Sweetheart Deal

Now the star of her own reality show, The Family Frugalicious, Maddie Michaels heads south of the border with her family to cover bargain destination weddings at a swank, but budget friendly, Mexican resort. Things get a little too real when timeshare sales manager Alejandro Espinoza makes a play for Maddie one evening and ends up floating dead in the pool the next. Was it an accident or a preplanned part of the Mrs. Frugalicious storyline?

When the show's producers extend the trip so Maddie, her all-but-ex Frank, and the kids can investigate—not to mention get enough footage for a two-part, Emmy-worthy episode—Mrs. Frugalicious fears she's in way more agua caliente than she ever bargained for.

Praise:

"This is not your standard cozy: the premise is engagingly different and stands to become even more so in the future."—Booklist

"The clever series is a plearsure to read."—Crimespree Magazine