The Spirit of the Season (a Lexie Starr Mystery Novella)

<p><strong>Author proceeds from the sale of this 29000 word novella are donated directly to <em>Toys for Tots</em>. Thank you for your generous support.</strong></p><p>Lexie Starr the 50-year-old co-owner of a B&B adopts a local military family struggling to make ends meet at Christmas while the father serves in Afghanistan.</p><p>Soon collection bins are overflowing with toys food and household items for the Allens so Lexie expands her cause to the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program.</p><p>Then the most expensive toys go missing and Lexie is determined to bring the holiday-cheer-stealing grinch to justice...until she meets him.</p><p><em>Foreword by Sgt. Dominique G. Yost USMC Toys for Tots Coordinator Leavenworth Kansas</em></p><p><strong>REVIEWS: </strong></p><p>Lexie's sly tongue-in-cheek sense of humor provides plenty of laugh-out-loud moments. - <em>Booklist on Leave No Stone Unturned</em></p><p>No matter what time of the year it is everyone can use a quick 'pick me up' of a story. And this is one such tale. - <em>Donald Hunt Amazon Reviewer</em></p><p><strong>THE LEXIE STARR MYSTERIES</strong></p><p><em>Leave No Stone Unturned</em></p><p><em>The Extinguished Guest</em></p><p><em>Haunted</em></p><p><em>With This Ring</em></p><p><em>Just Ducky</em></p><p><em>The Spirit of the Season</em></p><p><em>Cozy Camping</em></p><p><em>Marriage and Mayhem</em></p><p></p><p><strong>THE RIPPLE EFFECT MYSTERIES</strong></p><p><em>A Rip Roaring Good Time</em></p><p><em>Rip Tide</em></p><p><em>Ripped to Shreds</em></p><p><em>Rip Your Heart Out</em></p><p><em>Ripped Apart</em></p><p><em>No Big Rip</em></p><p><em>The Grim Ripper</em></p><p><em>Rip Chord</em></p><p><strong>Jeanne Glidewell</strong> lives with her husband Bob a Vietnam veteran in the small coastal town of Rockport Texas where they enjoy life along Salt Lake just off Copano Bay. When she isn't writing Jeanne loves wildlife photography fishing and traveling-whether exploring the Irish countryside hiking volcanic trails in the Galapagos Islands or photographing wildlife closer to home. As a kidney and pancreas transplant recipient Jeanne is a passionate advocate for organ and tissue donation encouraging others to consider the life-saving gift of becoming a donor. Jeanne is the author of the <em>Lexie Starr</em> cozy mystery series a New York Times best-seller that includes seven novels and a holiday novella the <em>Ripple Effect</em> cozy mystery series and a romance-suspense novel <em>Soul Survivor</em>. Her mysteries combine humor small-town charm and page-turning suspense. You can learn more about her books at www.jeanneglidewell.com.</p>