Justice Betrayed By: Patricia Bradley

Back of the book

It's Elvis Week in Memphis, and homicide Detective Rachel Sloan isn't sure her day could get any stranger when aging Elvis impersonator Vic Vegas asks to see her. But when he produces a photo of her murdered mother with four Elvis impersonators--one of whom had also been murdered soon after the photo was taken--she's forced to reevaluate. Is there some connection between the two unsolved cases? And could the recent break-in at Vic's home be tied to his obsession with finding his friend's killer?

When yet another person in the photo is murdered, Rachel suddenly has her hands full investigating three cases. Lieutenant Boone Callahan offers his help, but their checkered romantic past threatens to get in the way. Can they solve the cases before the murderer makes Rachel victim number four?

My Thoughts

 Patricia Bradley has written some amazing plots over the years, but the plot in Justice Betrayed is one of the best.  I loved having the Elvis Impersonators involved and learning about their groupies, plus the culture behind Elvis week.  It truly took this novel to the next level.  Rachel Sloan was a hard character for me to get behind, because she always had a hidden plan and ideas.  On the other hand I loved Boone Callahan, and his straight forward, justice for all attitude.  

Justice Betrayed is an interesting, entertaining, and fun novel to read.  I cant wait to read it again.

Just Let Go By: Courtney Walsh

Back of the book

For Quinn Collins, buying the flower shop in downtown Harbor Pointe fulfills a childhood dream, but also gives her the chance to stick it to her mom, who owned the store before skipping town twenty years ago and never looking back. Completing much-needed renovations, however, while also competing for a prestigious flower competition with her mother as the head judge, soon has Quinn in over her head. Not that she’d ever ask for help.

Luckily, she may not need to. Quinn’s father and his meddling friends find the perfect solution in notorious Olympic skier Grady Benson, who had only planned on passing through the old-fashioned lakeside town. But when a heated confrontation leads to property damage, helping Quinn as a community-service sentence seems like the quickest way out—and the best way to avoid more negative press.

Quinn finds Grady reckless and entitled; he thinks she’s uptight and too regimented. Yet as the two begin to hammer and saw, Quinn sees glimpses of the vulnerability behind the bravado, and Grady learns from her passion and determination, qualities he seems to have lost along the way. But when a well-intentioned omission has devastating consequences, Grady finds himself cast out of town—and Quinn’s life—possibly forever. Forced to face the hurt holding her back, Quinn must finally let go or risk missing out on the adventure of a lifetime.

My Thoughts

An absolute must read!!  Grady is passionate and self absorbed, yet Walsh has written him in such amazing fashion that I found myself rooting for him to succeed.  Quinn seems so simple on the surface but has layers of self doubt that she must deal with.  True to Courtney Walsh form, Just Let Go is entertaining with amazing dialog and wonderful side characters.  Walsh finds a way to entertain and make you evaluate your life.  As I turned the last page on Quinn and Grady's story I thought of ways to improve my own life and Just Let Go.