Welcome to Mystic, Texas, where the past stays alive in more ways than one. Vanessa Power, a budding Indie Romance author, believes the town is calling her name, being the new life and fresh start she’s craving. She’s met an amazing group of women who have a regular book club, reading only Indie Authors. Unfortunately, her new house is in worse shape than she thought and holds more mysteries than … mysteries than she’s prepared for. And then there’s the handyman.
Linc Ward holds more mysteries than her house and the town combined, with a past he won’t reveal in a package which is built for nothing short of sin.
Linc is captivated by his new boss, the only person in town who will give him a job, but only because she doesn’t know he’s an ex-con. Can he keep his past locked away, while at the same time indulging in his fantasies with the pleasantly curvy and deliciously sexy Vanessa? Probably not.
They are both looking for a new start in life. Will they be able to find it together? Or will something sinister keep them apart?
Warning*** This book contains one completed arc of the main characters, but the overall mystery remains unsolved for future books in the series. Some stories weren’t meant to be told in one book.
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This is the first book of the Book Bitches series. Y Anne Conley. I was not sure if I’d like it since I’m not really into the whole supernatural/far/shifter/whatever else type books/stories. Well, this one, although it had ghosts in the story, was really enjoyable!
This is Linc and Vanessa’s story.
She bought a house out in the middle of nowhere’s-ville and next to the towns prison.
Vanessa is an indie author, who is befriended by a book group, known as the Book Bitches. Linc’s sister is in the book group. Linc is an ex con who went away as an older teen. He’s been out now and living on guilt. He would get on my nerves periodically with his manly attitude issues, but he is a good guy trying to do what he thinks is right. Buuuut, men are usually wrong. Lol. This was no different.
This book has a homeless guy, a rich chick, a single mom, an ex con, ghosts, and a killer.
This really was an enjoyable read.
You won’t be disappointed if you read this book!
I was a little hesitant going into this book because of ghosts and such but LOVED it. Now I’m off to get the 2nd book. Linc and Vanessa worked hard to get their relationship to work, but it was worth it.
So this was totally and completely an unexpected wow for me. I did not expect this to be supernatural, twists and turns that had me like no freaking way, and the ending totally pisses me off. Cuz it’s basically my bed time and I need to know what happens now. LOL
Cover:
Editing/proofing:
Seems professional, only a few errors noticed.
Formatting:
Absolutely gorgeous! If only every book were this pretty.
Character development:
So much fun! I like Vanessa and her house- yes her house- is its own character, I think- immediately. All of the book b!tches are great, I related to them all. The town itself is another character and I quickly fell in love with the small-town vibe. There are characters to loathe, characters to root for, and characters whose books I think I’ve already predicted – overall brilliant design all around, with impressive attention to detail.
Overall:
Wow. This book sucked me in fast and I immediately realized that putting it down resulted in serious separation anxiety. I missed it every second that I wasn’t in it. It was like a drug – I was trying to read it while walking around my neighborhood on errands, and while simultaneously talking to customers at work, for example. Hazardous!
This book has lots going on: there’s romance with heat. There’s new friendships with some really fun women -though I may be partial to the Book Bitches. There’s a bit of paranormal activity with some friendly ghosts that completely add to the charm of the town and every building in it. There’s history, and it’s completely real-feeling and fun and addictive – Conley should publish more Historicals, I’d read those all day. There’s also some modern-day mystery, which I’ll let you see for yourself… Definitely highly recommend this book.
I tend to predict everything, and I usually will not rate a book 5 stars unless it can manage to surprise me somewhere. However, this is a 5-star read, surprises or not. That said, there were a few little surprises /a few things that didn’t go exactly to my predictions.
I’ll be very impatiently waiting on the rest of this series and I strongly recommend giving this book a read. If you’ve never read Conley- do it. Start with this or Saving Charlie or Craze (which is free at the time of this posting).