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Plain Dealing Kindle Edition

by Shelley Young (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 31 ratings
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Murder in a small rural town turns residents into private dicks ready to solve the case, including four old ladies that the townsfolk call their own FBI (Fickle B*tch Instigators). The rumor mill headquarters are the Snack and Eat Diner and the Piggly Wiggly, and the gossip coming out of both run faster than the Internet. Men folk are armed with rifles. Pickup trucks are out patrolling. Even Lil Joe, a teen boy with the brain of a six year old, is donning black clothing, has armed himself with a toy pistol and has declared himself a deputy from the town’s only police station. What everyone needs is a suspect, but so far Sheriff Earl Ricky ‘Jelly’ Lymon hasn’t given them one. But who needs a sheriff to solve a murder in a town with a population of one thousand, especially when everyone in it thinks they know everything about their neighbor?

Someone amongst them is a killer and all eyes are on Dr. Tell, the owner of the hospital where the victim worked. It jess gotta be him, because rumahs about the unmarried doctor have circulated for yairs. From what everyone’s heard, Dr. Tell takes nurses inside his office two and three at a time and what he does to them behind closed doors would make even a working girl blush. Only problem is his alibi seems tight, but this will only spare him a few more days. As long as the town’s FBI is collecting the latest gossip, everyone reckons that soon they can crack this case open wide.

Only one person isn’t looking for the killer and that’s the town’s outcast. No one likes Alison Saunders because she ain’t a God-fearing Baptist. She’s Catholic and it ain’t good to be diff’ernt around these parts. She’s a nurse at the hospital and someone inside it has her thinking she may be the killer’s next victim. After crashing her car, she relies on Dr. Tell to take her back and forth to work, only to discover the secrets about him that he’s managed to keep out of the rumor mill. He also proves the old saying that in every rumor is a morsel of truth. It doesn't take long before he also has her blushing behind closed doors. With Dr. Tell treating her like her first real friend, she’s ready to stop living like a nun and become a big 'ol sinner. And Dr. Tell isn’t letting her down as he introduces this young Southern woman to a lifestyle she never knew existed. It seems like both of them are falling in love, but after more women connected with the hospital are murdered, Sheriff Jelly can’t help wondering if Alison has turned herself into the perfect victim.

Filled with moments of knee-slapping laughter, this book will have you experiencing small town country living, bdsmerotica and a murder mystery you may be unable to put down or solve until the last page.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00IMUT6X2
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Shelley Fiction Publishing (February 24, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 24, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 858 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 426 pages
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Shelley Young

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I'm currently finishing the sequel to the Forbidden Lily and planning to release six new novels. Other than knowing that about me, I’m passionate about storytelling. I wake, dream and live on new book ideas. I believe coffee is a food and a must, especially in the morning, and the first time I bought a Kindle I was convinced I lost my mind, because I love the smell of a printed book.

Regardless of the genre I'm writing, I love writing about bad men and strong women as much as I like including romance between characters, because all women know there’s nothing like love. I have a few book series: historical, romantic-suspense, and sci-fi. I enjoy writing because it’s who I am. If by chance you want to know more about me, you can check out my website www.shelleyfiction.com.

*Dardian Dreshaj has lived twelve years solely during the night. A handsome, Albanian immigrant who loves as passionately as he kills, he is the highest paid contract killer in America.

*Bad doctor, good nurse is a lethal combination. For Dr. Andreus Tell, who has a temperament as dark as his well-kept secret, it's no wonder women are falling head-over-heels dead in the small town of Plain Dealing where he lives. Is he a murderer? Is his persuasive mannerism potent enough to fool everyone around him?

*Ericka Martin can 'see' the past, present and future, but unfortunately for her, her gift sometimes doesn't allow her to 'see' until it's too late. After listening to her inner voice, she arrives in Blue Trees Mountain only to discover the secret the government has kept from the public. Aliens are real, and those living among us have a deadly agenda. Although Ericka has seen the future, she must find a way to live long enough to lead a rag-tag army to victory. But how can she when the aliens that have invaded has listed her as priority number one when they discover she has seen the secret that could free humanity from domination?

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The Teach
5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't stop reading
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2014
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This is an amazing story. In a town where everyone knows everything about everyone, hospital nurse Alison, the local outcast, is hiding several life-altering secrets. And she's not the only one. Dr. Tell, the town's benefactor, has even more. And they're not the ones his nosy neighbors think they are. Fate brings the two together on a country road in a terrible storm, and passion flares, dragging the pair into a world of BDSM, organized crime, passion and murder. But are the doctor and the half nun somehow involved, or are they collateral damage? I won't tell, and neither will the author, not until the very end, an end you won't see coming.
What I liked: a fast-paced and well reasoned plot, believable, flawed characters. (I did NOT like Dr. Tell at first, but he grew on me). The erotic love story, which was rendered in a classy way. The sense of being off-balance. Was this one the killer? That one? Who was it? And it was someone I never saw coming. The character of Alison. I could relate to her quite a bit.
What I didn't like: not much. A few minor typos that didn't interrupt the flow of the reading. And the huge pile of dishes I didn't get around to washing because I couldn't stop reading.
Well done, Ms. Young. I'll definitely be looking for more of your writing.
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Beth Lechman
3.0 out of 5 stars ... this book grabbed me at the beginning i was disappointed that it shifted from finding the killer of nurses ...
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2015
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Although the plot of this book grabbed me at the beginning i was disappointed that it shifted from finding the killer of nurses in this small town to more about the sex life of one of the doctors. If you like reading about BDSM scenes you will enjoy reading this book. Was a bit much for my taste.
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Abby N.
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable Medical Thriller
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2014
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Shelley Young does a good job of raising questions to build the suspense in her novel: the first few chapters, especially, paint an ominous picture for a woman-in-jeopardy (Allison, the heroine), who is stranded in a hurricane with no one to turn to except one of the two men whom she fears the most in her small town. Shelley does a great job of painting small-town Louisiana and a strong supporting cast of secondary characters. If you like medical thrillers, check out this Indie Author's work!
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Rocket
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Read I had not read any Shelly Young books ...
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2015
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I had not read any Shelly Young books before this one. I found it enjoyable.
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S. Cornellier
1.0 out of 5 stars Got Porn?
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2015
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I was looking for a good mystery and the book description and reviews seemed to indicate that Plain Dealing would be a great choice. However, no where in the description did I see the words "erotica", "bondage", or "domination". While there was initially some interesting plot and character development, I don't enjoy reading about the subjugation of women, and erotic fiction is not what I was looking for. Moreover, the plot (in the 142 pages I could tolerate) was progressing towards a story-line far more focused on sex than mystery. I don't know who the other reviewers were, but I suspect they are either fans of erotic fiction or relatives of the author.
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Melinda
5.0 out of 5 stars Sophisticated Storytelling
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2015
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I was pleasantly surprised at the depth and complexity of this book. Shelley Young certainly knows her way around a netherworld that most people never see. The way she wove that in with medical details and complex, interesting characters made for a rich, sophisticated read.
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Rosario M. Barrera
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this book!
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2015
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Thriller,romance, small town, kink...this is the epitome of a summer afternoon read. It was a page turner from the start, with lots of twists and turns. Colorful characters and an unusual setting. I loved this book.
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Oddo
3.0 out of 5 stars Torture Alert
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2015
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Read only about 20%, and chose to quit the book due to a few disturbing scenarios. I wouldn't have reviewed the book, but wanted to alert anyone who might not be interested in reading gruesome descriptions.
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Karl Wiggins
5.0 out of 5 stars I cannot recommend the writing of Shelley Young highly enough
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 2, 2014
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This is the second book by Shelley Young I’ve read this year. It started slowly enough and I initially felt it might be a struggle, but I soon found myself drawn in by this mistress of the written word.

I don’t say that lightly, but there’s something about Shelley’s writing that leads you to believe you’re holding a sparkler - a slow-burning firework most often held by children - only to discover you’ve actually got hold of an atom bomb!

Where do I start? There are erotic writers, plenty of them, but none to match Shelley Young. Some erotic writers are jumping on the E.L. James bandwagon – some even name their books ‘Fifty Sheds of Grey’ or ‘Fifty Shades of BDSM’ or I don’t know what else. They’re generally not very good, but they’re hoping their ‘unique’ title will sell a few books. Some erotic writers are clearly just living out their own fantasies. You can always tell which ones these are because they have no profile picture on Amazon or Twitter or Goodreads, or instead they’ve got a picture of a lady with full, perky breasts peeking out of a snow-white bra. She’ll be wearing high leather boots and carrying a whip and …. Well, I’m sure you get the picture. All very nice, but it’s not the author, so what is she/he hiding? And some erotic writers are bloody awful with a storyline of a pizza delivery boy with an incredible six-pack (always) and a penis that twangs harder than a piano string getting laid by the lady of the house in a scenario reminiscent of ‘Confessions of a Window Cleaner,’ but with a dollop of smut thrown in for good measure.

Shelley Young is not even on the same page as these writers. Let me tell you, she is in a class of her own!

First of all, I don’t even know if she classes herself as an erotic writer, but she is. She writes about dominance and submission, bondage and discipline, sadism and masochism, latex and rubber fetishes, BDSM etiquette, top/dominant and bottom/submissive, crops, whips, floggers and even dungeon monitors in such a mature manner that she has either researched her subject extremely well or she leads a very engaging and delightful social life herself.

I generally consider myself to be a man of clean thoughts and naïve tastes, and in my innocence believed that a bit of bondage involved tying one partner to the bedposts and fooling around a little. WOW! Shelley Young soon put me right on those misconceptions.

But this book is so much more than all of this. It has a main plot which involves people being killed in a small town and the honest but inexperienced Sherriff’s attempts to solve the case whilst he becomes increasingly overwhelmed with matters he has no understanding of. And the book also has a sub-plot and another sub-plot beneath that and further hidden levels of sub-plots and sub-sub-plots that you find yourself captivated by the rich characterisations and their relationships with each other.

More than this, though, we have a reluctant ‘submissive’ trying to come to terms with the demands that she adopt a deferential and accommodating nature in a disciplined manner, and a ‘dominant’ trying to come to terms with a relationship in which both partners are equal.

Put all that in the mix and see what comes out. I cannot recommend the writing of Shelley Young highly enough.

(And as a postscript, I wouldn’t like to leave this review with any misconceptions about my views on erotic writers. I’ve found them to be amongst the most helpful and the most supportive of all other authors, bloggers, spin-doctors, song-writers and scribblers. Huge love to all writers out there – you all work hard enough - but it never fails to amaze me when we discover people who some would regard as being at the lower end of the social scale are actually the most decent human beings? Strange how the perspective changes with the point of view, isn’t it? Quite often those who don’t possess a coarse streak very often possess a cruel one).
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