USA Today bestselling author Jennifer L. Hart

That's right, book one of the Damaged Goods mystery series, Final Notice is now available on NetGalley.  Also, I'm hosting a Final Notice Friday the 13 Facebook party tomorrow 1-9 PM EST on the Damaged Goods page. Some terrific authors and great prizes up for grabs. It's going to be a blast, so make sure you stop by! And on June 25 from 7-8 EST I've got a kick ass Twitter Party planned. To join just use the hashtag #FinalNoticeBash . Jackie Parker and I will both be there so come and join the fun! And don't forget, Final Notice is only $0.99 on Kindle and with the Smashwords Code XS75C thru June 30!

She's serving up mayhem in the Magic City.... FINAL STRAW  Dishing out bad news is Jackie Parker's job. So when her boss grabs her assets one time too many, she serves him her notice and hopes he chokes on it. There must be a better way for a certified process server to make a living in Miami than working for a lousy lecherous lawyer. Whatever Jackie decides, her number one priority is to spend time with her husband, Luke, preferably without his brother Logan--AKA the Dark Prince. FINAL WARNING Despite Logan's objections, Luke asks her to join forces in their own property management team, Damaged Goods. Drawing the line between professional and personal lives proves challenging, especially when Logan serves her an ultimatum--tell Luke the truth about what really happened the night they first met, or he will. Sexual harassment is looking better and better. FINAL NOTICE Fester Gomez is three months behind on the rent for his pricey South Beach condo and Damaged...

Chapter One             That creep had grabbed my ass for the last time.             I raised the clipboard in my hands up over my head— ready to smash it down on the booty grabber’s cranium—when Marcy Regan snuck up behind me and snatched my makeshift weapon out of my hands.               “Don’t, Jackie. He’ll file an assault charge.”             “Then I’ll file the sexual harassment charge.” I seethed.             “Think of the paperwork,” Marcy hissed. “And the lawyers.”             It was not an idle observation. Marcy worked for the Miami-Dade County Clerk and she spent her days up to her eyeballs in paperwork. And I was currently e...

  They say a picture's worth a thousand words. Well, in this case I'm hoping it'll be worth 75 thousand words, the typical length of one of my mysteries. Why design a working cover? After all, isn't a cover supposed to help sell the completed book to the readers? Well, yes, but first I have to sell myself on the book, to want to see a completed work behind this bad girl. And also because while cover art lets me use a different set of creative skills from writing, flexing different  muscles. And because sometimes it takes more than my partly hazy imagination, something I can stare at and bring about the mood of the piece I'm working on to the fore. Just like creating a playlist, staring at the working cover transports me into the book, helps me mingle with the characters, get the feel of the book, in the case of Final Notice , that's sassy, sexy and off the wall zany. I love the working cover, I love the book and I can't wait to share it all with you.

So this whole online presence thing has gone from being a tool to assist my writing to a pain in the butt that keeps me from writing. Don't get me wrong, I love interacting with readers but I've been spread so thin and my word count is suffering from it. I'm not the kind of person who keeps throwing energy into something that doesn't work. So in that spirit, I've closed down my facebook page, both the public Laundryhag page as well as my private profile. My author stuff is still on goodreads but I'm not. And as for twitter, well, I handed it over to my latest and greatest heroine, Jackie Parker, certified process server in Miami. In case you missed it, here's her welcome feed. 12 hrs Damaged Goods ‏ @ DamagedGoodsAce Jackie here: Snagged the profile from some writer lady and I'm pleased to announce Damaged Goods Property Management is open for business! ...