed miserably as a desperate housewife in the Silicon Valley playing beat-the-clock with her 30-something hormones. In the end she put on a little baby fat, but no baby. The final blow: walking in on her husband in bed with a well-known Hollywood blond. The Rancho Mirage home where she grew up, surrounded by the beauty of the desert resort town near Palm Springs, seems the perfect place to take refuge. That is until her best friend's husband is murdered. Jessica and her friends are soon thrust into the fray stalked by scoundrels in pantyhose, stilettos, Bruno Magli shoes, and Armani suits. Roger Stone had something that got him killed. What was it and to what lengths will they go to get it back? This is the first in the Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery Series

Jessica Huntington, rich, smart, and beautiful, seeks refuge from betrayal in a desert paradise only to discover life is full of surprises like... A DEAD SISTER! Jessica Huntington's philandering husband and his she-beast aren't done with her yet. It's not just the debacle on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills that has Jessica wondering if the shopping gods have it in for her. There's more trouble on El Paseo, too! Jessica and her 'cat pack' friends are back in this, the second Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery. Jessica's childhood friend, Kelly Fontana, was killed soon after graduating from high school. The victim of a hit-and-run accident in downtown Palm Springs, the investigation into her death quickly grew cold. Now more than a decade later a lowlife meth addict claims to have witnessed her death and swears: "It weren't no accident! It was on purpose." Why would someone do such a thing to the 19-year-old, auburn-haired beauty with a voice like an angel and a streak of wild? Can Jessica and her friends figure out who killed her and, finally, get justice for Kelly? Will they get him before he gets them?

Murder and mayhem takes Jessica Huntington to new heights when Libby Van Der Woert wants to meet at the top of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. The disturbed daughter of Jessica’s wealthy clients, Libby says she has information about her friend, Shannon Donnelly. Another mixed-up daughter of the rich and famous, Shannon Donnelly has not been heard from in over a week and her pricey car was abandoned in a Cathedral City parking lot. Trouble begins the moment Jessica greets Libby in the Mt. San Jacinto Wilderness. Wild, manic, and sure she’s being followed, Libby’s got a gun. All hell breaks loose when Libby’s Beverly Hills shrink shows up with a gun of his own. What’s up with the missing and misguided daughters of wealth and privilege in Dr. Carr’s care? Jessica and her Cat Pack friends go toe-to-toe with more well-heeled heels in A DEAD DAUGHTER. Getting to the bottom of things Jessica-Huntington-style, sets off a whirlwind tour of fashionable enclaves, upscale rehab clinics, shops, restaurants and other haute hangouts. Can she and her friends outwit and outlive ‘la crème de la crud’ wreaking havoc in paradise?

When the body of a prominent member of the Palm Desert community is found dead on the side of the road, Jessica and the Cat Pack are determined to figure out who killed her. There are plenty of well-heeled heels to choose from among the suspects. The murderous motives include love, lust, lucre, and loathing. USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Anna Celeste Burke, brings you an unconventional sleuth hot on the heels of high-living lowlifes in the Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery Series. Grab Your Copy Today! Free to read with Kindle Unlimited Recipes Included 5\\\\\* "WOW! What a tangled web of deceit, greed, and murder! There is so much going on in this story that I stayed up way past my bedtime in order to find out how it all ended. I couldn't put it down."

Detective Frank Fontana Is Missing >>>Is he a good cop gone bad or in the worst mess of his life? A frantic call for help has Jessica on the run. Taken from his home while his daughter hides upstairs, Detective Frank Fontana is gone. Jessica's out to save him, but what if he doesn't want to be found? Has he been abducted or is he on the run? >>>Who Can She Trust? Even a message from Frank isn't all that clear-cut: "Trust no one. The devil was once an angel." Is it a warning to Jessica or a confession as Frank's colleague, Detective Rikki Havens, suggests? When a body turns up, the identity of the victim only fuels the controversy. Good cops. Bad cops. Missing money. Undercover operations that may or may not have ended. Jessica and her friends soon become entangled in a web of secrets and lies that make it hard to know who's on which side of the law. >>>Join Jessica and her "Cat Pack" as they search for Frank in A Dead Cousin, book 5 in the Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery series by USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Anna Celeste Burke!

A thousand ways the desert can kill—the Cleaner Man is making it one thousand and one. Louie Jacobs, a minor tried as an adult, is convicted of murder. All the evidence points to him. The murdered man's aunt says Louis didn't kill her nephew. Who did? "The Cleaner Man, and he's done it before," says Auntie Agnes. Jessica and her "Cat Pack" friends are back and on the hunt for an elusive killer. Does he even exist or is he a creature of spirit and imagination? Jessica and her "Cat Pack" are back in this exciting installment of the Amazon #1 bestselling series by USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Anna Celeste Burke. Grab your copy and join in the mystery to discover whodunit! Recipes Included. Free to read with Kindle Unlimited.