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Earth to Emily (An Emily Bernal Texas-to-New Mexico Mystery): A What Doesn't Kill You Mystery Kindle Edition

4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,246 ratings

A shocking murder.
A high-speed robbery.
Can ex-cowgirl Emily stand up to a criminal convoy?

“Full of heart, humor, vivid characters, and suspense. Hutchins has done it again!” — Gay Yellen, author of The Body Business


Emily Bernal may have traded the fast-paced rodeo world for paralegal work but the change hasn’t made her life any simpler. Between romancing her sexy attorney boss Jack and fighting for custody of her foster child, she wonders if riding a bucking bronco would be easier. But when two runaway teens beg for her help after witnessing a truck-stop murder, the former rodeo queen springs into action.

As she follows the clues along the Texas interstate, she can’t help but notice her boyfriend is hiding something from her. When the investigation turns deadly, Emily’s only chance to keep the runaways alive is to stand toe-to-toe with a criminal conspiracy that could make her the next victim?

Emily has over 1000 reviews and a 4.6-star average. Available in digital, print, and audiobook.

Earth to Emily is the second standalone novel in the adrenaline-pumping Emily trilogy and book #5 in the What Doesn't Kill You romantic mystery series.

Once Upon A Romance calls Hutchins an "up-and-coming powerhouse writer." If you like Sandra Brown or Janet Evanovich, you will love
USA Today Best Seller Pamela Fagan Hutchins. A former attorney, Pamela splits time between Snowheresville, WY and Nowheresville, TX.

What Amazon readers are saying about the What Doesn't Kill You Mysteries:

"Unputdownable."
“Fair warning: clear your calendar before you pick it up because you won't be able to put it down.”
“Hutchins is a master of tension.”
“Intriguing mystery . . . captivating romance.”
“Everything shines: the plot, the characters and the writing. Readers are in for a real treat.”

“Immediately hooked."

"Spellbinding."
"Fast-paced mystery."
"Can't put it down."
“Entertaining, complex, and thought-provoking."
“Murder has never been so much fun!”
"You’re guaranteed to love the ride!"

Buy Earth to Emily to hang on tight for a high-spirited mystery today!

(Books 6-15 in the What Doesn't Kill You Series are available, too.)
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"You won't be able to put it down." -- Ken Oder, author of Old Wounds to the Heart
"Full of heart, humor, vivid characters, and suspense." -- Gay Yellen, author of The Body Business
"Hutchins is a master of tension." -- R.L. Nolen, author of Deadly Thyme
"Intriguing mystery . . . captivating romance." -- Patricia Flaherty Pagan, author of Trail Ways Pilgrim
"Everything about it shines: the plot, the characters, and the writing." -- Marcy McKay, author of Pennies from Burger Heaven

About Pamela:

2020 Amazon Top 15 Best Seller
2020 Amazon Top 100 Author
2018 USA Today Best Seller

2017 Silver Falchion Award, Best Mystery
2016 USA Best Book Award, Cross-Genre Fiction
2015 USA Best Book Award, Cross-Genre Fiction
2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Quarter-finalist, Romance

Praise for Pamela's other books:

What Doesn't Kill You: Katie Connell Texas-to-Caribbean Romantic Mysteries
"An exciting tale . . . twisting investigative and legal subplots . . . a character seeking redemption . . . an exhilarating mystery with a touch of voodoo." -- Midwest Book Review Bookwatch
"A lively romantic mystery." -- Kirkus Reviews
"A riveting drama . . . exciting read, highly recommended." -- Small Press Bookwatch"
"Katie is the first character I have absolutely fallen in love with since Stephanie Plum!" -- Stephanie Swindell, Bookstore Owner

What Doesn't Kill You: Michele Lopez Hanson Texas Romantic Mysteries

"Immediately hooked." -- Terry Sykes-Bradshaw, author of Sibling Revelry
"Spellbinding." -- Jo Bryan, Dry Creek Book Club
"Fast-paced mystery." -- Deb Krenzer, Book Reviewer
"Can't put it down." -- Cathy Bader, Reader

What Doesn't Kill You: Maggie Killian Texas-to-Wyoming Romantic Mysteries

"Maggie's gonna break your heart-one way or another." Tara Scheyer, Grammy-nominated musician, Long-Distance Sisters Book Club
"Nails that Wyoming scenery and captures the atmosphere of the people there." -- Ken Oder, author of Old Wounds to the Heart
"I thought I had it all figured out a time or two, but she kept me wondering right to the end." -- Ginger Copeland, power reader

What Doesn't Kill You: Ava Butler Caribbean Romantic Mysteries
"Just when I think I couldn't love another Pamela Fagan Hutchins novel more, along comes Ava." -- Marcy McKay, author of Stars Among the Dead
"Ava personifies bombshell in every sense of word. -- Tara Scheyer, Grammy-nominated musician, Long-Distance Sisters Book Club
"Entertaining, complex, and thought-provoking." -- Ginger Copeland, power reader

The Patrick Flint Series

Transports readers deep into the mountains of Wyoming for a thriller that has it all--wild animals, criminals, and one family willing to do whatever is necessary to protect its own. Hutchins writes with the authority of a woman who knows this world. She weaves the story with both nail-biting suspense and a healthy dose of humor. You won't want to miss it." -- Danielle Girard, Wall Street Journal-bestselling author of White Out

"As many twists and turns as a high-country trail. Every parent's nightmare is the loss or injury of a child, and this powerful novel taps into that primal fear." -- Reavis Z. Wortham, two time winner of The Spur and author of Hawke's Prey

"Starts at a gallop and had me holding on with both hands until the riveting finish. Highly atmospheric and nearly crackling with suspense. Highly recommend!" -- Libby Kirsch, Emmy awardwinning reporter and author of the Janet Black Mystery Series

"Best book I've read in a long time!" -- Kiersten Marquet, author of Reluctant Promises

What Amazon readers are saying:

"A Bob Ross painting with Alfred Hitchcock hidden among the trees."
"Edge-of-your seat nail biter."
"Unexpected twists!"
"Wow! Wow! Highly entertaining!"
"Beautifully descriptive, with an underlying story of human connection and family."
"Well drawn characters, great scenery, and a kept-me-on-the-edge-of-my-seat story!"
"Absolutely unputdownable wonder of a story."
"Must read!"
"Gripping story. Looking for book two!"
"Intense!"

About the Author

If you like Sandra Brown or Janet Evanovich, you will love USA Today Best Seller Pamela Fagan Hutchins. A native Texan, Pamela and her family spend every moment they can in New Mexico. If you'd like Pamela to speak to your book club, women's club, or writers group, by streaming or in person, shoot her an e-mail. She's very likely to say yes. You can connect with Pamela via her website (pamelafaganhutchins.com) or e-mail (pamela@pamelafaganhutchins.com).

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00X9CN2ME
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ SkipJack Publishing (August 6, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 6, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1543 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 292 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,246 ratings

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USA Today bestselling and Silver Falchion Best Mystery winning mystery/thriller/suspense author (and recovering attorney and investigator) who splits time between an off-the-grid lodge on the face of Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains and a rustic cabin on Maine’s Lake Mooselookmeguntic with her husband, kids and grandkids, rescue pets and sled dog, and draft cross horses.

Writes for Bookouture and independently.

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Top reviews from the United States

Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2024
Wow! What a great story. I didn't know what to expect when I started this book. Too late I realized it is the 2nd of three so woo-hoo I have two more in this series. Emily, paralegal extraordinaire, doesn't just work in the office. Jack, her boss, described in such yummy detail, worries about her. The book is filled with zany characters, hair-raising danger, bad cops, good cops, devoted friends, mind enemies. As a continuation from book 1, continues Emily's hope to adopt Betsy and keeping everyone safe from the bad guys. Hutchens has a very well developed plot and characters. And the proof reading was excellent. Definitely a can't-stop-reading-until-I'm-finished book.
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2024
This was good book. The good guys, cops always aren't so good. Sometimes cops are greedy but Emily will find out !
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2024
a wonderful read! Fantastic interesting complex characters and a moving storyline. Lots of twists and turns, unpredictable circumstances, making this a real page turner and a must read!
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2024
The title makes sense by the conclusion of the story. Characters are interesting and colorful. The plot was twisted with each item revealed. Overall well done.
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2024
What a great read - I enjoyed the plot, the characters. Fast moving with great twist. I have become a fan
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2016
Earth to Emily is book 6 in What Doesn’t Kill You Romantic mystery series by Pamela Fagan Hutchins.
Emily Bernal has fallen in love with a little girl in the Child Protective Services and has decided to try to adopt her. The first step is to get accepted as a foster parent. Child Protective Services Investigator Wallace Gray is doing all he can to help her. However, he also needs her help in finding two teen runaways- Greg and Farrah. Emily had also had a chance to meet these two teens before. She had made a connection with them so Wallace asked her to go to the Love’s outside Amarillo and try to find them and bring them in. She goes to meet them with her boss, and hopefully boyfriend, Jack Holden. She discovers Greg is helping Farrah get away from an abusive situation and they do not want her help now. She gives them her card to call her if they change their minds. They have also seen something at the Love’s that they shouldn’t have seen and are running from someone; but they won’t tell her who or why. Emily and Jack get pulled into a murder investigation by their presence at the Love’s station.
Emily has good intentions but somehow manages to get herself into impossible situations without trying. Jack seems to be there to help her get out of trouble. Can he help her now with Greg and Farrah and with adopting the little girl? Can he do it without getting crosswise with the law, after all, he is a lawyer.
It is a fun book and series to read.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2020
What an enjoyable read, you won't want to put down the book. Have to know what is going to happen next. Love Emily. Her and Jack make quite the pair. The book contains suspense, twists, murder, humor and romance. Enjoyable cast of characters, who you get to know what quite well and will love them all, well most of them except the bad guys. Good storyline. Suggest you read Heaven to Betsy first, then you will appreciate this book even more. Emily has a way of getting herself in sticky situations but some how always comes out on top. Who are the good cops and who are the bad ones? What will Emily finally find out about what happened with her father? Can she protect the fosters kids? What is happening with Betsy? Will she be deported? Quite a few twists at the end. Can't wait to read the final book in the Emily series to see how everything ends. Have enjoyed all the series within this series that I have read so far. Recommend. Worth the money to buy. If you like romantic suspense, and have never read a book by Pamela give her a try. You won't be disappointed.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2024
I have read and enjoyed the Patrick Flint series. The book was available and I got it and read it in one day. I currently live in Amarillo, TX and was born and lived in New Mexico. So this series intrigued me. I was not disappointed! The twists and turns were great. I was blown away by who were the bad guys and who was the undercover.

Top reviews from other countries

Peter Ffrench
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice story.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 15, 2024
I got this book free on Bookbub and I notice that all the other reviews are by women but I won't let that put me off. I quite liked the story and the characters although I can't see why Emily is chasing her boss as she should be off men for life after her dad and her husband even though the dad thing is sorted out later. She is dying to adopt little Betsy after her own problems and Jack is behind her in this and as the story progresses she solves a few crimes and a few peoples' problems quite effectively earning herself a hospital ward named after her, albeit indirectly and only by the police.
Trudy McKinnon
5.0 out of 5 stars Romantic and intriguing!
Reviewed in Canada on December 16, 2018
I have read 2 of her books and can’t wait to read the next one!
Hendo 2
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
Reviewed in Australia on April 12, 2016
This is a fast paced and funny story -no spoilers here. Cant wait to read more of this author and the characters are great.
MF
4.0 out of 5 stars Funny and sad romantic mystery
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 21, 2019
Although the second book about Emily, this is a stand-alone read. To the extent that it frustrated me a little because I wanted some little kick backs and references to the first book so that I could smile along again! I do recommend you read Heaven to Betsy if you haven’t ....
Apart from that selfish moan, this is a great romantic mystery and Emily’s big heart and mad moments will keep you enthralled .
Some great dialogue and believable drama- with an ‘on topic ‘ social subject - I loved this romance/ drama.
Amazon Customer
4.0 out of 5 stars Most enjoyable read. Cant wait for the next one ...
Reviewed in Australia on January 31, 2016
Most enjoyable read. Cant wait for the next one.
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