by Janet Evanovich & Dorien Kelly
January 2012
St. Martin's Press
Kate Appleton needs a job. Matt Culhane wants Kate to spy on his brewery employees. Can these two smoke out a saboteur, save Kate's family home, and keep a killer from closing in . . . all while resisting their undeniable attraction to each other?
An even better question would be, can I avoid throwing up while writing this review? Probably not. Blech. As a huge fan of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books and Wicked series, I was excited to read this novel which has been hailed as a sparkling novel of romantic suspense, small town antics, and secretive sabotage. Sounds pretty good, yeah? Well turns out I'm not a fan of books where relationships are the highest priority. By the second chapter I was sick of Kate's flirty attitude and even sicker of Matt Culhane's internal dialogue about the adorable blond he had just hired. I would much rather read a book with a real, meaty plot and be served a little romance on the side. Possibly that is what the authors believe they have done as the romance was actually very tame and not at all steamy. However, the constant mind chatter about how good so and so looked without a shirt on or how much he wanted her to be his forever drove me nuts. For that reason, I don't know that I've ever seen a more appropriate book trailer than this one.
This is definitely a book for fans of relationship focused plots in need of a very light read. The rest of us will just keep looking forward to the release of Evanovich's next book in her Wicked series, Wicked Business, to be released on June 19, 2012!
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