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    Murphy's Flaws: Miss Fortune World: Wholly Moses!, #1
    Murphy's Flaws: Miss Fortune World: Wholly Moses!, #1
    Murphy's Flaws: Miss Fortune World: Wholly Moses!, #1
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    Murphy's Flaws: Miss Fortune World: Wholly Moses!, #1

    By Kamaryn Kelsey

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    When Moses May Murphy left Sinful, Louisiana after graduating high school, she had no plans of returning. But part two of her life- after those awkward high school years- should have been better. Especially in California. Boy, did she get it wrong. Leaving the flaming wreckage of a failed marriage and a failed career (plus that incident which almost sent her to prison), Mo decides to start over in Sinful.

    A disastrous case of mistaken identity on the trip home follows Mo all the way to Sinful. She can't seem to shake the bad luck. Like the traffic stop by smoking hot State Trooper, Tony Reese. When it becomes too much for him to handle, he sends her on her way to let the mess be cleared up by Sinful Deputy, Carter LeBlanc.

    But "Little Mo" isn't the same woman who left all those years ago and Sinful sure isn't the same quiet little town. Mo needs the help of Ida Belle, Gertie, Fortune, Carter, and Tony to figure out what's happening in Sinful. And she learns that going home isn't such a bad thing after all.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJ&R Fan Fiction
    Release dateAug 16, 2018
    ISBN9781386483472
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      Book preview

      Murphy's Flaws - Kamaryn Kelsey

      Author's note:

      This book is Book 1 in a series and may be considered a standalone. The following books in the series are not intended to standalone.

      This is a work of fiction. Other than Jana DeLeon's original story elements, the characters and names are creations of the author's imagination.

      CHAPTER 1

      As she drove, Mo Murphy asked herself for the hundredth time, Why?

      Why are you going back to Sinful, Louisiana? Part one of your life that covered your birth until you left Sinful for college? That wasn't humiliating enough? Okay, so part two of your life, college to responsible adult, now returning home to Sinful, was even worse. Now wait- is that even possible? Think, Mo, think!

      Part one of your life- Your rebellious, slutty teenage mama ran away from home and gave birth to you in New Orleans, then left you in a basket on the street during a parade. That wasn't your fault. Your Grannie Annie tracked you down within a few days and brought you back to Sinful to raise you. Not your fault. Your name- Moses May Murphy? Shudder! Not your fault. Blame Grannie Annie for that heavy-handed attempt at Biblical humor turned to horrifying humiliation.

      In high school, you were voted most likely to (there was nothing after those words), and nominated for the senior prom court as jester. You won because you were the only candidate. Everyone called you Little Mo because you were short, skinny, and flat chested. And the fact that had Junior Whitehead asked you to the prom, you would have said yes? Oh, crap! Was life really that bad? Oh, my God- it was!

      Move along to part two of your life! The college years weren't so bad. You escaped Sinful and ended up in California. And that pot hole you just hit in the road? That's a painful reminder that no one will call you Little Mo again, and that bras are no longer considered enemies, but necessities. But getting back to California. Maybe it was a mixed bag, or maybe more like a sack of crap. Divorced (not dumped). Your ex and that model wife won't last a year... make it five years now.

      A failed career? Well, lots of adults returned home when the economy bottomed out. That's nothing to be ashamed of. Then again, they moved during the economic free fall. Maybe your career was another victim of the ripple effect from that whole thing. But more than likely, it was your less than ethical business partner, who turned your thriving business into a money laundering operation for the mob. Just because you answered the phone, made appointments, led a field crew, and kept the legitimate books didn't make you guilty.

      Thank goodness for jury trials and good friends married to better lawyers! Not that those lawyers gave discounts. So paying out your life's savings to stay out of prison wasn't really a hard choice to make. It left you starting over, but at least you don't have to worry about getting shanked in the prison yard because you got the baked potato that someone else wanted. Let's face it, Mo. You're just gullible. You bought every lie and half-truth your business partner told because they came dished out with a side of compliment. You felt useful and needed.

      CHAPTER 2

      Mo turned the rear-view mirror to look at her reflection, then bent it so hard it broke off in her hand. Great! She tossed it into the back seat with the rest of her life. What was left of it. Well, there hadn't been much to see in that mirror, anyway. Just a short, not-so-skinny woman, with blue eyes, a few freckles, and dishwater blonde hair. Those little lines around her eyes- that was character! And her blonde hair... yeah, about that.

      Mo was sure nature intended some folks to have flat hair, just like some folks had wavy hair. She tried layers once. Unless she puttied or waxed them into bird wings, they collapsed like a cheap, overused paper plate. So maybe the bangs and chin length bob were optimistically young looking for a 30 plus (plus) year old failure. Nature wasn't really working in her favor when it came to options, so she took what she could. It's not like she had to impress anyone, right? And she sure as hell had nothing to lose!

      Not after that embarrassing incident on the Oklahoma interstate. In a case of mistaken identity, her whole life had been strewn across the side of the expressway when her car was reported as a drug runner's. The mortifying episode- her blubbering, while the highway patrol tore her car apart, the drug dog with the cold nose, putting it in places it shouldn't be allowed, passing drivers pointing, laughing, taking pictures, the stern police officers just doing their job, the next two hours trying to figure out where the stripped out car panels belonged because the officers had to leave for an emergency.

      Mo's heart raced, her blood pressure rose, her face turned red, her

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