Changes are afoot. Lots of them. Eva Fairchild supposes that’s to be expected when one is self-employed. But being conscripted into pro bono work on top of her already busy schedule? Sure, why not?
Add supper club experiments in the midst of a January ice storm; missing valuables; the snarky, inbred world of philanthropic (mis)management; and one criminally good-looking police detective who invites himself over for dinner on a regular basis, and Eva’s well-planned life is brimming over. Not that she’s complaining. Much.
But when the gala that was supposed to launch her cooking hobby into a major career shift devolves into a free-for-all brawl on the deck of her floating house, it has nothing to do with whether or not she remembered to put the chocolate in the mole sauce.
Somebody has the cultural elite of the small town of Fidelity, Oregon on an emotional razor’s edge. But no one’s talking about why. And ignored threats of revenge don’t go away—they fester. Until something blows.
Jerusha Jones lives in a small town in the west end of the Columbia River Gorge. When she grows up, she fully intends to be a feisty old lady. In the meantime, she regularly maxes out her library's lending limit, has happily declared a truce with the clover in the lawn, but is fanatical about sealing up cracks in her old house, armed with a caulking gun. Due to the number of gaps she has yet to locate, however, she has also perfected her big spider shriek.
Jerusha loves wool socks, Pink Lady apples with crunchy peanut butter, scenery of breathtaking grandeur, and weather just cool enough to require a sweater, all of which are plentiful in the Pacific Northwest. She is eternally grateful to have escaped the corporate world with its relentless, mind-numbing meetings and now writes (or doodles or fantasizes or cogitates or stares out the window or whatever you want to call it) full time.
As usual this book was a delight to read. Jones never disappoints. Love the characters and easy reading flow. She keeps the reading comical and the storylines engaging without the lengthy drawn out pace. Love her style. I have already finished the Imogene series and looking forward to much more from Jones. Great author Great works.