Search - To Have and to Kill (Piper Donovan, Bk 1)

To Have and to Kill (Piper Donovan, Bk 1)
To Have and to Kill - Piper Donovan, Bk 1
Author: Mary Jane Clark
Piper Donovan never imagined that decorating wedding cakes could be so dangerous! A struggling actress with no immediate prospects and a recently broken engagement, Piper moves back in with her parents to take stock of her life. She steps tentatively into the family bakery business and finds herself agreeing to create a wedding cake for the accl...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780061995545
ISBN-10: 0061995541
Publication Date: 1/1/2011
Pages: 320
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 32

3.7 stars, based on 32 ratings
Publisher: William Morrow
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Reviews: Member | Amazon | Write a Review
Other Books We Recommend:

Top Member Book Reviews

  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
reviewed To Have and to Kill (Piper Donovan, Bk 1) on + 125 more book reviews
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
I tried reading a book from the Key News series by this author but wasn't impressed. I found this book at the library and thought I'd give the author a second chance. Well I'm glad I did. This story is the first in a new series. It is a who-dun-it story but I can see where it will lead into book 2 which I am looking forward to reading.
  • Currently 1/5 Stars.
reviewed To Have and to Kill (Piper Donovan, Bk 1) on + 7 more book reviews
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I would hope that this is the first and last of the series, but see she has another coming out. This book is about as exciting as watch paint dry or grass grow. Avoid the temptation to read this book. There are too many good mystery books to read, for you to waste your time on this one.
  • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
reviewed To Have and to Kill (Piper Donovan, Bk 1) on + 1275 more book reviews
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Ho-Hum, just another romantic suspense who dun it, nothing special about it

Please Log in to Rate these Book Reviews

  • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
reviewed To Have and to Kill (Piper Donovan, Bk 1) on + 188 more book reviews
The entire time I was reading this book, I thought it felt like the author was simply trying too hard to make her character seem "hip". All she ended up doing for me was making Piper seem a bit irritating and immature.
If you're going into this book with the expectation that there will be a lot of information about cake decorating, think again. The bakery is almost an afterthought throughout the entire book. Most of the story is actually centered around the cast of a soap opera.
I had the villain pegged way before the story was over, and I had to keep pushing myself to finish it. I didn't really become very attached to any of the characters. I may read book 2 in this series, but only because it's already in my TBR pile. I certainly won't rush to do it though.
  • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
reviewed To Have and to Kill (Piper Donovan, Bk 1) on + 83 more book reviews
I really wanted to like this first book in a new series for the author, but the characters were unremarkable, the plot predictable, and the characters uninteresting. Actors, would-be actors, teachers, all added up to a boring let-down of a mystery.

Book Wiki

Series

Genres: