Living the Vida Lola, Melissa Bourbon
Living the Vida Lola, Melissa Bourbon
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Living the Vida Lola

Author: Melissa Bourbon

Narrator: Marisa Blake

Unabridged: 8 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/29/2019


Synopsis

Meet Lola Cruz. After paying her dues as an intern, she's now a full-fledged detective at Camacho and Associates. Her boss is Manny Camacho, a muy caliente former cop with a mysterious ex-wife, a Lara Croft look-alike girlfriend, and a sudden personal interest in Lola. Her first big case? A missing mother who may not want to be found. And to make her already busy life even more complicated, Lola's helping her cousin plan her quinceañera and battling her family and their old-fashioned views on women and careers. She's also reunited with the gorgeous Jack Callaghan, her high-school crush whom she shamelessly tailed years ago and photographed doing the horizontal salsa with some other lucky girl. Lola takes it all in stride, but when the subject of her search ends up dead, she realizes she has a lot more to worry about. Soon she finds herself wrapped up in the possibly shady practices of a tattoo parlor, local politics, and someone with serious—maybe deadly—road rage. To top it all off, her treasured post-coital pictures of Jack are missing! Still, Lola is well-equipped to handle these challenges. She's a black belt in kung fu, and her body isn't her only weapon. She's got smarts, sass, and more tenacity than her Mexican mafioso-wannabe grandfather. A few of her famous margaritas don't hurt, either.

About Melissa Bourbon

Melissa Bourbon is the author of the Lola Cruz Mystery series, A Magical Dressmaking Mystery series, and the Bread Shop Mystery Series. She has written as Winnie Archer and also participated in a few top-secret projects. She currently resides with her family, their pug, and their crazy Siberian Husky in the mountains of Colorado.

About Marisa Blake

Marisa Blake is a multi-award-winning audiobook narrator and voiceover artist who is bilingual in both English and Spanish. Passionate about children's literature, she created the YouTube channel Miss Bee’s Audio Reads and regularly volunteers with Learning Ally, an organization that records audiobooks for children with learning disabilities. She enjoys spending time with her husband and three boys in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Moondance on April 20, 2020

When I was fourteen years old, I snapped pictures of Jack Callaghan doing the horizontal salsa in the backseat of a car with Greta Pritchard. Lola Cruz has wanted to be a private eye since she was a teenager. She is currently working for a small agency in her hometown of Sacramento, California. Am mi......more

Goodreads review by Erin L on March 12, 2017

Lola Cruz is a fairly newly licensed PI, but she's wanted to be an investigator for almost her entire life, ever since she stalked her high school crush and snapped pictures of him from the bushes. As a PI, she's given a case to look into a missing woman. Things get complicated in both the investiga......more

Goodreads review by Crystal on August 15, 2021

Lola is finally living her dream. Ever since she was a teen and she snuck around taking pictures of her crush with another girl, Lola decided that she was going to be a detective. Her Latinx family doesn’t understand why she wants to do such a dangerous job when she could be working in the family re......more

Goodreads review by Kim on May 06, 2023

This is a fast paced fun beginning to a series. Lola is a strong independent female protagonist. The secondary characters are interesting and give another level of entertainment to the storyline. The mystery is full of twists and turns to keep you guessing. I have book 2 on my TBR. All thoughts and......more

Goodreads review by Jacob on October 01, 2012

I’m not really sure why I bothered finishing this book. I was emotionally finished with it by about the 2/3 mark, though I’d been coasting by the halfway point. I think I was just curious whether or not Lola finally gets with Jack or not. The problem is that I didn’t care much for Lola. She’s kind of......more