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La Dolce Vita or Bust(The Stand-Alone Prequel to the Best-Selling Val Fremden Midlife Mystery Series!)We've all dreamed of ditching everything and running off to another country -- but almost no one actually ever does. Well, Val feels like she's almost no one. Invisible to her husband and dissatisfied with her life, deep in her soul Val yearns to be someone else.Someone sexy. Someone happy. So she buys a ticket and takes off to Italy. With only her favorite romance novel to guide her, Val's got her heart set on relaxation, romance and reinvention. But she soon finds out that handsome men, like life, have plans of their own. In the race to rediscover herself, what awaits Val at the finish line may be a completely unexpected type of victory.... Will Val score a home run? Or will she just want to run home? If you've ever dreamed of ditching your life and running off to Europe, now's your chance! Join Val on a roller-coaster ride through Europe that will leave you gasping! From gut-busting hilarity to gut-wrenching gaffs, finding yourself again is always worth the price of admission. Get your ticket now! Absolute Zero is a full-length, stand-alone novel. It's also the funny, yet often heart-wrenching prequel to the hilarious Val Fremden Midlife Mystery Series.Absolute Zero is not a mystery, per se. (Unless you count the mystery of why in the world we do the crazy things we do!) Instead, this novel is a satirical look at starting over after forty. Just like life, it's full of ups and downs - especially as told through the eyes of a sharp-witted, reluctantly redneck woman who's always played it safe - until now. Freedom comes at a great price for Val. Will it be worth it? Well, that's up to you.... Pick up a copy and come along for a tour of Italy, Germany, and the human heart. What Readers are Saying about Absolute Zero: "This character makes you proud to be a woman.""With quick wit, pages of adventures, dialogue that sucked me into the scenes, and descriptions that created the most hilarious visuals, Absolute Zero is an every woman's tale of rediscovery." USA Today Bestselling author Pamela Crane"I have long been a Janet Evanovich fan and she is my go to author when someone asks for a book recommendation. Now, I can add Margaret Lashley to that very short list.""Loved it. Couldn't stop, had to see what happened next.""Want a good laugh and a new friend? Grab this.""Her characters are lovable and believable and you cheer, and cry, along with them.""Wonderful book. Had me at the first paragraph.""What a ride! I laughed, I cried. What an enjoyable way to leave your own troubles behind."

It's Hammer Time!Old habits die hard -- but old lounge chairs die harder.Val knows she can't solve all the world's problems, so she's settled on two: smashing every tacky figurine on the planet...and ridding the universe of her boyfriend's hideous vinyl recliner.During a neighborhood yard sale, the fate of Tom's beloved chair comes down to a wager. But what Val antes up in exchange proves hard to live without, and soon has her wrestling the demons she keeps locked in her closet - both literally and figuratively.With an old nemesis breathing down her back and a dear friend missing in action, Val soon finds herself jonesing for more than ordinary justice.Who'll win the battle of wills? Who'll lose? And who in the world is Sir Albert Snoggles, III?Come along for the ride as Val's "Hammer of Justice" lays waste to atrocities of both the ceramic and non-ceramic kind -- and the gang learns that when you mess around with Karma, just who ends up dealing the final blow is anybody's guess.If you like wacky, deeply flawed characters and laugh-out-loud situations, you'll love Figure Eight! It's the eighth installment in Margaret Lashley's hilarious Val Fremden Midlife Mystery Series.What Readers are Saying about Figure Eight: "Deliciously screwball!""This is one of those books that make you want to curl up in a cozy chair and forget the world.""Fabulous characters, fast-paced excitement, touching situations, and more laugh-out-loud moments than I could count are the things you will find in the pages of this one. It shouldn't be missed!""This book ROCKED!!! Val and the gang are back....and I laughed out loud reading this!!!""So very funny! I finished it in one sitting!""I thoroughly enjoy the sarcastic humor and her ability in describing the situations, which offers a fantastic visual and, many times, laugh-out-loud occurrences.""Just when I think she can't think of anything funnier for Val to do, she does!""This author has a way of drawing you in and keeping you interested right until the end."

They Say Three's a Charm. But Charming isn't Val's Style.Val Fremden is a lot of things. Quirky. Jaded. Disaster prone - to name a few.But more than anything, she's afraid of commitment.So it's no wonder that when boyfriend Tom tells her he loves her, Val plays it cool. But when he accidently hauls her mom's ashes to a junkyard, Val loses it like Chernobyl 2.0!On the warpath with Tom, Val turns to her wacko, low-rent friends to help track down her mom's cremains. But three botched stakeouts and two disasters later, she still hasn't got peanuts. Through trial (but mostly error), Val discovers it's not easy to outwit a mobile master of disguise while driving around a paddy-wagon full of nutcases.She loves Tom...she loves him not. Knowing Val, she's gonna need a bigger flower....Three Dumb is a satirical look at how life, over time, changes our perception of love and the things we value. It's told through the eyes of a snarky, middle-aged woman with legendary commitment issues and a gnawing reluctance toward romance.If you like deeply flawed characters and laugh-out-loud situations, you'll love Three Dumb. It's the third book in Lashley's hilarious, irreverent Val Fremden Midlife Mysteries series. It's seriously funny women's fiction at its best!P.S. If you love humorous, page-turning mysteries like those by Deborah Brown, Julie Mulhern, Lucy Quinn, Tricia O'Malley, Gemma Halliday, Karen Cantwell, Tara Sivec, Liliana Hart, Libby Howard, Chelsea Field, Jana Deleon, Gina LaManna, Janet Evanovich, Denise Grover Swank, Amy Vansant, and Stephanie Bond, you just might love the Val Fremden Midlife Mysteries, too!What Readers are Saying about Three Dumb: "An intelligent whirlwind of girlfriend talk and crisis management from a motley crew who live off the beaten track.""A laugh riot all the way through.""Perfect to pop into your beach bag when you need something light and humorous to read while keeping your brain cells still powered on." "If you like absolutely off-the-wall characters and situations mixed with a good dose of really sound life advice wrapped up in a cozy mystery (without one dead body so far) this is the series for you.""This series has a way of making you take a look at your own life, friends and family. It's hard not to relate to Val and the people in her life." "A middle-aged woman finds truths that we all have had to find, and she does it with humor and grace. The book is filled with the best one liners and I found myself highlighting several profound insights.""If you are looking for entertaining adventures, a story filled with colorful characters, and a book you cannot stop reading, get this book. Its "true to life" wisdom is touching and will make you see yourself in a new way."

Laugh Your Sass Off!Get ready for more snarky, sassy fun! Val and her crazy friends continue their bumbling journey in this second box set. Like the first set containing Glad One, Two Crazy and Three Dumb, this three-volume bundle is packed with adventure, mystery, and rip-roaring hilarity! Prepare yourself for a family holiday you'll never forget, a birthday party to remember, and a new career that Val would rather erase from her memory banks ... Praise for the Val Fremden Midlife Mystery Series: "My cheeks hurt from laughing at the outrageously hilarious situations that Val gets into. Holidays with crazy family members, and the redneck mentality were a hoot and so very accurate. This series is my absolute favorite.""In a style much like Janet Evanovich, her characters leave you laughing out loud and find you wishing to meet them.""I haven't laughed this hard in a while. Val's mother and aunts are hoots. People, you've got to read this book!""It doesn't get much better than this. Another crazy romp through Val land.""I laughed, and cried, until tears ran down my cheeks with both. My heart swelled with joy, my gut clenched with pain. I wanted to reach into the book and hug Val like she was a long lost sister.""To find a book that is both hilarious and tear jerking is somewhat of a rarity and to find an author that produces such books is just as rare. From laughing one minute to being emotional the next, this book is fantastic!!! I recommend this book and the entire series."This bargain-priced volume contains What Four, Five Oh, and Six Tricks. Grab it and get laughing today!