Mistletoe Miracles (Ransom Canyon #7)
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A small-town Texas Christmas story, where hearts are lost, love is found, and family always brings...
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The Killing Club
Marcie Walsh and Michael Malone
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Jamie Ferrara is a spunky, attractive detective engaged to Rod Wolenski, the Chief of Detectives...
Horton Hatches the Egg
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Everyone laughs when Horton the Elephant offers to sit on Mayzie bird's egg while she goes on...
Justified (Detective Madison Knight Series Book 2)
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One murdered entrepreneur, and everyone’s a suspect. Detective Madison Knight should have...
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Greeking Out (Destination Daddies)
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Apollo A year of messaging on the Cuffd app has led me to understand one thing: Troy is the one...
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2623 KP) rated God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen in Books
Oct 13, 2021
Fans of the series will expect that the book will get off to a slow start as we get updates on the various supporting characters we’ve gotten to know over the series. While we get hits of the plot, celebrating Christmas also slows the pacing down a little. But there is a good mystery in there, and I didn’t have the how or who figured out until Georgie pieced it to together. The end of 1935 was a huge time in British history, and I loved how the real intrigue played into this story, weaving in things we’ve been reading about since book one. This is a Christmas fans will definitely be glad they spent with Georgie.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2623 KP) rated The Dangers of Gingerbread Cookies in Books
Jan 4, 2024
Outside of e-mail exchanges in every book, this is the first time we've met Jaine's parents, and I got quite a hoot out of meeting them. The series is comic in nature, and that comedy continues here. The plot kept me guessing until the end. The story was mostly populated with people we haven't met before, but they all seemed real enough to make me care about the outcome.
Do note that this is a novella, originally about 100 pages. Keep that in mind when you sit down to read it.
Also note that this was originally published in the anthology Gingerbread Cookie Murder, so check that you haven’t read it already.
But if you haven’t picked up this story yet, you are in for a treat when you do.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2623 KP) rated Shock and Paw in Books
Dec 13, 2024 (Updated Dec 13, 2024)
I’m glad we got a second Christmas entry in this series. As always, it was fun to visit the characters again, although I do feel like some of the minor characters are hard to keep track of. The pacing in this book was off. Yes, everything came into play once the murdered happened, as I figured it would, but it wandered around quite a bit on its way there. Still, I was really caught up in the second half, and the suspects kept me guessing on the way to the logical climax. I also enjoyed the Christmas spirit we got in addition to the murder and mayhem. Fans of the series will find this puts them in the holiday mood.
