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CLP Blog Tours Book Review: The Brim Reaper by Diane …

Diane Vallere is now on tour with CLP Blog Tours and The Brim Reaper
Summary:
When an over-the-top collection of vintage Hollywood costumes comes to Samantha Kidd’s hometown, it brings a hat box full of hype. Close friend Eddie is in charge of the exhibit but when hype turns to homicide, he turns to Samantha for help. Brimming with good intentions, she loops in the cops, but after one too many cloche calls, she’s soon in over her head. If she can tear the lid off the investigation, it might mean a feather in her fedora. And if she can’t? She might get capped.
Review:
I have also read Buyer, Beware and Designer Dirty Laundry in this series, so of course I was excited to head back into Samantha’s fashionable – and murderous – world. This series is such a blast, and the third book was just as fun to read. Of course she gets herself wrapped up in another murder mystery, and I loved that I was surprised at the ending and the whodunit. I honestly didn’t see that coming! Samantha’s romantic life is also one that I can’t wait to keep reading about, and I really hope there is more coming. I highly recommend this series!
4 stars

March 10, 2014
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Book Review: Designer Dirty Laundry by Diane Vallere
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Book Review: Designer Dirty Laundry by Diane Vallere

I received a copy of Designer Dirty Laundry by Diane Vallere in exchange for an honest review.
Summary:
Samantha Kidd, ex-buyer turned Trend Specialist, designed her future with couture precision, but finding the Fashion Director’s corpse on day one leaves her hanging by a thread. When the killer fabricates evidence that puts the cops on her hemline, her new life begins to unravel. She trades high fashion for dirty laundry and reveals a cast of designers out for blood. Now this flatfoot in heels must keep pace with a diabolical designer before she gets marked down for murder.
Review:
Ah, a good chick lit mystery that involves lots of fun fashion – my kind of book! And I even share a name with the heroine – that has to be a good sign, right? 😉 Designer Dirty Laundry is a fast-paced book that kept me entertained with mystery, drama, fashion, and romance throughout. Samantha is such a fun heroine, a woman who stumbles upon a mystery when all she is trying to do is make a few changes in her life. The fashion and land of couture is a big focus in the book, and Vallere clearly has a background here and brings a lot of knowledge and fun behind-the-scenes tidbits for readers. A lot of fun to read and even better – a sequel that is burning a hole in my bookshelf!
[Rating: 4]

January 4, 2013
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In My Mailbox: Week of March 11
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In My Mailbox: Week of March 11

In My Mailbox: Week of March 11

Title: Finding Felicity
Author: Monica Marlowe
Received: Via CLP Blog Tours
Synopsis: When Madeline O’Connor learns that her estranged sister is gravely ill, she leaves behind her life in Manhattan to be at her sister’s side in Italy. There, she discovers an ancient Benedictine monastery that accommodates travelers, and she decides to stay there, among the monks. Everything in her life turns upside down when she falls for Brother Anthony Lamberti, a soft-spoken Italian completely different from the men she knows in New York. Together Madeline and Anthony find love for the first time, and learn that life and love always find a way. When her sister dies, a new life for Madeline begins. A new life that she would never have imagined and yet is perfect for her in every way.

Title: Designer Dirty Laundry
Author: Diane Vallere
Received: From Diane Vallere
Synopsis: Samantha Kidd, ex-buyer turned Trend Specialist, designed her future with couture precision, but finding the Fashion Director’s corpse on day one leaves her hanging by a thread. When the killer fabricates evidence that puts the cops on her hemline, she trades high fashion for dirty laundry and reveals a cast of characters out for blood. Now this flatfoot in heels must keep pace with a diabolical designer before she gets marked down for murder.

Title: The Wedding Beat
Author: Devan Sipher
Received: From Erin @ The Penguin Group
Synopsis: Sometimes the best man isn’t even in the wedding party…

Gavin Greene is a hopeless romantic. He’s also a professional one: He writes the wedding column for a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper, covering spectacular parties from coast to coast. But there’s a thin line between being a hotshot reporter on assignment…and being a single guy alone on a Saturday night at someone else’s wedding.

Everything changes on New Year’s when Gavin meets Melinda, a travel writer with an adventurous spirit. A moonlit stroll across a Manhattan rooftop seems to seal the deal. But then she slips away.

Gavin crisscrosses New York City to find her again, navigating stressed-out brides, gossip blogs, a budget-cutting boss and his daft but well-meaning parents. Along the way, he learns that there’s something worse than losing the woman of his dreams — having to write an article about her wedding.

March 11, 2012
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