No Substitute for Maturity - Paperback

by Carolyn J. Rose (Author)

After tangling with killers (NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MURDER) and a deranged drug dealer (NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MONEY), substitute teacher Barbara Reed craves routine, relaxation, and quality time with drug cop Dave Martin. Moving in together seems like the way to achieve that. But Dave's teenage daughter is part of the package-a package filled with drama, conflict, stress, and shirked responsibility. And Allison's issues are only the tip of a looming iceberg. Thanks to Mrs. Ballantine, Cheese Puff's obedience level falls to new lows. Meanwhile, Barb's smarmy ex-husband lands a job at her condo complex, curriculum changes spark teacher turmoil, and Barb's bombastic sister, Iz, launches a protest against the justice system. Then the police chief resigns, leaving Dave at the mercy of a new boss with an old grudge-a boss who wants Iz arrested for murder.

Author Biography

Carolyn J. Rose is the author of several novels, including Hemlock Lake, Through a Yellow Wood, An Uncertain Refuge, Sea of Regret, A Place of Forgetting, No Substitute for Murder, and No Substitute for Money. She penned a young-adult fantasy, Drum Warrior, and two cozy mysteries, Death at Devil's Harbor and Deception at Devil's Harbor, with her husband, Mike Nettleton, author of The Shotgun Kiss. She grew up in New York's Catskill Mountains, graduated from the University of Arizona, logged two years in Arkansas with Volunteers in Service to America, and spent 25 years as a television news researcher, writer, producer, and assignment editor in Arkansas, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington. She founded the Vancouver Writers' Mixers and is an active supporter of her local bookstore, Cover to Cover. Her interests are reading, gardening, and not cooking.