FULL BLOOM
Author: Janet Evanovich ISBN: 0312934300 4/2005 CONTEMPORARY Publisher: ST. MARTIN'S PRESS
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Dear Reader,
The temperature's on "sizzle" again in Beaumont, South Carolina, where peach trees are in season and ripe for the picking. So is its newest entrepreneur, Annie Fortenberry, who has inherited her grandmother's B&B (and its eccentric handyman Erdle Thorney). According to a local psychic she also inherited a spirit from its glory days as a brothel-not the kind of publicity the Peach Tree Bed & Breakfast needs if it's hosting millionaire Max Holt's upcoming wedding! If rumors of a naughty, prank-playing ghost aren't stressful enough, a mysterious man has arrived with an eye on Annie and her master suite. Wes Bridges is all leather and denim, sporting a two-day beard, straddling a Harley, and sending the B&B's testosterone level through the roof. Annie's cool demeanor may be dropping as fast as Wes's jeans, but leave it to her missing ex-husband to dampen the passion! Turns out someone has done him in, and all evidence points to Annie! Wrapped up in a murder plot, Annie must find the killer, save her own neck, and get back to where she was-wrapped up in Wes's strong loving arms...
We guarantee that you're going to have as much fun reading Full Bloom as we had writing it! (Even if we were surprised by the ending!) And you won't want to miss the hair-raising shenanigans when Fleas, the hound dog, meets the most cantankerous, snooty, bad-tempered, twenty-two pound orange cat....
Janet and Charlotte |
 RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:
Crazy, fun, and sometimes downright hilarious, FULL BLOOM is the type of story you read to make your own life seem tame! After all, an old bordello turned bed and breakfast filled with zany old ladies, a red-headed heroine with a tremendous temper, a biker stud hero, a drunk gardener, and a psychic hot chic bent of ridding the B & B of its madam ghost, can't help but get a reader chuckling!
Before I forget, there is the mystery of the murder of Annie's (the red-head) husband to solve and a lukewarm romance between her and that biker, Wes, in that mix above, too. The romance isn't as interesting as everything else going on, but it adds a nice touch to Annie's already out of control life.
I do believe this book is a continuation in the Jamie Swift and Max Holt series, so if you enjoy those two you will be glad to see them make an appearance here. The stars in this book however, shine on the whole cast of characters. It's a great read with a group plot with way too much time on their hands!
Shannon Johnson |
