Being a single parent isn’t easy, especially when The Ex rarely remembers his financial obligations to me and our kids. Which is why I, Cassandra Davenport, recently concluded I needed a better paying job than working as the Arts and Entertainment reporter for our local newspaper. Short of stripping or pole dancing, I’d do just about anything as long as the job came with health insurance and a salary large enough to keep a roof over our heads, the bills paid, the car gassed, and food on the table.

Unfortunately, no one was hiring—or at least no one was interested in hiring me—until the other day when a rather odd email landed in my IN box. It read:

Tired of all the problems?
Be part of the solution.
Full and part-time positions available. Flex hours. Full benefits. Ideal position for moms reentering the workforce. Apply at www.savingtheworld.us

The job posting said nothing about wearing spandex and a cape. Nor did it mention qualified applicants must be faster than a speeding bullet and be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. So I figured neither the Justice League nor the Avengers were in the market for additional superheroes. I’m not exactly superhero material. The only running I ever do is when I’m running late, and my leaping is limited to wrong conclusions—like when I assumed ‘til death do us part really meant death and not just until some double-D, twenty-something bimbo came along.

I figured this particular job involved soliciting contributions for a green charity. I wasn’t averse to a bit of telemarketing on behalf of a good cause. They had me at full benefits. Or at least I hoped they’d have me.

Two hours after filling out the application, while I was snaking a clogged toilet, the phone rang. The woman on the other end invited me to come in for an interview the next morning. After supplying the address, she hung up before I could ask a single question.

The interview turned out to be one of the most bizarre experiences of my life, but I was hired on the spot and at a holy-freakin’-moley salary that was four times what The Ex made. Green charity? Let’s just say I’d leaped to another erroneous conclusion. Also, the job absolutely did not involve telemarketing.

Of course, I accepted. How could I not? But from that moment on, my life changed forever. I may not be wearing spandex or a cape, but I suppose you could call me a superhero of sorts. I’m not cleaning up the planet, but I am cleaning up the country—one bad guy at a time. That’s what we do at the Mom Squad.

Moms in Black, A Mom Squad Caper #1
Genre: Humorous Caper
Release: February 8, 2021
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When Cassandra Davenport applies for a job at www.savingtheworld.us, she expects to find a ‘green’ charity. Instead, she becomes the newest member of a covert organization run by ex-government officials. Dubbed the Mom Squad, the organization is the brainchild of three former college roommates—attorney general Anthony Granville, ex-FBI agent Gavin Demarco, and tech billionaire Liam Hatch—all of whom have lost loved ones at the hands of terrorists. Financed by Hatch, they work in the shadows and without the constraints of congressional oversight, reporting directly to Granville.

Demarco heads up one of the six groups that comprise the new operation. He hires Cassandra as the newest member of his New Jersey based team. In the course of monitoring possible terrorist threats, the Mom Squad discovers a link to Cassandra’s ex-husband. Before she’s fully trained, Cassandra is thrust into a world where her ex may be involved with radicalized terrorists bent on killing as many Americans as possible.

And while they’re saving the world from an imminent attack, what in the world will Cassandra do about all that sexual tension simmering between her and her new boss?

About the Author
USA Today and Amazon bestselling and award-winning author Lois Winston writes mystery, romance, romantic suspense, chick lit, women’s fiction, children’s chapter books, and nonfiction under her own name and her Emma Carlyle pen name. Kirkus Reviews dubbed her critically acclaimed Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery series, “North Jersey’s more mature answer to Stephanie Plum.” In addition, Lois is a former literary agent and an award-winning craft and needlework designer who often draws much of her source material for both her characters and plots from her experiences in the crafts industry.

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