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The hosts discussed the title as part of a series of romance novels that a deputy district attorney was using to extract details for a murder investigation. They noted that the books followed a formulaic plot about a former Navy SEAL rescuing a woman from a dangerous husband and described it as an odd choice for honeymoon reading. Overall, the series was mentioned mainly for its relevance to the case rather than as a recommendation.
Episode: Listen Now: Happily Never After: Dan & Nancy
It was an odd choice of reading for a honeymoon. Every book was more or less the same. Burleigh, former Navy SEAL, comes to the rescue of beautiful young woman on the run from her dangerous husband.
She was already on book number two in the Wrong Never Felt So Right series.
Every book was more or less the same.
Burleigh, former Navy SEAL, comes to the rescue of beautiful young woman on the run from her dangerous husband.
It was an odd choice of reading for a honeymoon.
Episode: Listen Now: Happily Never After: Dan & Nancy
This series of romance novels, written by the deceased husband's wife, was the unlikely lead that the deputy district attorney used to try and solve the murder. The novels included details about the victim's life as a Portland chef and the wife's life as a romance novelist. The books were very similar, all including a former Navy SEAL rescuing a beautiful woman from her dangerous husband. The novels contained details that were borrowed from their own lives, which the DAs had no other way to access. The deputy district attorney was determined to get through all five books by the end of her honeymoon.
She was already on book number two in the Wrong Never Felt So Right series.
And she was determined to get through all five books by the end of her trip.
Every book was more or less the same.
Burleigh, former Navy SEAL, comes to the rescue of beautiful young woman on the run from her dangerous husband.
It was an odd choice of reading for a honeymoon.
A series of romance novels written by the dead man's wife.
Her books were packed with details borrowed from their own lives as a local Portland chef and a romance novelist.
Details that the DAs had no other way to get their hands on.
I wasn't so sure there would truly be anything, but it was sort of in the back of my mind, what if something similar to this has played out in one of her novels and it's all written right there for us to find.
