Lavender’s Blue

From the NY Times Bestselling duo that wrote Agnes and the Hitman, the first book in the Liz Danger series.LAVENDER’S BLUE: Would it kill you to go home and see your mother?Liz Danger has returned home after fifteen years to deliver a giant teddy bear for her mother’s birthday (color: Guilt Red) when a cop with a great ass picks her up for speeding, fixes the missing lug nuts on her back wheel, pulls her out of a ditch, doesn’t give her a ticket, and helps her avoid her family. This is a man with real potential. The rest of the day goes downhill, starting with her finding out that the only man she’s ever loved is getting married to Lavender Blue, the most beautiful woman in southern Ohio. Really, the best thing in her day is that cop with the lug nuts. Vince Cooper still isn't sure about being a cop in Burney, Ohio, a place he just moved to six months ago, since Burney is full of some fairly odd people spaced between long stretches of boredom. Still, considering the dangerous, difficult life he had before Burney as an Army Ranger and New York City cop, boredom is good. Then he picks up Liz Danger for speeding and life gets a lot more interesting. And when he picks her up again in the local bar the next night, he starts to realize that “interesting” doesn’t begin to describe what’s going to happen to him if he pulls Liz into his arms and his lifeAs Liz navigates her dysfunctional family, her flamboyant boss phoning in from Chicago, her still-interested ex, her bridesmaid dress from hell, a dachshund with issues, a disaster of a wedding, assault, murder, and three hundred and ninety-three teddy bears, Vince shows up to get her through, even though he knows that the real peril for him in Burney is the one who came with her own warning label, Liz Danger.Followed by Rest In Pink and One in VermillionAnd another new series: Rocky Start; Very Nice Funerals; The Honey Pot PlotAs well as their first three books: Don't Look Down; Agnes and the Hitman; Wild RideAnd a new series in 2026 starting with Arresting Anna, followed by Stealing Nadine

Review "Fabulous fun." ?Booklist (Starred review; a Top-Ten Romance of the Year) on AGNES AND THE HITMAN"Bet you can't stop reading it. Absolutely, irresistibly hilarious." --Kirkus (starred) on BET ME."Wildly entertaining." ?Seattle Times on AGNES AND THE HITMAN"A hoot. Oh, go ahead. Indulge." - Entertainment Weekly on BET ME"A comic caper and raucous romance...laugh-out-loud funny...a fun ride." ?Kirkus Reviews on AGNES AND THE HITMAN"Wickedly funny." ?Cincinnati Enquirer on AGNES AND THE HITMAN"A bubbly novel with amusing banter and...moments of poignancy." ?Publishers Weekly"Bless the day that Crusie and Mayer sat down to chat, for this collaboration is inspired!" ?Romantic Times BOOKreviews (Top Pick) on DON'T LOOK DOWN"Crusie + Mayer = a great time. Don't miss it." ?BookPage on DON'T LOOK DOWN"Noted romance/chick-lit author Crusie (Bet Me) and adventure author Mayer (Z: A Dave Reilly Novel) team up [and] the writing is seamless." ?Library Journal on DON'T LOOK DOWN"The two writers/two viewpoints style lends itself to humor, and the authors don't stint on fast-paced action and complication." ?Tampa Tribune on DON'T LOOK DOWN"It's light; it's witty; it's a page-turner. It's romantic, in a he-man/she-modern-woman manner." ?The State (South Carolina) on DON'T LOOK DOWN"Combines wit, romance, and movie-quality action in one fast-paced book." ?News and Sentinel (Parkersburg, WV) on DON'T LOOK DOWN"Plenty of big guns, helicopters...and light repartee...all in good fun. Readers will be happy to get a bit damp." ?Publishers Weekly on DON'T LOOK DOWN"Think Jamie Lee Curtis and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the movie True Lies." ?Georgia Library Quarterly on DON'T LOOK DOWN"This collaboration between bestselling romance writer Crusie and adventure-thriller writer Mayer is a rare delight. Mayer's delectably dry sense of humor perfectly complements Crusie's brand of sharp wit, and together the two have cooked up a sexy, sassy, and smart combination of romance and suspense that is simply irresistible." ?Booklist on DON'T LOOK DOW About the Author Jennifer Crusie is the New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher's Weekly bestselling author of twenty novels, one book of literary criticism, miscellaneous articles, essays, novellas, and short stories, and the editor of three essay anthologies.She was born in Wapakoneta, a small town in Ohio, and then went on to live in a succession of other small towns in Ohio and New Jersey until her last move to a small town in Pennsylvania. This may have had an impact on her work. She has a BS in Art Education, an MA in literature, an MFA in fiction, and was ABD on her PhD when she started reading romances as part of her research into the differences between the ways men and women tell stories. Writing a romance sounded like more fun than writing a dissertation, so she switched to fiction and never looked back. Her collaborations with Bob Mayer have pretty much proved everything she was going to say in her dissertation anyway, so really, no need to finish that. For more Arghink dot comBob Mayer grew up in New York City and is a NY Times Bestselling author and graduate of West Point. He volunteered for Special Forces and commanded a Green Beret A-Team as well as other special duty assignments. He's had over 80 books published and sold over 5 million, including the Will Kane Green Beret series, Area 51, Shane and the Hitwoman, and numerous thriller, suspense, historical and science fiction titles as well as nonfiction. He collaborated with Jennifer Crusie on NYT Bestsellers including Agnes and the Hitman, which was named to several top 100 romance lists of the decade.He has traveled the world, including living in Asia where he earned a black belt, and on an island off the east coast of the US and one off the west coast, in the Rockies and Smokies and places in between. They haven't caught him yet. The rumor is he now lives peacefully with his wife and dogs at an undisclosed location.For more information: bobmayer dot com