Spotlight and Giveaway: HASTA LA VISTA, LOLA by Misa Ramirez

Hello, everyone! Today I'm offering you a spotlight and giveaway for HASTA LA VISTA, LOLA by Misa Ramirez. My review will be posted later - my mom's in the hospital, and I don't have much computer time. I don't really have time to "perfect" this post, but today is my scheduled day on the blog tour, and I wanted to have something up. I'll probably edit in a few more details later on today. Hope you all understand!

HASTA LA VISTA, LOLA

by Misa Ramirez

Pub. Date: February 2010

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Format: Hardcover, 272pp

Series: A Lola Cruz Mystery Series

ISBN-13: 9780312384036

ISBN: 0312384033

Description (from the publisher):
When Lola comes home to her parents’ house to find a horde of relatives mourning her death, no one is more surprised than she is. The news had reported that one Lola Cruz, PI was found murdered in an alley, causing great alarm in the Cruz family. Before Lola can say “boo,” a cop comes to the house. It turns out the dead woman had a driver’s license with Lola’s information. Between avoiding an unsavory ex-boyfriend, sorting out mixed signals from the very interested but not yet committed Jack Callaghan, and filling in as a waitress at her parents’ Mexican restaurant, Lola tries to find out who the woman was and why she stole her identity. Was the woman hiding from someone who meant her harm, or is there someone out there who wants Lola dead?

This follow-up to Ramirez’s debut novel, Living the Vida Lola, is a red-hot, fun-filled mystery. Lola, a black belt in kung fu who loves to salsa dance, makes for a sexy, unique, and vivacious detective.

Click here to read an excerpt.

Click here to visit the author's website. (This is a really fun site - don't miss it!)

About the author (from the publisher):
Misa Ramirez is proud to be a Latina-by-marriage. A native California girl and a former middle- and high-school teacher, she now writes full-time in her home near Dallas, Texas, where she lives with her husband and five children.

RULES FOR ENTERING THE GIVEAWAY:

I have one (1) copy of
 HASTA LA VISTA, LOLA
 up for grabs.

• Leave a comment on this post telling me something about your favorite fictional female detective(s). 

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• Winners must provide a U.S. or Canadian street address -- no P.O. Boxes!

• Deadline for entry is 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday, February 26, 2010.

• Winners will have 48 hours to respond to my email announcing that they have won; if I don't hear from a winner, I will draw another name.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.