“He was using me as bait. And I was nobody’s bait. My mother had not
crossed the Straits of Florida with a baby in her arms for me to become bait on
dry land. I, Giselle Santos, was going to solve this mystery on my own.”—Gigi
JEWELER’S MARK: A Love and Diamond Mystery by R.V. Reyes is a fun,
breath-stealing, edge-of-your-seat page turner!
Miami. Murder. Mafia. Mayhem.
Giselle “Gigi” Santos is a sassy modern Latina working to make her
family diamond company on par with Winston and Cartier. She is also dateless for her 10th
year high school reunion. Enter sexy and
brooding Detective Carlos Garcia; just what the doctor ordered, or was he?
Carlos in investigating a recent theft at Gigi’s jewelry store, but why
does she feel like a suspect? Suddenly her whole week goes to pieces.
Monday: Carlos entered her life and made her point her loupe in his direction.
Tuesday: Gigi and her outspoken BFF Lou get into a tiff with Rosario “La Fea”,
their high school nemesis and head of the reunion committee. That night Rosario
is murdered.
Wednesday: Gigi and Lou are suspects. And worse yet, she learns someone
is producing counterfeit copies of her best diamond rings.
Thursday: Gigi is so nervous she almost burns Carlos thinking he is a
prowler.
Friday: She is attacked, and she still doesn’t have a date for the
reunion!
Life gets more complicated and scary from there on, like something out
of The Sopranos, but Russian. And Carlos
drives her crazy. He makes her feel everything from anger to lust to safety and
back again. But Gigi is not a damsel in distress in need of rescuing….much. She
decides to conduct her own investigation into the counterfeiters with Lou’s
help – the deadly duo from La Caridad! – but it’s not fun when her brother is threatened
and Lou is kidnapped. Suddenly, Gigi finds that she might need Carlos’ help
after all.#
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: R.V. Reyes is
the third generation to work in her family’s jewelry business. Before
continuing the family legacy, she studied theatre at the University of New
Mexico, worked in nonprofit, learned photography in Puerto Rico, and lived the
poet’s life. She resides in Miami with a revolving cast of foster kittens, a
delightfully snarky teenager, and an ever-patient husband. Connect with her at:
Website: rvreyes.com/blog
Facebook: facebook.com/CozyinMiami
Twitter: twitter.com/@writerRVR