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The Deputy

Gracie Island, Book 1

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The Deputy

By: Leigh Fenty
Narrated by: John Walker
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Eighteen months after the loss of his wife, Deputy Jasper Goodspeed wasn’t ready to move on. He’d learned to get up every morning, do his job, and smile when necessary. But enjoying himself wasn’t on his list of things to do.

On the evening of his first murder investigation, he was halfway through a night of drinking himself into oblivion. Forgetting was a good thing, if only for one night a month.

Living on an isolated island with a population of three hundred, crime was almost non-existent. Drunk and disorderly and rambunctious kids were the norm. Murder, especially one witnessed by the deputy’s best friend and his visiting sister, Poppie, was a once in a lifetime occurrence.

As rare as it was, Deputy Goodspeed didn’t need a partner. Certainly not one as stubborn and willful as Poppie. Her ability to make him genuinely smile was intriguing and utterly frustrating.

While he tries to ignore his growing feelings for Poppie, Jasper’s friends and family attempt to convince him she’s just what he needs to bring a little sunshine into his dreary existence.

The Deputy is the first book in a four book series following Jasper Goodspeed as he learns to forgive himself and embrace life with someone new.

Get started on the journey today.

©2023 Leigh Fenty (P)2023 Leigh Fenty Contemporary Contemporary Romance Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Romance Small Town & Rural World Literature Crime Murder

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Struggling with the loss of his wife, Deputy Jasper Goodspeed. He gets up every morning, to do his job, and smile when necessary. In the evening he just wants to drink himself in to oblivion. His quiet easy life on the Island changes when a murder, is witnessed by the deputy’s best friend and his visiting sister. Poppy is stubborn and makes him genuinely smile. Can his friend Jasper and family convince him she’s just what he needs

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