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The Carmel Charmers Series currently includes the two hit stories, Tutti-Frutti Blues and Dude Looks Like A Lady.
This series is set in the charming and picturesque village of Carmel-by-the-Sea
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In the mid 1980s, it became illegal to eat ice cream on the village streets.
In Tutti-Frutti Blues, see what happens to town therapist, Maisie Daniels, when officer Jake Hennessey catches her with a double dip outside the ice cream shop.
Will he cite her for this gross infraction of the law? Or does he have something else in mind?
A year later, the ice cream ban has been lifted, but not so the law requiring one to obtain a permit to wear shoes with high heels!
A year later, the ice cream ban has been lifted, but not so the law requiring one to obtain a permit to wear shoes with high heels!
In Dude Looks Like A Lady, when Pam Howard is conned into standing in for her friend, Maisie, at a reverse
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Both stories are available in The Carmel Charmer Series, a 2-in-1 volume, at a discounted rate. Log in to see what reviewers and readers are saying about this series, then pick up a copy of your own.
Stay tuned for other stories in this series.
Thanks for stopping by!
~ Kemberlee