Review: Wildflower Season (The Southern Isles, Book 4) by Laurie Beach

 

Tulip ‘Tootie’ Boone is as wild and free as the wildflowers growing near her grounded houseboat. She’s also completely lost. All she wants is a simple life, a job, and strong family roots. It feels like an impossible thing to create alone.

When she meets a young man in an old pirate cave, their instant connection is more valuable than gold. But can his ongoing interest withstand his movie star status, his bratty teenage sister, and the whims of Mother Nature?

After Tootie uncovers shocking family truths that survived for generations in an abandoned Charleston cemetery, new realities hold the power to change her forever. One of those revelations may literally hold the key to her future, but what does she want? And who will stand with her?

 

My Review: 

Beautifully written and memorable characters. 

I was hooked on this book from the very start.  The characters and setting felt so real.  I couldn’t wait to see how the story progressed.  Needless to say, I was sad when it was over.  I could have kept reading about these characters so much longer.  The way the book is written, the characters started to feel like old friends that I couldn’t wait to catch up with.  I highly recommend this book and the entire series.

 

Review: Something Prowling in Paradise Park (The Accidental Detective Book 7) by Kris Bock

 

 

Three cases. One body. Zero chance of staying out of trouble.

Kate Tessler may have thought her days of chasing danger were over. But the former war correspondent’s “retirement” in sunny Paradise, Arizona, is anything but quiet. With her eccentric circle of friends and colleagues, Kate has built a new life—full of mysteries, mayhem, and the occasional stakeout—as she works towards earning her PI license.

After wrapping her last case, Kate wonders what’s next when three cases—all brought by friends—fall into her lap. Squatters in a snowbird’s house, local pedigree dogs disappearing, and smash and grab burglaries at local pot shops. Kate juggles the cases with help from her usual cast of amateur crime solvers, including the teen sons of Paradise’s mayor. As she digs, Kate suspects at least two cases are connected.

But things turn deadly when a late-night stakeout leads Kate and one teen sidekick, interested in investigative work, straight to a body. Was it a gruesome accident—or something far more sinister?

 

My Review:  

A great addition to the Accidental Detective series. 

Working towards her PI license, Kate Tessler, takes on several new cases which may or may not be connected.  With the help of her family and friends, Kate gets to business solving the crimes.  I totally enjoyed this fast-paced and unpredictable book.  The writing is really good and the characters feel like old friends that I can’t wait to catch up with.  I hope there will be more to this series as I always enjoy the books. 

 

Review: The Cowboy’s Least Likely Bride (Family Matters of Cowboy Point Book 1) by Megan Crane

She’s chaos in scrubs. He’s control in cowboy boots. And the sparks between them? Wildfire.

Tennessee Lisle has spent his life holding everything together—his family, their businesses, the town that relies on him. He doesn’t bend. He doesn’t break. And he definitely doesn’t fall for reckless, barefoot dreamers who talk to deer and smell like wildflowers.

Except…he might be falling for one anyway.

Matilda Stark has zero interest in playing by Cowboy Point’s rules. She’s a vet tech with a rescue animal problem, an ancient truck, and a lifelong thing for the brooding cowboy who acts like feelings are a four-letter word. Tennessee is quiet, steady, way too serious—and more addictive than sin.

He’s her opposite in every way. But Matilda’s sure they fit.

When she decides to take the initiative in the form of a puppy, it becomes clear that Tennessee will have to choose: keep playing it safe, or risk everything for the only woman who’s ever made him feel.

And Matilda? She’s done waiting. If this is real, she’s not letting him walk away. 

 

My Review:

Great start to a new series. 

Tennessee Lisle grew up with a poor role model for a father and he was determined to be a better man. He is hard working and well respected in Cowboy Point.  Matilda Stark is an animal loving, wild dressing lady that does as she pleases and doesn’t care what anyone thinks.  Her dream is to open an animal rescue.  On paper, these two shouldn’t make a good couple, but together they bring out the best in each other.  I really enjoyed the first book in this series and can't wait to read the next.