Official Town Business (Fox & Oakby Murder Mysteries Book I)
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  • Time 6h 14m
kkolmakov
Complete, First published Feb 12, 2017
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Imogen 'Mops' Fox is the personal assistant of the Mayor of the small rural town of Fleckney Woulds. According to all clichés, she's madly in love with her unaware workaholic of a boss - but that won't stop her from building her own little family, solving a murder, and saving the town from a financial scheme devised by a mysterious overseas corporation.

~ Fox & Oakby Murder Mysteries ~ Book I ~ Cosy Mystery, Romance & Humour ~ COMPLETE
 
{The story continues in 'Fox & Oakby Book II: Paint the Town Red'}
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Paint Me Anew (Fleckney Fields Series, Book 2)

65 parts Complete

{Formerly "Every Bookshop Needs a Cat"} Anya Ferguson arrives at Fleckney, having lost her job in Bristol. She's determined to support her daughter, even if it means enduring every possible mistreatment from the family of her ex-husband. Except, it seems that fate isn't done torturing her. When her daughter breaks into a small cabin in the woods in search of her cat, Anya is placed in front of an impossible task to pay off the owner of the cabin for all the destroyed property, including an antique vase that had been in his family for generations. She's ready to be his cleaner and his cook - but what will she do when she's tasked with being his fake-fiancée? "Paint Me Anew" is the second book in Fleckney Fields Series, but can be read independently. All of my stories take place in the fictional county of Fleckney - so, if you like the place, stay and read about it in other stories.

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