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Roxy Horne thought she had it all figured out: hot pre-med boyfriend, killer GPA, and a future as shiny as the Vegas skyline. Then reality sucker-punched her in the face—and maybe set it on fire for good measure.

Enter Rafe: tall, dark, smirky, and sporting a pair of eyes that scream “bad decisions ahead.” Roxy knows she should run the other way, but her hormones apparently didn’t get the memo.

Things really go sideways when her best friend Sarina begs for help recovering an ancient ceremonial bong (yes, seriously) that her ex stole—from her professor. If they don’t find it, Sarina’s out of a job and out of college, and Roxy’s on a crash course with chaos.

Now they’re chasing a stoner ex, dodging disaster, and trying not to fall into bed with the wrong people—again. All they have to do is survive one night without setting their lives on fire. No pressure.

*** This is a prequel novelette for the Roxy Horne Series. It occurs 20 years prior to Come Die with Me. ***

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“After all the times my mom told me to save for a rainy day…Who would’ve thought the rainy day would come in the form of a dead guy named Donnie?” ~ Roxy Horne

Roxy Horne is a process server—not that tracking down people and giving them paperwork is her life dream—but it feeds her cake obsession. Oh, and it pays the bills. Her dream of being a Private Investigator is far out of reach. But never once, even when serving to a slime ball who wouldn’t pay child support, did she expect to find a dead body. Now her life is crazier than the cacti being launched at her car.

There is an upside. While serving a subpoena she’s connected with her high school infatuation, Rafe Amato. If the name doesn’t tell you how hot the man is, his abs will do it. All ten of them. Rafe might be an ex-cop, but his mind hasn’t gotten the memo. He thinks like a cop, he acts like a cop, and he annoys her like a cop. Her upside doesn’t feel so up anymore.

When the Las Vegas Police name her suspect number one, Roxy is inches away from losing her job, her home, and her freedom. She needs help. And she’ll take any help she can find—even if it comes from the man who drives her crazy one mile at a time.

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“All I wanted was to gather PI hours, maybe make out with my boyfriend, and not spend the week elbow-deep in lies, secret babies, and murder suspects. But nooo, Sarina had to go and get arrested. For murder. On a Tuesday.” ~ Roxy Horne

Roxy Horne is so close to becoming a  full-blown Private Investigator—just as soon as she clears one tiny, inconvenient hurdle: her best friend’s been tossed in a Las Vegas Metro holding cell for murder. Talk about a buzzkill.

The victim? Sarina’s on-again, off-again, full-time pain-in-the-neck boyfriend. According to Las Vegas Metro, she’s the only suspect. Sure, he was a two-timing dirtbag with the moral compass of a raccoon in a dumpster fire—but murder? Sarina’s more likely to host a UFO-watching party than commit a felony.

Now, with the help of her ridiculously attractive and annoyingly observant boyfriend, Rafe Amato, Roxy dives headfirst into a case full of lies, cheating, and secret babies. Can she catch the real killer before Sarina gets a one-way ticket to an orange jumpsuit —or worse, becomes the killer’s next target?

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“My boyfriend has a wife. We’re hunting a stolen painting. A murderer’s chasing us. Next time I’m just getting a cat.” ~ Roxy Horne

Roxy Horne’s life has officially gone off the rails. First, she discovers her boyfriend is married. Then his wife blows into town searching for a missing painting. And somehow, against all logic and self-preservation, Roxy gets dragged into helping her find it.

There’s just one small problem: someone’s already dead and the people who want it back aren’t big on forgiveness. Now Roxy is racing through a web of suspects, and terrible life choices, trying to solve a murder and recover a priceless piece of art before the killer vanishes, or she becomes the next loose end to tie up.

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Release Date September 2026

Kennedy Romero is not a murderer. Why is she the only one who believes that? Well, her and her best friend believe it. And, yes, she knows it’s a little coincidental that she arrived in Vegas the same day her best friend’s husband was killed. But she swears she had nothing to do with it.

Unfortunately, Vegas Metro has other ideas—and they all lead to Kennedy.  So instead of enjoying her vacation in Las Vegas, she’s stuck smack-dab in the middle of a murder investigation.

What she would give for an all-you-can-eat buffet and watching her best friend’s soccer team play a match. But no. Instead of hitting the casinos, she’s trying to interview the players of the Vegas Victory FC and wishing she wasn’t the main suspect.

The body is growing as cold as the trail of the murderer. But if she doesn’t find the killer soon, Metro will be giving her a red card and she’ll be sitting in jail. Permanently.

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Harper Lange is a grade schoolteacher with a secret. Well, since her husband passed away, she hasn’t been to the DeVout swinger’s club—so her secret life has dried up to Harry Potter binges and Merlot. Clubs are no fun without her husband by her side.

When Las Vegas’ finest knock on her door reopening her husband’s case, she finds herself back at DeVout trying to figure out who would want to kill her husband. Kill her husband. She never thought she’d be thinking those words, let alone interrogating her friends.

With everything going on, she should be hiding in the corner with a full bottle of wine and a box of donuts, like a normal person. Instead, she’s roaming around the streets of Las Vegas getting hot and bothered with Detective Alex Cabrero—heavy on the bothered. The man can’t seem to understand that she’d want to find answers, and she’ll go wherever the information leads—even if it means she has to drag the detective along.

Harper’s getting close to the killer. She needs to figure it out before she becomes the next victim.

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