Before You Start

Hoax for the Holidays is the sixth book of the Vivianna Luxe Mysteries series. If you want to start at the beginning, the first book is Corpse in the Parlor. If you are still reading, it must mean you are excited to get started right now or you’re on a bus to Tulsa, Oklahoma, someone left this in the seat next to you, and it’s read this or talk to the one-toothed guy across the aisle who wants to tell you about his ferret farm. Either way, if you’re moving forward, here are some things you should know. 

Vivianna (Dominique Mercedes Fairchild) Luxe grew up rich. Like, filthy, 1.5 million dollar classic-Barracuda owning, school shopping in Paris, private jet, mansion rich. Her mom left when she was ten years old, and after her dad was accused of embezzlement he disappeared in the middle of the night like Ferris Bueller skipping school. Mr. Sheffield, a lifelong friend and family money manager, warned her that the feds were on their way and would be seizing everything. He helped her load two moving trucks of whatever she could sneak out of the family’s palatial estate, gave her a few thousand dollars in cash, and told her to drop out of her old life and hide so she wouldn’t end up losing the few things she had left.

Vivi blew through the cash in her first week of hiding and had to sleep in a storage unit that was on the other side of town and definitely the other side of the tracks. She finally broke down and called her best friend, Ezzie. They met at a frightening bar called the Overpass, where an eavesdropping pastor heard about her situation and offered her a job at the homeless shelter managed by his church, Grace in the Valley.

Preorder Hoax for the Holidays on Amazon This title will be auto-delivered to your Kindle on October 15, 2023.