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Date read: January 5, 2018
We Sisters Three
1. Rosemary's Gravy - Paperback | Kindle
2. Sage of Innocence
3. Thyme to Live
4. Lost and Gowned: Rosemary's Wedding
Melissa F. Miller
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
Rosemary Field never planned to work as a private, holistic chef for a demanding vegan actress. But then, plans have a way of going out the window when a girl's parents skip town, leaving behind a half-million-dollar debt.Thoughts on Rosemary's Gravy: Not going to lie, I picked this book up because the play on words in the title amused me. I'm a sucker for a witty play on words, guys. A sucker.
She needs the job, so she puts up with her boss's diva antics and halfheartedly fends off the advances of the impossibly sexy stepson who comes with the high-paying gig. Then someone decides to kill the miserable movie star. It's bad news for any chef when a client dies from an allergic reaction after eating your cooking. It's even worse news for Rosemary because the police are determined to charge her with murder.
To restore her reputation (and stay out of prison), Rosemary has to find the real murderer--and fast. Her short list of suspects includes a womanizing race car driver, a powerful music producer, Hollywood's hottest leading man, and, oh yeah, Felix, the dead woman's stepson--which gets a little awkward when he and Rosemary start dating.
After a romantic dinner with Felix ends in food poisoning, she finds herself unattached, unemployed, and once again on the wrong side of the LAPD. She knows how to salvage an oversalted sauce, but can she salvage the disaster that is her life? And will the hunky homicide detective help her--or book her?
That said, generally speaking I'm REALLY bad about figuring out who the bad guy is in mysteries. I second guess myself so hard I end up totally shocked when the big reveal comes. Except...this time I nailed it. Which might have been just a stroke of luck (a broken clock is right twice a day, RIGHT?) or the bad guy might have been obvious. I really don't know.
I do know that I enjoyed the book for the most part. I wasn't enamored of Felix in the least (slick dudes aren't endearing to me) and I kept wondering why Rosemary was sort of dating someone who had potentially framed her for murder, but...it still worked. Well, wait. The situation Rosemary's parents dumped on Rosemary and her sisters kinda gave me a sour lemon face AND Rosemary's sisters being so forgiving of them made that lemon face even sour-er, but what can you do? I guess sometimes parents just blithely saddle their children with half a million in debt and bail on them.
*feels my eye beginning to twitch*
Despite all that, I really did find the book enjoyable. It's a light read and I was in the mood for that when I picked it up. Plus, THAT TITLE. LOL!
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