She's No Angel

Town of Trouble #3

by Leslie Kelly

If only he'd taken another route to
Trouble, Pennsylvania. Then he'd never have
rescued a tire-iron-toting, drop-dead-gorgeous woman
whose crazy aunts had stolen her shoes and keys and
left her more than a little pissed off. There was no way
he was ready to get involved with someone like Jennifer,
let alone the decades-old murder case swirling around
her nutty family!

But writer Jennifer Feeney was one provocative
package. And her latest bestseller had stirred up
a whole lot of trouble. Which meant that, between
rescuing her again and again, Mike had fallen for
her, big-time. Just the way he'd promised himself he
wouldn't. Now it looks as if her family's past is going
to catch up with both of them, and it's time for Mike
to choose—solve the case—or get the girl.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary, Fiction

384 pages, Paperback

First published June 26, 2007

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

New York Times Bestselling author, Leslie Kelly writes sexy romances and dark romantic thrillers. A four-time RWA RITA Award nominee, eleven-time Romantic Times Award nominee and 2006 RT Award winner, Leslie has become known for her delightful characters, sparkling dialogue, and outrageous humor in her romances, and for the dark grittiness of her thrillers. Since the publication of her first book in 1999, Leslie has gone on to pen more than forty sassy, sexy romances for Harlequin Temptation, Blaze, and HQN.

In 2009, Leslie began tapping into her love for dark suspense by penning several books under the pseudonym Leslie Parrish. The Black CATs and Extrasensory Agents series quickly put Leslie on the must-read list of romantic-suspense fans.

Tired of writing under various names, Leslie decided to go into her next genre--futuristic thrillers with a suspense element--under her real name. She released her dark, gritty Veronica Sloan books, and reissued the Black CATs series, as Leslie A. Kelly.

Leslie lives in Denver with her husband Bruce--her real-life romance hero. Visit her online at lesliekelly.com (for her sexy romances) or at leslieAkelly.com (for her romantic suspense.)

Reviews

[Diane ~Firefly~ · Rating 3 out of 5]

I started with book 3, so there was a bit of catching up to do, but most things were explained. The town of Trouble is very depressed, even with Mortimer doing his best to improve things. I did like the characters. Mortimer and Roderick are life-long friends/war buddies who are both widowed and helped raise Mortimer's three grandsons and are now trying to improve the town and marry off Mortimer's grandsons.

There were basically three stories here. First Mike and Jen getting together. I liked them both, but had a hard time believing what she put up with from her aunts Ivy and Ida Mae. Roderick also finds someone of interest and you can't help but like Emily. And finally some of Ivy's secrets are revealed.

[Jessie Maisonville · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was fun to read. I would love to read the others in the series just to get more of the kooky aunts stories.

[chanceofbooks · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a charming breath of fresh air--no vampires, no serial killers, no paranormal missions. Just a sweet, sexy story with great secondary characters. Fans of Vicki Lewis Thompson and Rachel Gibson will like this one. I did find the beginning half of the book very slow paced, but it was worth hanging in there for. The secondary romances were nice touches as well. This was my first book of hers and its part of a series--might be worth going back to the earlier Trouble books and starting there to fully enjoy the story arcs.

[Ashley · Rating 2 out of 5]

I almost didn't read this book, simply because of the awful cover and that tell-tell "H" on the upper left cover... but I had a few hours that needed killing and so I did read it.
Not great but not terrible. Predictable, really. The pacing was off as the story dragged in places and I felt like there was a lot of filler but I suspect those were ties to characters from other books.
I'm not swearing off Kelly's books yet but this was not a strong start.

[Anne Holly · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was okay. Hero and heroine are fine, for the most part. Lots and lots of sex, though not that much else, and a bit too much series filler for my liking. Setting is a bit too aggressively "whacky," for my liking, and the multiple small storylines got on my nerves, and pulled me out of the main story; I ended up skimming a lot of chapters that focused on things I didn't care about. This book tries very hard.

[❀ Crystal ✿ - PEACE ☮ LOVE ♥ BOOKS · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was kick-butt good with a great book boyfriend. He was so perfect and protective of her from the beginning and of course this adds some tension because the protagonist hates this. there are some really funny moments as well, such as how she writes books on how crappy guys can be, all in a joking manner, but manages to make some male enemies with her honest truth. LOL

[Hpitcher]

good but it would have been a lot better if it hadn't been from so many different perspectives. like this emily baker person. the story behind that was useless. anyway, it's still ok.

[Stefanie Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book was okay. I liked that you saw other bits of the Taylor family.

[Stephanie Bolen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely looking for more stories from Trouble.