Wicked Good Time

by Diana Tremain Braund

As a cop, she was trained to take control of every situation. As a woman, she couldn’t control her runaway heart.

Fleeing her painful past, Christina Reynolds hopes to find peace by moving to an isolated house in rural Maine. But the solitude she sought so desperately is soon disturbed by suspicious noises, crank calls, and signs of trespassing. When the local police write the incidents off as a product of an overactive female imagination, the distraught Christina turns to Forest Ranger Miki Jamieson for help.

The first woman in her agency to make sergeant, Miki is unmatched when it comes to tracking poachers and dealing with the dangers of life in the wilderness. But dangers of the heart are another matter, for beneath Miki’s six-foot tall, rugged exterior is a shy, sensitive woman who has opened up to few people – and trusts even fewer. As the threats escalate, the frightened Christina seeks the safe refuge of Miki’s arms. But does Christina only need her as a protector… or want her as a lover?

Genres: Lesbian, Mystery, Lesbian Romance, Fiction

171 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1999

About the author

Diana Tremain Braund continues to live on the coast of Maine in a house that overlooks the water. She and her dog Bob take long walks on the beach where she gets ideas for her books.

Reviews

[Professor Ratigon · Rating 2 out of 5]

The investigation part was lame to me. It's a "meh" but there were enough amount of intense sexual chemistries that sparkled in Miki and Christina's relationship. Honestly, Christina was the reason why I adored this book. Who could resist such a gorgeous, affectionate woman like her? I felt there's also a hidden charm of her soul that the author should explore it better than just gave a cursory description about why Christina being well-known for her alluring beauty.

[Jae Jae]

The story had potential, but it was badly edited with a lot of typos and spelling or punctuation mistakes. Also, the mystery subplot wasn’t very strong.

I wonder who wrote the backcover blurb for this book. It amazed me how little the description of Miki in the backcover blurb resembles the Miki that I found in the story. In the novel, Miki isn’t shy or slow to trust at all.

[Diana P. · Rating 3 out of 5]

A romantic story with a bit of mystery and two likable main characters.

Since this story is told in a third person limited point of view, I have to say I missed a lot not being able to know more about the second main character’s feelings and thoughts. Most of all because I think she was a very likable one and her development must have been something interesting to witness. In my opinion, when a story is not told in an omniscient way I kinda feel it lacks of completeness.

There are two things I consider as flaws in this story is the absence of physical description of the main character and the editing which needs some work.

About the love scene, I think it was well-portrayed, capturing all the emotions/feelings and attraction they felt.

I wouldn’t say this is a page-turner, maybe because it feels too slow-paced for my liking and the subplot isn’t remarkable, however, I think it's nice enough to keep you interested till the end. A nice read, overall.

3.5

[Rachel Mersereau · Rating 3 out of 5]

a very easy fun read! kind of a mid story, but good “turn your brain off” reading

[MaxDisaster · Rating 1 out of 5]

I hate to say this but the typos and spelling errors in the book annoyed me enough that I couldn't have enjoyed it even it if it was the best story in the world
...
Which it wasn't.
It's not terrible, don't get me wrong, but I've definitely read better.

And I'm not saying typos can't occasionally happen. They happen to me a lot, but seeing them in an edited and published book annoys me. Hell, there is even a typo in the Goodreads summary (either that or Miki has a split personality, because she is apparently "women")
So yeah, the story is acceptable, even if a bit unimaginative, but the writing itself is rather lacking

[Tina · Rating 3 out of 5]

My wife and I found this book on our honeymoon in the very back of a small bookstore in the middle of nowhere Michigan. The author is from the same small town as my darling, so we bought it and read it to each other by the campfire over the week. It wasn't the best novel ever written, but I'm so glad it exists. Worth your time even to just smile back at the at 1990s.

[Kay · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a bit of a mess even for the Naiad, can’t really endorse. The mystery part was extremely obvious from the first mentions of all parties, and I’m not particularly good at these things.