I enjoyed reading this book. The characters came to life. Near the end the plot(s) got complicated and the story became even more unbelievable. The main character, Josiah, is a beekeeper who finds a rival beekeeper (also known as a bee "whisperer") dead in one of her hives. She is a suspect i...
My feelings are pretty mixed with this one. I went with 3 stars because there is a good story and good characters, even if the story isn't sufficiently independent. It relies heavily on the previous book, so hard to follow when that hasn't been read. This also makes the start very slow, because i...
This is the fourth book in the Josiah Reynolds series. I DO NOT RECOMMEND READING IT WITHOUT READING THE FIRST THREE BOOKS, as the first few chapters will leave the reader quite confused.I love Josiah! She is a feisty woman, past her prime, with a great sense of humor, depth of character, an am...
asked Aussie Jack. “You look like crap.” “Gee, thanks Boss,” answered Lillian, barely looking up from her coffee cup. “You’ve got big circles under your eyes. You look like a raccoon.” Lillian looked at her boss and made a face. “Can’t you say something nice?” “Give.” Lillian shrugged. “When I’m ...
The original pipes were made of copper but many of them had to be torn out. Eva made sure the discarded copper was properly secured as she was going to scrap it along with the cast iron bathtubs. It would bring in a small amount of welcomed revenue. Seeing Mike going over the invoice with the plu...
“Are you decent?”“Who, me? Yeah, I’m decent.”Goetz opened the door and walked in. “The doc called and said your scans were fine. If you feel all right, I’d like to leave. Got things to do.”I was glad Goetz was going home. “No problem.” I followed him to the front door, which apparently had been r...
laughed Mary. She and River were finishing their meal at Aussie Jack’s. “I told my family I was tired and going to bed early, and then snuck out my bedroom window.” “But why?” Mary asked. “Because I’d get a lot of questions. Where am I going? Who am I going to meet? When will I be home? Blah, bla...
Finally we saw dust stirring on the gravel road and soon a beat-up farm truck emerged from a brown cloud to abruptly stop in front of the barn. A spry little elf of a woman, who was no bigger than a worn-out piece of soap, hopped out of the dusty cab carrying a carpetbag. She strode up to the vet...
It was the first city founded in Kentucky and its fort was built even earlier than Fort Boonesborough, its more famous counterpart, by one year – 1774. But nobody remembers its founder, James Harrod, while everyone knows of Daniel Boone, the founder of Boonesborough. Daniel Boone just had a bette...
“You want me to follow him?” Asa shook her head. “You find out what you wanted?” “I don’t know if I should believe him.” Asa brushed away a tear and laughed nervously. “I’m certainly my mother’s daughter–headstrong, self-righteous. I was so sure I was doing the right thing back then.” “Now you no...