When you grow up in the South, you expect Southern hospitality, good food, Southern manners, and women who can be sassy when the opportunity arises. This book continues the lives of six Southern women who have these qualities. They have built a friendship bond that has lasted for over thirty years. Sadie, being the glue of the group, continues to enjoy running her bed and breakfast with the help of her friends. Visitors staying at the Southern Charm Bed and Breakfast bring a mixture of laughter and mystery to the inn. A new cook for the B&B, Millie Carter, who has a military background, also brings questions that seem to haunt her ability to live a happy life. Wind chimes that move when there is no wind, a music box that plays by itself, and the scent of lavender that lingers in the rooms of the B&B are all mysteries that intrigue these six friends and some of the guests. Will the wedding of Sadie and Ray come about, or will Sadie let the mysteries of her B&B overshadow her love for Ray? Will the mysterious happenings at the Southern Charm Bed & Breakfast continue, or will they stop as quickly as they started?
5 stars. This was a wonderful fifth book in The Southern Belle Breakfast Club series. This may possibly be the final book in the series, although I hope not, but I believe she is getting up there in age. The book ends at good place, but something occurs near the end that she could use to start a new book. This book, as well as the entire series focuses mostly on the live of a group of ladies in their fifties, sixties, and seventies along with other minor characters who are younger and older.