Author proceeds from the sale of this 29,000 word novella are donated directly to Toys for Tots. Thank you for your generous support. Lexie Starr, the 50-year-old co-owner of a B and u0026B, adopts a local military family struggling to make ends meet at Christmas while the father serves in Afghanistan. Soon collection bins are overflowing with toys, food, and household items for the Allens, so Lexie expands her cause to the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program. Then the most expensive toys go missing and Lexie is determined to bring the holiday-cheer-stealing grinch to justice... until she meets him. Foreword by Sgt. Dominique G. Yost, USMC, Toys for Tots Coordinator, Leavenworth, Kansas Reviews: and "Lexie's sly, tongue-in-cheek sense of humor provides plenty of laugh-out-loud moments. and " -Booklist on Leave No Stone Unturned THE LEXIE STARR MYSTERIES, in series orderLeave No Stone UnturnedThe Extinguished GuestHauntedWith This RingJust DuckyThe Spirit of the Season (a novella) ABOUT JEANNE GLIDEWELL: A pancreas kidney transplant recipient, Jeanne lives in Kansas with her husband chubby cat. When not writing, Jeanne is promoting organ donation and stalking wildlife with her camera.