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Download or read book Against The Spread Anna Dawson Book 2 written by Mara Jacobs and published by Copper Country Press LLC. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Mara Jacobs comes Book 2 in the Anna Dawson mystery series. My name is Anna Dawson, and I'm back. Unfortunately, so is JoJo. When the loan shark enforcer who beat me up years ago is found murdered, I'm thinking it's my lucky day. Until I'm questioned as a possible suspect. I have an alibi, but not one I can divulge. Helping college basketball star Raymond Joseph shave points is not exactly something I want to share with the cops. And not just any cop, but Detective Jack Schiller, my recent ex. A man who got a little too close, and seems intent on getting closer. I want Jack back, but I know it'll never work while I still need JoJo in my life. Though, I'm starting to think that maybe I'm strong enough to try. But the enforcer's murder is the least of my problems as Raymond's point-shaving becomes public. I’m going to need every gambling skill I’ve got to win this hand. *NOTE: The case is solved, the perpetrator caught, but there are a few threads that are continuing on through the next book and the series, one of which would be considered a cliffhanger. Books in the Anna Dawson series thus far: 1 - Against The Odds 2 - Against The Spread 3 – Against The Rules 4 - Against The Wall 5 - Against The Grain

Download or read book Against the Grain Anna Dawson Book 5 written by Mara Jacobs and published by Copper Country Press LLC. This book was released on 2021-01-10 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Mara Jacobs comes Book 5 in the Anna Dawson mystery series. My name is Anna Dawson, and I'm on the road to recovery. There are A LOT of potholes.It was just supposed to be helping out a friend. Doing a solid. Paying it forward. All that stuff we talked about in gambling recovery.I wanted to help others because I was in such a good place. I'd started looking into becoming a Private Investigator. Taking classes and doing research. I'd even gone to a gun range. And then a prime opportunity presented itself. I really thought things were falling into place.Two dead bodies later, I'm rethinking all my choices.I have to pull off the bluff of lifetime. Because my life depends on it.*NOTE: The case is solved, the perpetrator revealed, but there are a few threads that are continuing on through the next book and the series. Books in the Anna Dawson series thus far: 1 - Against The Odds 2 - Against The Spread3 - Against The Rules4 - Against The Wall5 - Against The Grain

Download or read book Against The Rules Anna Dawson Book 3 written by Mara Jacobs and published by Copper Country Press LLC. This book was released on 2016-10-10 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Mara Jacobs comes Book 3 in the Anna Dawson mystery series. My name is Anna Dawson, and I'm cured. Famous last words. It’s been over twenty days since I placed my last bet. Jack Schiller and I are back together. Raymond Joseph is settling in to life in Vegas. Life is good. Of course it couldn’t last. A golfing legend dies after playing poker with me and once again I become embroiled in one of Jack’s cases. And it’s one too many for him. He’s done—and not just with me. I try to protect Raymond’s identity from being made public during the spectacle of the sports hero’s death by offering up myself as a scapegoat. Life is getting pretty complicated… And then JoJo shows up. What are the odds I make it out of this one alive? *NOTE: The case is solved, the perpetrator caught, but there are a few threads that are continuing on through the next book and the series. Books in the Anna Dawson series thus far: 1 - Against The Odds 2 - Against The Spread 3 – Against the Rules 4 - Against The Wall 5 - Against The Grain

Download or read book Against The Grain Anna Dawson Book 5 written by Mara Jacobs and published by Copper Country Press LLC. This book was released on 2021-01-30 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Mara Jacobs comes Book 5 in the Anna Dawson mystery series. My name is Anna Dawson, and I’m on the road to recovery. There are A LOT of potholes. It was just supposed to be helping out a friend. Doing a solid. Paying it forward. All that stuff we talked about in gambling recovery. I wanted to help others because I was in such a good place. I’d started looking into becoming a Private Investigator. Taking classes and doing research. I’d even gone to a gun range. And then a prime opportunity presented itself. I really thought things were falling into place. Two dead bodies later, I’m rethinking all my choices. I have to pull off the bluff of lifetime. Because my life depends on it. *NOTE: The case is solved, the perpetrator revealed, but there are a few threads that are continuing on through the next book and the series. Books in the Anna Dawson series thus far: 1 - Against The Odds 2 - Against The Spread 3 – Against The Rules 4 – Against The Wall 5 – Against The Grain

Download or read book Against The Wall Anna Dawson Book 4 written by Mara Jacobs and published by Copper Country Press LLC. This book was released on 2017-05-22 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Mara Jacobs comes Book 4 in the Anna Dawson mystery series. My name is Anna Dawson, and I want to stop gambling. This time I really mean it. Sure, everybody has a bad night now and then. Maybe even one they can’t quite remember. But most of those don’t end with you waking up next to a dead body. I wasn’t crazy about it when it happened to me. Things had been going so well, too. I was in therapy working on my issues and hadn’t gambled in over a month. I’d made some new friends in my group sessions and really enjoyed hanging out with people who shared my flaws. Until I was once again embroiled in a murder case. What’s the over/under on possible jail time? *NOTE: The case is solved, the perpetrator caught, but there are a few threads that are continuing on through the next book and the series. Books in the Anna Dawson series thus far: 1 - Against The Odds 2 - Against The Spread 3 - Against the Rules 4 - Against The Wall 5 - Against The Grain

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