by Kate CarlisleIt's very nicely characterized and the characters are all very nice. The heroine is happy. She's got a best friend who is happy because she's just opened her new guesthouse. Her workers are happy. Her romantic leads are happy. In fact, everyone is happy...other than the "mean girl" from Shannon's childhood who runs around rude and snooty.
They're all so happy that they're boring. But my main issue is that the mystery dragged on to long--which is odd for a short book--and was so very unbelievable. Clue after clue was revealed, coincidence after coincidence...until finally, after two murders, two or three ransackings, a suspiciously 'accidental' overdose, and enough physical evidence to fill a courtroom, the police still hadn't figured the thing out. So, of course, the heroine had to be taken captive by the culprit.
I'm sorry not to like it, but when smart characters act stupid, an obvious clues are dropped like dollar bills, and it still takes an abduction to force the big reveal, I give up. This was my second book in the series and it needs to be the last.
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