THOROUGHLY ENJOYED EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS BOOK, especially Calista's crazy family. ***
When I first read "Intrigue a La Mode", a story
featured in “Serving up Love: A Harvey House Brides Collection”, I knew this
story was immediately going on my TBR list. ***
Set in Joplin, Missouri 1898 ***
Calista York is determined to prove herself as
Pinkerton detective; currently on probation. "Jinxy stood when she
entered. Two hundred and fifty pounds of sausage and cannelloni stuffed into a
striped suit." The gangster's
daughter has gone missing, and Calista is tasked with finding her. Unfortunately, she is sent to a heathenous
town filled with miners and harlots very near where many of her relatives live.
"Years of rough-and-tumble summers full of pranks and plots had honed all
of the family's senses to expect the unexpected and to improvise when necessary,
but if word got back to Calista's parents that she was undertaking such a
dangerous profession that would be the end of it." "When Calista had
applied for the job, she'd known she would be sacrificing safety and comfort.
She hadn't known she'd be asked to forfeit love as well." ***
A newcomer to Joplin is determined to win souls of said
heathens and stop a local baby raffle. "It had seemed so simple back home
in Pine Gap. Matthew Cook had heard the call of God since he was
young." "From the altar of his
country church, Matthew had promised God to go to the darkest, most desperate
place on earth." However, Calista York seems to confound him at every
turn, and saving her soul may just be what breaks him. ***
Calista's cousins are a hoot and boy did they make me
laugh. "Oh, we know the fear of the Lord, but there's lots of ways to have
fun that the Lord hasn't thought to expressly prohibit," Amos said.
"Finding those things is our specialty." He wasn’t kidding! Read for yourself and laugh out loud! ***
TEA QUOTE: Loretta came inside cradling a jar of stout
tea with tea bags still floating. "If you have a pitcher, I'll dilute
it," she said "Made no sense to mix it at the tent and carry it over
heavy." ***
SERIES:
0.5 INTRIGUE A LA MODE (eBook or within Serving Up Love novella collection) ***
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