Lights Out, Valentine

By Neil Plakcy

South Beach hairstylist Ryan hates Valentine's Day. But when the lights go out while he's cutting his favorite client's hair, will he give his heart away? Only Cupid knows!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Neil Plakcy
• Release date: Jan 29, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463711125

Neil Plakcy

Neil Plakcy’s golden retriever mysteries have been inspired by his own goldens, Samwise, Brody and Griffin. He has written and edited many other books; details can be found at his website, http://www.mahubooks.com. Neil, his partner, Brody and Griffin live in South Florida, where Neil is writing and the dogs are undoubtedly getting into mischief.

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Lights Out, Valentine

Valentine’s Day is the worst day of the year, I grumbled, stalking into the South Beach Salon of Beauty, or SoBe S-O-B, as those of us unfortunate enough to work there call it.

The only other stylist in the salon at the time was Lora, a part-time plus-size model who styled hair on the side, and liked to match her nail polish to her smock. Today’s color was, of course, bright red.

What crawled up your butt and died, Ryan? she asked, looking up from wrapping foils around the hair of a dark-haired man who was old enough to know better.

There’s so much pressure everywhere to be in love, I said, dropping my bag on the chair I liked to use, the one in the corner with the working hair dryer. "Roses and cupids and hearts everywhere you look. Every other street corner has