The Mansfield Stories

an Express Investigations duology - Books 1 & 2

Three stories. Two books. One destination.

 

Road to the Mansfield:

 

A swamp rat-turned lady, a hotshot southern attorney, and a small-town dreamer endure life’s cruel twists on the way to Hollywood’s swanky Mansfield Supper Club.

Louisiana, 1927. A brutal fate sweeps seventeen-year-old Francie Roubideaux from the Louisiana bayou to the iron rule of Miss Claire in New Orleans. She survives using her daddy’s wits and mama’s grace, but fickle fortune isn’t done with her yet….

Illinois, 1937. Rose Donovan’s dreary small-town life takes a turn when a New York City music man whisks her away to Hollywood. But soon she’s torn between addictive passion and another man’s arms…and more than Rose’s heart is on the line.

Georgia, 1936. A rising star on the Atlanta legal circuit, Beau Hartwell is the envy of every lawyer in the city…until his past desperately comes to call. Can big-city Beau handle backwoods justice, or will the case break more than his career?

 

Murder at the Mansfield:

In one fateful night, their worlds collide in ways no one saw coming…

Hollywood, 1940. When the Mansfield Gala ends in murder, Rose is arrested in a seemingly open and shut case. Reluctant attorney Beau is lured into action…and love with mysterious songstress Ruby Rae Frances. As the story unfolds, what Beau and the Express Investigations team discover can save Rose, but at what price?