Boston

In this character driven political murder mystery, hero Newpaper reporter Jack Flyn comes of as an introspective and often funny guy.  This is a well written story with a few problems.  One is that I sorta knew in the right beginning who the bad guy was.  If I tell you why, it will be a total spoiler for anyone who cares to read this book.

I got this one because I liked the author's books with another publisher. Leaping Hearts is still my favourite, but this one comes close.

This was a very well-written story about a woman who returns to the small Nantucket neighborhood she grew up in. She must face a lot of demons from her childhood and teenage years, including the paternity of her daughter, and the boy who was her best friend and is now her next door neighbor and the island vet.

My Front Page Scandal

by Carrie Alexander, Oct. 2007, 256 pgs 

Harlequin Blaze (Mobipocket eBook)

The elite Martinis & Bikinis Club challenges you to risk it all. But once you pick a dare, there's no backing out!

I have to admit I was pretty intrigued with the premise of this series when I read about it on the back cover pages of a previous BLAZE. And then I bumped into Angela at the office clutching a copy of this and saying she'd heard GOOD things about it. From the twinkle in her eye, I knew I was in for a fun read

Everyone thinks Josephine Winfield is a good girl, but underneath she's bad to the bone. Very bad. Why else would she pick up sexy Sebastian Stanhope over a martini? The fact the two of them will be working together on a scandalous case doesn't even stop her from a romp between the sheets.