Romanced to Death — Susan Rogers Cooper

Romance novelist, suburban Texas mom and occasional sleuth, E.J. Pugh is dressed to kill for the Austin writer's convention where she will receive a coveted Lady Award. Leaving her husband, Willis, with their three moody teenagers, she's ready to mingle with her people: the eccentric ladies -- and occasional gentleman -- in love with love.

Her roommate, red-hot historical author Maybella LaRue, aka Jane Dawson, is also eager to share good times and gossip. Instead she ends up dead in a heap at the bottom of a stairwell. Another suspicious death later, and E.J. is back in the detective saddle again, tracking down a killer hiding among her peers. What she finds is a tangle of sin, secrets and desperation connecting some of her fellow romance writers. And though love may be in the air, E.J. is certain that death is lurking...just around the corner.