Since I don't normally write reviews unless I have something specific to say, here's the break down of how I rate my books...1 star... This book was bad, so bad I may have given up and skipped to the end. I will avoid this author like the plague in the future.2 stars... This book was not very go...
Is there a Vampire on the prowl? Could it be Vlad, a friend of Marco's from his Army Ranger days? He sure seems mysterious..ordering mysterious plants; wearing black robes; catching the eyes of the young women in the town.A woman has been killed...her blood drained from her neck via wounds that l...
“To Catch a Leaf” is the newest installment in the Flower Shop Mystery Series by Kate Collins. Don’t let the cutesy title deter you. This is a solid mystery with likeable characters and a fast-moving plot.Flower shop owner Abby Knight is finally, officially engaged to her boyfriend, fulltime bar ...
Abby Knight discovers that sometimes death can be a little fun in the sixth Flower Shop Mystery... Abby is amused by the black humor of the usually somber "death professionals" who are attending the Midwestern Funeral Directors Association's regional convention. Even organizer Sybil Blount--know...
Law school drop-out-turned-flower shop owner Abby Knight has been asked to be a bridesmaid by her cousin. But before the couple says "I do," a groomsman disappears-and another member of the wedding party is found dead. Abby has to hurry down an aisle of suspects to unveil the truth-and make sure ...
When I swapped the thorny problems of law school for the budding business of my flower store, Bloomers, I vowed that I, Abby Knight, wouldn t be caught dead visiting that hateful campus ever again. But sometimes a girl s got to face down her dragons....PLANT OF ATTACKSomeone orders a black rose f...
The Barnes & Noble ReviewIn Dearly Depotted, the third book in Kate Collins's Flower Shop Mystery saga (Mum's the Word, Slay It with Flowers), Abby Knight -- the new owner of Bloomers florists -- is having a Fourth of July from Hell. A reluctant bridesmaid in her drama queen cousin's wedding, Abb...
I read the first book in this series a while ago. I wasn't too enthusiastic about it so although I already had this one in the TBR pile I didn't pick it up right away. Last week I was organising my books and I decided to read it and send it on its way as I don't plan to read the rest of the serie...
my customer said as we sat at a table in the coffee parlor going through photographs of wedding bouquets. “I think my bridesmaids would look nice in pink.” Which is what she’d said about the color blue twenty minutes earlier. I showed her several ideas for pink arrangement...
“Kyle Shaw is your friend?” “Yes. I told you about him.” “You didn’t tell me his name! Tara, I’ve been trying to get Kyle’s mom to let me talk to him for a week, but she keeps saying no.” “Why do you need to talk to him?” &nb...
Marco asked. He was reading a manual on crime scene investigations, leaning against pillows propped up on the wicker headboard. Seedy, curled in her bed in a corner of the room, lifted her head to greet me with a tail wag. “It was fascinating. A study in narcissism.” ...
I said, reaching for a tissue from the box on his desk to wipe my eyes. “I’ve been holed up at Bloomers ever since, working late, trying to keep my mind off Marco and Libby. I haven’t heard from Marco since that day, but I have seen Libby. She’s sporting red hair now, just like mine. Customers sa...
She was standing at the kitchen counter making herself a tuna-salad-and-cream-cheese sandwich on white bread, with a side of ice cream, something the old Nikki never would have eaten. “Hey, Nik, you’ll never guess what I saw in the New Chapel News this morning.” “Oh, I don’t know—news?” “Ha. Funn...
The driver glanced in the rearview mirror. “What do you want me to do?” “Follow them.” The driver put the big sedan in gear and eased out onto the street. Nothing easier than tailing a bright yellow Corvette. Those two showing up here had been something of a surprise, though, especially coming on...
“Damn it.” Seedy jumped from the backseat into my lap and hid her head under my arm. “Tell me what happened,” I said. “Rafe saw muddy shoe prints leading from the back door to the basement doorway and followed them downstairs, thinking someone had g...
I reminded my cousin. “Then there’s only one other person that I know of who’d get that kind of reaction from Pryce,” Jillian said, then suddenly brightened. “Claymore!” “It can’t be Claymore,” I said, then realized she was talking to her husband. “I’m right here, my darling,” Claymore replied, s...