Review: A Touch of Spring Magic: A Small Town Second Chance Romance (Southern Love Spells Book 2) by Sinclair Jayne

 

She doesn’t believe in magic…right?

CPA Jessica Maye might secretly regret many decisions she’s made in her quest to be indispensable and perfect, but even she can’t pretend she hasn’t lost her shine and is stalled. When she’s shockingly fired, she takes it as a sign that it’s finally her time to follow her dreams. Returning to her grandma’s small family farm on Cramer Mountain, she’s drawn to opening a niche nursery and rehabbing the once famous gardens. But committing to host her sister’s bridal shower in the garden this spring cranks the pressure so tight she fears failing.

Landscape architect Brent ‘Storm’ Stevens worked hard to forget the high school heartbreak called Jessica Maye, so of course she’s his first potential client. He needs the job as much as Jessica needs the help, but neither seems able to call a truce with their rocky past.

Jessica’s unwilling to compromise on her vision, but the specter of disappointing her sister has her stifling her instincts and hiring Storm. And then that mysterious, heirloom Southern Love Spells book reappears and Jessica’s superstitious enough to worry. Storm’s not the one, is he?

My Review:

A magical romance.

Jessica Maye chose to become an accountant to please her father.  But was never happy with her job.  Now it’s time to live her own dream and that dream was about to happen with the help of her old high school crush, Brent Stevens.

I couldn’t get enough of this book. The characters felt so real. I could feel their emotions, strengths and weaknesses.  I really enjoyed seeing how Jessica’s and Brent’s story unfolded and how they finally found their way to each other.

 

Review: A Wiener Dog Wedding (The Pecan, Texas Pet Groomer Cozy Mysteries Book 6) by M. Alfano

What’s a wedding without a murder?

Detective Adam Waltz and I are finally tying the knot. And since this is my second marriage, I don’t want a big wedding, just something uncomplicated that reflects small-town Texas and definitely includes all of our dogs. So a meeting with the police department’s chaplain to discuss the I dos will be easy peezy, lemon squeezy. Instead, we find our officiant dead in his cheesy—dip, that is.

But was the nice old man the real target of a murderer? Or is someone trying to stop Adam and me from finally getting our happily ever after? Now it’s going to take the whole town—plus a pup or two or six—to help us plan this wedding and find out who is after us, before we end up drowning face down in the queso ourselves.

 

My Review:

A wedding, a murder and lots of cute dogs.

When a chaplain keels over dead at Leslie and Adam’s dinner party and Adam, a police detective, is not allowed to work the case, him and Leslie work together to find the killer.  This book moved along at a fast pace and the murder suspect was a bit difficult to figure out.  I have been enjoying this series and was happy to see Leslie and Adam finally tie the knot.