Book excerpt: Audrey Diamond has a mouth she can’t control, a Ph.D. to complete, and too much trouble at her door. Arriving in the sleepy village of Huddlestone, Audrey thinks she’s got a boring two months of cataloguing ahead of her. Then she meets James Chase. An actuary who calculates risks by day and takes them by night, James doesn’t have time to waste on the smart-mouthed woman who’s moved into his old nanny’s house. Until, that is, Audrey finds a set of postcards – clues to a stolen treasure. Clues that could get them both killed. Enter the world of James Chase and Audrey Diamond, an unlikely duo thrust into a series of adventures that will take them around the world and right into each other’s arms. …. Diamond and Chase follows a wisecracking historian and a dropdead gorgeous actuary battling secrets – and each other – for hidden treasure. If you love your action-mysteries with punch, wit, and a splash of romance, grab Diamond and Chase Book One today and soar free with an Odette C. Bell series.