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Carlotta Wren has always dreamed of taking a vacation from her life as daughter to fugitive parents and mother to her younger brother, Wesley. So when she is temporarily suspended from her job at Neiman Marcus, the invitation from hunky body mover Cooper Craft to ride to Florida for some fun... read more

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Carlotta helps a friend move a body from one morgue to the celebrity's home town for interment. They encounter all kinds of mishaps and people on this trip. Carlotta is also visited by her father who left them years before. It's a good story and I enjoyed it. But starting ionthe middle like... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Carlotta helps a friend move a body from one morgue to the celebrity's home town for interment. They encounter all kinds of mishaps and people on this trip. Carlotta is also visited by her father who left them years before. It's a good story and I enjoyed it. But starting ionthe middle like that I didn't get a feel of what Carlotta was really like. I will read others in the future, just try to get them in order.

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  • Carlotta Wren: Main character and sales associate at Neiman Marcus
  • Wesley Wren: Carlotta's brother and a body mover
  • Jack Terry: police Detective and possible love interest
  • Peter Ashford: Carlotta's ex-fiance, recently widowed, possible love interest, works for Mashburn & Tully where Carlotta's father supposedly embezzled money
  • Hannah Kizer: Carlotta's best friend
  • Randolph Wren: Carlotta and Wesley's father, on the lam for suspected embezzlement from the Mashburn & Tully investment firm
  • Cooper Craft: Body mover, Wesley's boss, ex chief medical examiner, possible love interest
  • Father Thom: scary loan shark that Wesley owes money
  • The Carver: scary loan shark that Wesley owes money
  • Chance Hollander: Wesley's disreputable friend
  • Eldora: a.k.a. E, Wesley's probation officer
  • Kelvin Lucas: the D.A. working hard to get Randolph Wren
  • Mrs. Winningham: Carlotta and Wesley's neighbor
  • Liz Fischer: Randolph Wren's former attorney
  • Kiki Dearling: celebutante
  • Kayla Deerling: Kiki's older sister, owns a restaurant
  • Matt Pearson: Kiki's ex-boyfriend and former boy band member
  • Marquita White: Kiki's publicist, and also Matt's publicist
  • Naomi Kane: Kiki's best friend
  • Wayne Barber: Kiki's stalker
  • Meg: Wesley's coworker at City Hall
  • Jamie Reardon: Kayla's fiance, a wealthy Atlanta land developer
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

Neiman Marcus

First Sentence edit see section history

Carlotta Wren bumped her cast against the door frame leading from the kitchen to the living room.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 3 of 8 in Body Movers. (standard series)

Preceded by 2 Bodies for the Price of 1, and followed by 4 Bodies And A Funeral.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Stephanie Bond (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Mira Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 9780778326076
Page Count: 315

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