Grandma's Valentine Abduction
(2026)(The second book in the Ninja Grandparent Placement Mystery series)
A novel by Merida Bass and Catherine Dilts
A mysterious ninja kidnaps another lonely senior citizen and places her with a family in need of a grandparent.
Lovey Dearheart, a sixty-nine-year-old dance instructor and retired Las Vegas showgirl, has never been lucky in love. Has she escaped the unwanted attention of an obsessive fan only to be whisked away by a ninja?
When Lovey goes missing, her sultry dance class for senior citizens at the Happy Marmot Community Center becomes gym receptionist Brie Bramble’s responsibility. Twenty-five-year-old Brie tries to twerk her way into the role of the missing elderly woman, with disastrous results. To make matters more complicated, Brie has close encounters with a ninja her PI father never seems to see.
The seniors pay Thorne Bramble peanut brittle to find Lovey. His investigation takes him into the lair of a donut-loving mastermind who counsels incels in the art of seduction. Colorado Springs’s finest PI teams up with his daughter to crack the case.
Can Brie and Thorne locate Lovey Dearheart before she becomes the permanent Valentine for a family of musical theater fanatics?
Praise for The Ninja Grandparent Placement Mysteries:
Forget fairy godmothers; everyone needs a ninja. Authors Catherine Dilts and Merida Bass are off to a terrific start . . . the duo is made up of a mother/daughter team. The combination of voices and life experiences is clear, as is their sense of humor and passion for grandparents "belonging."
—Donnell Ann Bell, bestselling author of Black Pearl: A Cold Case Suspense
Packed with vivid, hilarious characters and unexpected warmth, the novel blends laugh-out-loud hijinks with a touching reminder that it’s never too late to find family—and love.
—Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Drowning Game Barbara Nickless
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Lovey Dearheart, a sixty-nine-year-old dance instructor and retired Las Vegas showgirl, has never been lucky in love. Has she escaped the unwanted attention of an obsessive fan only to be whisked away by a ninja?
When Lovey goes missing, her sultry dance class for senior citizens at the Happy Marmot Community Center becomes gym receptionist Brie Bramble’s responsibility. Twenty-five-year-old Brie tries to twerk her way into the role of the missing elderly woman, with disastrous results. To make matters more complicated, Brie has close encounters with a ninja her PI father never seems to see.
The seniors pay Thorne Bramble peanut brittle to find Lovey. His investigation takes him into the lair of a donut-loving mastermind who counsels incels in the art of seduction. Colorado Springs’s finest PI teams up with his daughter to crack the case.
Can Brie and Thorne locate Lovey Dearheart before she becomes the permanent Valentine for a family of musical theater fanatics?
Praise for The Ninja Grandparent Placement Mysteries:
Forget fairy godmothers; everyone needs a ninja. Authors Catherine Dilts and Merida Bass are off to a terrific start . . . the duo is made up of a mother/daughter team. The combination of voices and life experiences is clear, as is their sense of humor and passion for grandparents "belonging."
—Donnell Ann Bell, bestselling author of Black Pearl: A Cold Case Suspense
Packed with vivid, hilarious characters and unexpected warmth, the novel blends laugh-out-loud hijinks with a touching reminder that it’s never too late to find family—and love.
—Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Drowning Game Barbara Nickless
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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