Monday, February 20, 2012

Hide in Plain Sight by Marta Perry

This is the first the "Three Sisters Inn" mystery/romance series.  When Andrea Hampton's younger sister Rachel is involved in a horrific accident, she leaves her safe, big city job and runs home to help.  But she finds that Rachel and her grandmother are in the process of opening a Bed and Breakfast in the old family home.  It seems ridiculous but with Rachel unable to help get the Inn ready in time for opening, Andrea must help.  However a rash of accidents preventing this from happening, handsome carpenter Cal, and the beautiful Amish Country setting make this an intriguing clean read! For kindle owners, this book is free, give it a try!
Rating: G Squeaky Clean
Sex-kissing
Violence-Mild
Profanity-None

A Christmas to Die For by Marta Perry

The second in the "Three Sisters Inn" series has the story revolving around sister Rachel who finds herself attracted to the grandson of the landowner adjourning the Inn property.  John Hostetler died of a heart attack during a robbery and now his grandson has returned to the family homestead and wants justice. This book covers three enjoyable subjects, mystery, romance, and Christmas.  What more could you ask?  The author is really great at weaving an intricate tale and deeply and carefully constructed characters that are very easy to care about.  I really enjoy her writing.  This is a fun, enjoyable clean read!

Rating: G Squeaky Clean
Sex-kissing
Violence-Mild
Profanity-Zero

Blind Malice by Annis Ward Jackson

This is the first book in a series of mysteries set in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina.  The amateur detective is Rachel Myers who runs a nursing home but finds more than enough time to stick her nose into situations the police would rather she would not.  Rachel travels home to her father's funeral where she feels something was not quite right about his death.  It leads her on a path to finding things she did not know about her father's past.  This is a great read for mystery buffs!  The author is really good at weaving the story and setting up the characters so you care deeply about each one of them.  I love this series!  Just so you know, if you are an Amazon Prime customer and a kindle owner, you can borrow this book for free!
Rating: PG
Sex-none
Violence-mild
Profanity-D-mn 2, H-ll 7, G-d 4 exclamations, some other thanks be to, B-std 2

Buried Sins by Marta Perry

Every month Amazon offers free books on the Kindle.  Once in awhile I will take a chance on one and this one was pretty good.  It was a Christian mystery/romance novel.  I enjoyed it because it was not too "churchy" and not too "gooy" romantic. It was an engaging story right from the beginning and I enjoyed the family ties and emotional bonds that draw you into the story.
   Caroline Hampton's new husband is killed in a car accident and she soon learns he was not who she thought he was.  Apparently she has something someone wants and they are seriously looking for.  Her life is in danger and she flees the city to the only real "home" she has ever known, her family's country inn run by her Grandmother and her sisters.  The Three Sisters Inn is in the heart of Amish country, in Churchville Pennsylvania.  The Police chief immediately takes notice of Caroline and her suspicious behavior.  This was the 3rd in the "three sisters" series is a great Clean Read. Enjoy!
Rating: G  Squeaky Clean
Sex-a kiss
Violence-mild
Profanity-zero  References to God as in Thanking only