Saving Allegheny Green

by Lori Wilde

Move over, Miss Marple….

Allegheny "Ally" Green has spent her entire life being the voice of reason in Clover Leaf, Texas. Between her family and her nursing job at the local hospital, Ally's hands are too full for things like everlasting love and personal fulfillment. After all, when your aunt chats with the deceased and your sister shoots her cheating boyfriend in the foot, someone has to pay the bail.

Then dead bodies start turning up—including her sister Sissy's ex. And when Sissy herself becomes the sheriff's number one suspect, it's up to Ally to save the day yet again…. All she has to do is track down a murderer, save her sister, avoid any romantic notions involving the sheriff and find a life of her own.

Simple, really.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Fiction

416 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published September 1, 2005

About the author

Lori Wilde can’t remember a time when she didn’t want to write. She even went to nursing school so she could have a schedule flexible enough to allow her to write on the side. She nursed for 20 years, working in a variety of settings from the newborn nursery to the recovery room, to dialysis. But she never lost her desire to write.

She sold her first book in 1994 to Silhouette Romance but later discovered she had a flair for comedy and branched out to Harlequin Duets and now, to Blaze.

Lori is an adventuresome soul who loves to travel. She’s taken flying lessons, completed two marathons, rode in a hot-air balloon, performed with a professional jazz band, traveled Europe as a teenager, hiked volcanoes in Hawaii, trod on glaciers in Alaska, shot white-water rapids, water-skied, snow-skied, raced all-terrain vehicles, bodysurfed in the Gulf of Mexico, and photographed grizzly bears in Yellowstone.

She lives in her native Texas, with her own real-life hero, Bill.

Reviews

[Katie(babs) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lori Wilde has written a nice, light mystery romance with a heroine who is so caring to the point she doesn't think for herself. You feel for Ally as she goes through constant drama with her kooky aunt and mother as well as a younger sister who involves herself with abusive, drug addicted jerks. Ally is the only woman in this family with her head on straight.

But then one night little sister shoots her loser boyfriend in the foot. But things aren't that bad as the lust of Ally's dreams, Sheriff Conahegg is on the case. From that moment on Ally's life becomes even crazier with murder, out of control neighbors and the man she wants who keeps giving her mixed signals.
Ally has a back bone but is afraid to go after the best things in life, which means our hunky sheriff. Will Ally let loose, or will her sister and family bring her down?

Oh, and Ally finds herself becoming an amateur sleuth when her sister maybe up for murder charges.

Some may think this is more a popcorn read, but overall and enjoyable way to spend a few hours. The romance is sweet and Ally's internal thoughts are cute.

[JoAnne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ally is a nurse. She is a caretaker. She feels responsible for her family - her mom, aunt, sister and nephew- since her father died. Her sister, Sistine, has fallen in with a bad crowd. It makes Ally crazy but she cannot do anything until Sissy shoots her boyfriend in the foot. They cops are called by the TV preacher next door.
The sheriff, Sam Conahegg, shows up. He is a hottie! Ally notices him. She has not dated in so long.
Ally ends up finding two dead bodies - both boyfriends of Sissy's. Sam has an arrest warrent out for her. Ally needs to find out who is really behind these murders.

I liked this story. I was hoping it was a series but it's not.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the characters and the situations that they got themselves into, and the ending was entertaining. My only problem is that I felt there should have been more. More to the relationship between the two main charactes, more info on the sister, more on the main male character's background. Also, I think that the addition of the alternate ending to the back of the book was not a good idea. The alternate ending was horrible. I really don't think we needed to know it. But overall, this was a good book. I just wanted to know more.

[Carole · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually enjoyed this book. Allegheny "Ally" Green has a bit of a complex where she feels responsible for everyone in her family. She has to learn to let them stand on their own, even when her sister is suspected of murder.

[Sandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting with great characters. HEA left at cliffy but very well done.

[Tracy · Rating 5 out of 5]

The first Lori Wilde book I read...and I LOVE it. Set right in my backyard of Weatherford Texas.

[Catsalive · Rating 1 out of 5]

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I don't think Miss Marple is in any danger of losing her crown. Extremely silly.