Fate Actually by Elizabeth Hunter [Review]

Fate Actually (Moonstone Cove #2) by Elizabeth Hunter
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: January 27, 2021

Moonstone Cove
1. Runaway Fate
2. Fate Actually - Paperback | Kindle
3. Fate Interrupted

Elizabeth Hunter
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

Toni Dusi grew up knowing everyone’s business and everyone knowing hers, because in Moonstone Cove, you can’t pass a restaurant, farm, or winery that doesn’t have at least one Dusi involved. Despite that, Toni has managed to carve out a private niche for herself. She has a car shop she loves, a country cottage all to herself, and has carefully avoided any long-term romantic commitments.

Then fate handed Toni a shot of supernatural empathy that threw all that out the window of her prized vintage Ford.

Now she’s feeling the mood swings of everyone from her parts guy to her reluctant crush to her second cousin going through a messy divorce. She’s losing her temper; she’s crying a river; and she’s definitely giving in to temptation.

For a woman who prides herself on always being prepared, Toni has no idea how to handle a supernatural storm of emotion.

Which is not to say empathy doesn’t have its advantages. When the body of a long-time family rival turns up on a back acre of her cousin’s winery, Toni realizes that her inconvenient feelings magic has turned her into one heck of a lie detector. Along with her new friends, Katherine and Megan, she might be the only one who can clear her cousin’s name.

When fate throws a final curveball in Toni’s direction, will she drop everything with disastrous consequences? Or can a forty-one-year-old empath learn enough new tricks to keep the life she’s built without sacrificing her happiness?

Thoughts on Fate Actually: It's Toni's turn to shine with her new abilities and...heh, well, life or fate or what have you has decided to really crank up the dial to eleven. Besides dealing with her sometimes-inconvenient empathy, she also has a member of her family who is the prime suspect in the death of a kinda gross jerk. AMONG OTHER THINGS!

Also, the guy she's kinda-sorta involved with (you know, maybe she is, but she's never going to admit it) is ALSO somehow involved with the dead guy and his involvement is mucking things up a bit.

Good thing Toni's empathic ability allows her to tell when people are lying. If she asks the right questions she'll know exactly what's going on. The real problem is knowing what to ask and who to ask it of.

Okay, that was convoluted. Let's just say that Toni's ability gets a workout, Megan and Katherine are their respective perky and professor-ly selves, and Toni's man is an utter sweetheart. Her family's not too shabby either. I mean, sure they're big and loud and they get in each others' business, but they're fun and loyal and that's a plus in my book.

*rubs hands together* Megan's up next! I can't wait to see where her story takes her.