Helpful Score: 1
Another solid effort from Laura Lee Guhrke. It's more plot-driven than what I've come to expect from her- making it not as emotionally compelling as some of her other books- but it's light-hearted fun. I especially liked the small-town Americana setting.
Helpful Score: 1
The focus of the book seems to be on the Shivaree Social Club and the political battle to shut it down, not on Daniel and Lily's relationship. Guhrke's characterization of the 1900's south (its habits, politics, and people) is very interesting, but sometimes this feels more like a history book than a romance novel.
Really fun book...good story and characters.
This book is a charmer. Lily Morgan is infamous in Shivaree, Georgia. Five years ago, Daniel Walker, lawyer and best friend to Jason Morgan, helped him get a divorce from Lily. Shivaree is one of those towns that never forgets, never forgives, and never stops talking about other folk's business.
Lily is the town librarian, but no one uses the library because Lily is so infamous. Daniel Walker is back to match wits with Lily over the town brothel. Important businessmen own the brothel and want it reopened. Daniel has political ambitions and thinks it will be no problem to convince the judge. However, the judge, a former habitue' of the brothel, sidesteps the issue (now that he's married). He calls for an election (but women still can't vote). This is when bedlam takes place.
It is all very funny until someone is killed just before the election. Lily and Daniel join forces to discover the real culprit because the sheriff has nabbed the wrong man. He's a mentally-handicapped man who works for Lily and she knows he could not have killed. I really enjoyed this story.
Lily is the town librarian, but no one uses the library because Lily is so infamous. Daniel Walker is back to match wits with Lily over the town brothel. Important businessmen own the brothel and want it reopened. Daniel has political ambitions and thinks it will be no problem to convince the judge. However, the judge, a former habitue' of the brothel, sidesteps the issue (now that he's married). He calls for an election (but women still can't vote). This is when bedlam takes place.
It is all very funny until someone is killed just before the election. Lily and Daniel join forces to discover the real culprit because the sheriff has nabbed the wrong man. He's a mentally-handicapped man who works for Lily and she knows he could not have killed. I really enjoyed this story.
ROMANCE AND MURDER,WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED?????
