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The Man Next Door by Sheila Roberts delivers a cozy standalone fiction mixed with family, neighbors and new begins. Find out what happens when Zona moves back in with her mom as the two navigate changes and spy on the hot neighbor next door. Did he kill his girlfriend?

Love in the Time of Serial Killers meets The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window in this delightful romp about a recently broke divorcee who moves in with her house-bound mother only to spend their days spying on her grumpy, mysterious, and sexy new neighbor.

Zona never thought her life was headed this way, but here she is, newly divorced and moving back in with her mom, Louise. After her gambling addicted ex-husband lost all of their savings, including their daughter's college fund, she doesn't really have a choice. She's cutting every coupon she can and she's going to help put her daughter through nursing school, even if it kills her.

This wasn't Louise's plan, either, laid up at home with a broken leg after one unfortunate tumble on the senior singles cruise she'd been looking forward to for months. But if she's going to spend all her time at home, at least she's got her daughter there with her. And there's some hot new eye candy next door to distract them both from their troubles. He appears to be single and just around Zona's age. Could his arrival be the universe making amends for everything it's put her through?

Maybe the universe isn't feeling as generous as Louise hoped. There’s something lurking under that mans surface charm, something…dangerous? And who's the woman they can hear him in all-out shouting matches with on the other side of the fence? When the woman seems to disappear without a trace, imaginations run wild. Or at least, Zona hopes it's just her mother's imagination...

The Man Next Door delivers a small-town cozy tale about a woman recently divorced with trust issues who moves back home with her mother. This zany tale has them spying on their new sexy neighbor and dealing with the curveballs life throws at them.

Zona’s second husband, unbeknownst to her, had a gambling problem that left her broke and struggling to replace the tuition money he stole from her daughter. So she moves back in with her mom, Louise, while she works a full-time job and hustles on the side to raise funds.

Louise leads a full life and has an active circle of friends, including the gentleman down the street, but she and her dog Dorothy aren’t settling. In fact, she has booked herself on a singles cruise to Hawaii.

As the daughter and mother settle into a routine, they can’t help but spy on their new neighbor. At first, Louise thinks of setting Zona up. However, when he fights loudly with a woman, they have concerns. Did I mention Louise dreams of writing a mystery novel and spends her days watching true crime documentaries?

I wasn’t sure what I was getting into and, if I am honest, I thought this would be an amateur detective story. The tale that unfolds has it all from family bonds, friendship, budding romances and naughty dog antics. The mystery is more of the nosy neighbor sort, but we have some suspenseful moments. If you like cozy stories with a bit of mystery and everything but the kitchen sink, you’ll enjoy this easy tale.

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