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Title: Wash and Die
Author: Barbara Colley
Genre: Mystery
Form: Hardcover (my copy)

Wash and Die (A Charlotte LaRue Mystery) Hardcover:

After a disturbing house visit from a real estate agent in the morning before going to work, and a very long day, Charlotte LaRue, owner of “Maid-for-a-Day”, a house cleaning service, comes home, noticing that she is not alone. A woman is sitting on the front-porch swing. Not just anyone woman though, it’s Joyce Thibodeaux.

Joyce is Louis Thibodeaux’s (Charlotte’s tenant) ex-wife. And the story there didn’t really end well. Joyce is an alcoholic, a drunk. And she’s put almost everyone in her life in misery. She was forced to enter a program to help her get better, and now she’s claiming to be clean and sober, and nowhere else to go. Uh, oh!

Charlotte knows that agreeing to let Joyce stay in her guest room is a bad idea especially after she discovers some lies, a valuable gold watch gone missing, a stranger watching her house, her parakeet also missing, and Joyce ending up dead in her now messy living room. Charlotte also knows that she has to find some answers; a little snoopin’ around will do. It’s scary particularly after what she has discovered, but then she’s just getting started …

What I think about ‘Wash and Die’

“I love everything about this book – the twists and turns are well written. A page turner.” – My Book and My Coffee

“Wash and Die” is the seventh Charlotte LaRue Mystery; there are currently eight books under this series. I haven’t read all of them yet, but after reading this book, I intend to read the others. I am charmed by Charlotte LaRue’s character. If this character existed in real life, I would not suspect her to be a sleuth at all but Barbara Colley did a very good job in creating this curious and often has interesting thoughts character.

I love reading different genres – but one of my favorites is Mystery. Ohhh, I love, love a very good mystery. Keeps me guessing and thinking, “Hmmm, is he the killer?”, “No, he can’t be the one; he’s the shy type”. Some mysteries are very obvious, but this one kept me guessing which is really impressive.

Another thing, I super love the book cover. They said that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. This holds true in this case. The book cover is really good, I thought it will be really good, but what’s inside is so much better! I definitely recommend this book to everyone who fancies mystery and amateur sleuthing escapades.

Buy the Kindle eBook here: Wash and Die
Kindle Price: $2.99

'Wash and Die' by Barbara Colley is also available in Mass Market Paperback - $6.10

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Title: The Prince’s Nanny
Author: Carol Grace
Genre: Romance
Form: Kindle eBook
Price: $2.99

The Prince’s Nanny Kindle eBook description:

Join Sabrina West as she fulfills her dream of visiting the lake country in Italy … as a Nanny! Well, she was kind of forced to (don’t worry, I am not giving away anything here). Her step-mother owns a Nanny Agency, and one of their not-so-pleasant clients is The Prince of Savoy. After six experienced and dedicated nannies (from their point of view, not the Prince’s), The Prince is getting sick and tired already, and the words “One more chance, or else” are already being said. For Sabrina’s step-mother, the only solution is to send her step daughter off to Italy – to be the nanny herself.

Sabrina doesn’t really have a choice in the matter, apparently. So even though she didn’t want to be in that position again, being a nanny that is, there she is, visiting Italy, and will try to be accepted as the nanny of The Prince. Easy enough?

Oh, I failed to mention that The Prince has two ‘misunderstood’ daughters – twins… Oh no. So, I think you know where I am going with this summary. ;) Anyway, no one said (at least, not from my circle of friends) that winning a family over, especially an upper-class European family, is easy. All Nanny Sabrina can do is try.

What I think about The Prince’s Nanny

“Very good read. Exciting, clever and totally lovable book!” – My Book and My Coffee

The author of this book, Carol Grace, really knows how to write an effective romance novel. And yes, including the “action”. Oh, I am just being honest ;) So far, Carol Grace (also known as Carol Culver from her mystery and teen books) has written a total of 35 books including “Mail-Order Millionaire” and “Cinderella in Overalls” – which I intend to read, hopefully, soon. I have a lot of “to be read” books.

I am a sucker for a great romance novel. The story plot also has a bit of a “fairytale” sense to it. While reading it, I felt that this can happen in real life. I mean, it certainly doesn’t happen every day, but surely, it is a possible story. It can happen – or at least, that’s what I’d like to believe. You never know, dreams do come true, as per Disney. And I actually believe that.

You’ll get to appreciate Carol Grace’s characters in this book. Although, I am just surprised with The Prince of Savoy’s fiancé; I certainly didn’t’ expect her to react that way (you’ll know what I mean once you read the book, hah!).

All in all, I really loved this story. From the title, if you will judge it, you’ll say, “Yeah, I know what’ll happen there, I know the ending already”. For me, I am still amazed to see how everything turned out just perfect for the main characters, including the two ~~evil~~ ‘misunderstood’ daughters.

Buy the Kindle eBook here: The Prince's Nanny

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