Paisley Ray

It's '86, the era of Pop Rocks, Jelly shoes, and big hair bands. Rachael O'Brien's freshman plan seems simple: Attend a southern college away from her hometown of Canton, Ohio, earn a degree, party, and meet cute guys, hopefully acing the latter two. But being threatened by a jealous She-Devil, avoiding the advances of a thirty-something redneck, and discovering an art fraud scheme mess with her “to do” list. On top of her troubles at school, Rachael finds herself forging a new relationship with her emotionally shaken father after Mom abandons the family to pursue a psychic calling. Bad decision-making, law-bending behavior, and surprise romances make freshman year challenging in Paisley Ray's DEEP FRIED AND PICKLED quick-witted, south of the Mason-Dixon romp.

Deep Fried and Pickled

Summer Flambé

Rachael O'Brien, a girl from the cornfields of Canton, Ohio, returns to college in North Carolina in her old Ford. Before the engine has cooled she finds herself in a passionate lip-lock with the man she's been fantasizing about, making sophomore year seem full of promise. But Rachael soon falls on the wrong side of the most feared professor on campus, who happens to be her advisor, intern boss, and the teacher of an art history course she can't drop. Having applied for a scholarship Rachael needs high marks, but tensions with the professor become dicey and she fears her grade is in jeopardy when it seems they've become romantic rivals. Rachael will have to think fast and suck it up if she wants to secure the financial aid she desperately needs. Staying on top of classes, navigating murky relationship waters, roommate drama, a psychics warning, and a terrifying encounter from the past are just some of Rachael's challenges. She will have to use cunning and wit to avoid being SHELLED AND SHUCKED and live to see junior year.

Shelled and Shucked

In book four of THE RACHAEL O'BRIEN CHRONICLES, a novella, Rachael is bound for England. Accompanied by her grandmother, an old family friend, and a guy pal from college, she thinks that distancing herself from the southern men she's developed an appetite for as well as the secret she left in the swamp, will give her the emotional breather she needs. But for Rachael, nothing is ever simple and an oyster brooch with a murky past leads her into trouble. Being followed by a mysterious agent and having her hotel room ransacked, Rachael seeks refuge aboard a narrowboat. As her expedition crashes along the banks of Britain's canals she journey's to unearth the stunning secrets embedded within the golden brooch in Paisley Ray's TOAD IN THE HOLE.

Toad in the Hole

Swamp Cabbage

Sunchoke

Praise the Lard

In book five of THE RACHAEL O'BRIEN CHRONICLES, Rachael is psyched to ditch dorm life, but can't shake the ominous feeling about her landlord, who has a history of meddling in her love life. When psychic groupies crash a house party, Rachael is mortified to find her estranged mother at the helm, telling of danger. She brushes Mom's forewarnings aside--until one by one, they come true. Academics would be a breeze if the most feared professor on campus hadn't trapped Rachael into interning. The professor's new extra-curricular import venture uses Rachael as free labor. When deliveries go missing, so does a roommate and an international art smuggling scheme, with life-or-death stakes is uncovered in Paisley Ray's JOHNNY CAKES.

Johnny Cakes

Hot Tamale

In book ten, Rachael O'Brien's blossoming relationship with a handsome FBI agent has lifted her romantic hopes, but being on the run from a murder charge presents a thorny conflict of interest for the lawman.Determined to clear her name, Rachael enlists her worldly grandmother and her southern fried friends to help flush out the wily voodoo priestess who holds the key to exoneration. But plans are complicated with family dynamics when Aunt Gert, the Sunset Towers retirement homes newest tenant, claims the place is rife with devil worshippers hell bent on killing off the residents.In Paisley's Ray's DEVILED HAM inner strength and survival instincts are tested as Rachael struggles to prove her innocence, protect her family, and kindle a romance. Can she untangle the knots that bedevil her before all is lost?

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