Swans Book Review

SWEETEST SCOUNDREL by Elizabeth Hoyt  (November 24, 2015; Grand Central Publishing Mass Market; Maiden Lane Series) SHE'S TAKING CHARGE Prim, proper, and thrifty, Eve Dinwoody is all business when it comes to protecting her brother's investment. But when she agrees to control the purse strings of London's premier pleasure garden, Harte's Folly, she finds herself butting heads with an infuriating scoundrel who can't be controlled. HE'S RUNNING THE SHOW Bawdy and bold, Asa Makepeace doesn't have time for a penny-pinching prude like Eve. As the garden's larger-than-life owner, he's already dealing with self-centered sopranos and temperamental tenors. He's not about to let an aristocratic woman boss him around . . . no matter how enticing she is. BUT LOVE CONQUERS ALL In spite of her lack of theatrical experience-and her fiery clashes with Asa-Eve is determined to turn Harte's Folly into a smashing success. But the harder s...

Well this book was new.  Usually I dislike know-it-all people but I made an exception for Abigail Lowery who had to bury Elizabeth Fitch in order to survive. Elizabeth Fitch has seen something that no sixteen year old should ever see. She saw two people gunned down right in front of her eyes.  To make matters worse, it is Russian mafia related and if she was caught, she knows that she'll be dead too.  All this started with the act of a rebellion of a sixteen year old girl. Twelve years later, a woman who goes by the name of Abigail Lowery is living on the outskirts of a small town in the Ozarks.  She is an oddity to the residents of Bickford and to make matters worse, she has a huge dog, and a wide range of firearms. Keeping to yourself is not the way to go in a small town and Abigail unintentionally caught the eye of the local police chief Brooks Gleason.  Just wanting to be left alone, Abigail unwittingly pulled Brooks closer to her and to her horror,...

This book is what started it all.  This was my very first +Jill Shalvis   book and I'm glad to have discovered her. Ali moved to the small town of Lucky Harbor to start afresh her life and was successful too until her boyfriend ( if she can even call him that) of four months accused her of stealing something very important, and now there is speculation from the whole town about it. With a failing job and no place to stay, Ali taught her life was falling apart until the big time hotshot cop Luke Hanover came back to town to escape his own problems.  With the help from Luke and the members of the senior center, they must discover what happened whilst trying not to rip each other clothes off. This was the first time that I've read a book from +Jill Shalvis   and I must say, this would not be the last.  With characters that you instantly fall in love with, as well as the little dashes of humor thrown throughout the book had me w...