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Rachelle J. Christensen

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Tekijän teokset

Diamond Rings are Deadly Things (2014) 53 kappaletta
Wrong Number (2010) 22 kappaletta
Caller ID (2012) 20 kappaletta
Veils and Vengeance (2015) 15 kappaletta
Christmas Kisses: an Echo Ridge Anthology (2015) — Avustaja — 8 kappaletta
Proposals and Poison (2016) 6 kappaletta
Silver Cascade Secrets (2015) 4 kappaletta
Hope for Christmas (2016) 3 kappaletta
River Whispers (2017) 3 kappaletta
Hawaiian Masquerade (2017) 2 kappaletta
Carve Me a Melody (2017) 2 kappaletta
Autumn Collection (6-in-1) (2013) — Avustaja — 2 kappaletta

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Diamond Rings are Deadly Things is a cozy mystery about a wedding planner who runs into trouble when she finds uncut diamonds hidden in the hem of one of their wedding dresses. I think this series is not for me. I am too far away from my days of planning weddings to appreciate the great detail that is included about each aspect of the weddings the wedding planner is planning. I also found myself frustrated by some of the actions of the main character. On the plus side I did like some of the side characters such as her assistant and the local policeman.… (lisätietoja)
 
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Cora-R | 5 muuta kirja-arvostelua | May 12, 2023 |
This was a sweet little romance. Claire is a servant at the Fielding household however Mrs Fielding treats her more like a daughter. Mrs Fielding's grandson comes to visit and is smitten with Claire. Claire is cautious as she wasn't of his class and wasn't sure of his intentions. Edmund is a lovely down to earth character, not at all pretentious. This is a novella so things move along fast the couple quickly negotiate one road block and then it's smooth sailing.

Great little start to my Christmas reading.… (lisätietoja)
 
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Ronnie293 | Nov 30, 2018 |
Diamond Rings are Deadly Things is the first in the Wedding Planner Mysteries series by Rachelle J Christensen.

Adrielle Pyper has moved to Sun Valley Idaho to pursue her lifelong dream of running her own business as a wedding planner. She had worked for a large and successful wedding planning company in San Francisco but after a life-altering incident she decides to start afresh closer to home.

The story is narrated by Adrielle and we get a close up look at her thoughts and life. Adrielle is feisty and self confident and doesn’t mind saying exactly what she thinks. She is a perfectionist and puts her heart and soul into the weddings she plans; there is no time for boyfriends or romance. Her business partner, Lorea, is a dressmaker. She sells the wedding dresses whilst Adrielle plans the weddings. Lorea is fun, chirpy and a romantic at heart. She is always trying to get Adrielle to loosen up, have some fun and maybe give love a chance.

Between planning the weddings of soap star Sylvia and Lorea’s good friend Natalie who is marrying the rich and famous Brock Grafton, who just so happens to be Sylvia’s ex, Arielle also gets herself mixed up in a diamond smuggling operation.
Everyone is a suspect, from the old, friendly jeweller Walter Mayfield to Colton, the delivery guy, and the hot new lawyer in town, Luke.

As we follow Adrielle on her hectic wedding planning schedule, trying to squeeze a few dates in with Dallas, the local real estate agent, and solve a stalker problem. The story makes for quite a few laughs, a little bit of romance and edge of your seat suspense. I loved the insight into just how much work a wedding planner does.

I absolutely loved the craft and wedding decoration descriptions at the start of each chapter. Adrielle and her Mum have their own crafty blog which features in the story and which I’m happy to say is a real blog (Yes, I googled it!). www.mashedpotatoesandcrafts.com

Diamond Rings are Deadly Things is a real page turner, a clean cozy crime/ mystery. Adrielle is a fun protagonist and the ending will have you holding your breath!!!
The perfect start to a new ‘must read’ series for me.

Content: no coarse language, no sex, minimal violence, a clean read.
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Ronnie293 | 5 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 14, 2018 |
Silver Cascade Secrets promises to be a “romantic suspense novella” and it delivers in all three categories. Christensen kept me turning pages (well, digital pages), and I can’t say if I was more determined to see Jillian and Travis finally connect or to discover who killed Travis’ brother-in-law and why. The murder was never solved, and as Jillian gets closer to decoding the mysterious letters Craig left behind, the she could be endangering herself. Travis seems like the ideal man for Jillian, but what if he was involved in Craig’s death somehow? And even if he is the man for Jillian, Caleb, her ex, comes crawling back begging for just one more chance.

Christensen has delivered a book which offers genuine romance while still remaining “clean.” You won’t find any graphic sex depicted. And the suspense involves murder and cover-up, yet borrows heavily from the “cozy” genre. I would be perfectly comfortable with my 13-year-old reading Silver Cascade Secrets.

Mystery and suspense mixed with romance in an easy, short read – what’s not to like? I look forward to reading more from Rachelle J. Christensen.

Silver Cascade Secrets is a 2017 winner of the Author’s Choice Award (Novella).
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Teokset
29
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167
Suosituimmuussija
#127,264
Arvio (tähdet)
4.0
Kirja-arvosteluja
16
ISBN:t
60

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