Mixed Blessings
Diane AmosContemporary romance
Available from The Wild Rose Press
ISBN: 1-60154-512-6
July 2009
| This should be a wonderful time in reporter Monique St. Cyr's life. Her sexy police officer boyfriend Jake Dube wants to marry her, but she's torn between family and career. She thinks she will have some quality time in the duplex she shares with her erotic fiction author mother who departs on a three-month honeymoon. The peace she craves doesn't come, first her deaf grandfather and meek Aunt move in next door and then her boyfriend's ex shows up and threatens to win him back. Her best friend is pregnant and Monique starts receiving threatening notes. All she wants to do is make life easier for her friends, her family and herself, so why does she end up in one near disaster after another?
This was an enjoyable contemporary romance with lots of humor and a little mystery. It is a stand-alone sequel to "Getting Personal". I'm a pet lover myself and I enjoyed the fact that there was a foul-mouthed parrot, a dog with an appetite for leather and a cat in the story. These animals had quirky characteristics like the rest of the supporting cast in the novel. Jake is just fabulous. In fact I found him darn near perfect! How can you not fall in love with a sexy cop who wants to marry his curvy girlfriend. Although I rather liked the sassy heroine I'm not sure I'd want her for a best friend as I felt she really neglected Jeannine. I think the humor in this story often comes at the cost of some serious issues being glossed over. I did frequently chuckle out-loud but I was disappointed that the more grave content isn't fully explored. This was a solid contemporary novel with elements of mystery, humor and romance.
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Reviewer: Theresa Joseph |
