Funny Money

Gwen Harper never expected stand-up comedy to become her second act. She certainly never expected it to keep leading her straight into trouble.

Life has settled into something comfortable - a few shifts a week as an after-school aide, a quiet house in Kansas, her daughter Emily living just above the garage, and the occasional open mic night to remind herself she's still chasing something. And then there's Ethan. Steady, warm, quietly funny Ethan - who just happens to be an undercover federal agent using Gwen's comedy circuit as his cover while investigating a money laundering ring operating out of the local club scene.

It's fine. She's fine.

When a brick sails through a club window with a note attached - You don't get a choice. Fall in line or else - and spray paint appears on the side of another venue reading Last Warning, Gwen and Ethan find themselves pulled into something that goes well beyond bad jokes and worse tip jars. Someone is pressuring club owners across the region into cooperation with a scheme that runs deeper than anyone realized. And when one of those owners decides to trust Gwen instead of staying quiet, she's in it whether she planned to be or not.
She didn't plan to be. She rarely does.

Funny Money is the next chapter in Gwen Harper's unlikely second life - warm, funny, and just suspenseful enough to keep you reading past your bedtime. With a cast of characters who feel like people you'd actually want to spend an evening with, a slow-burn romance that refuses to be rushed, and a mystery that turns out to be bigger than anyone bargained for, it's the kind of story that reminds you it's never too late to find out what you're made of.