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Love Me If You Must (Patricia Amble #1)
by
Nicole Young
Professional renovator Tish Amble finds evidence of foul play in a Victorian house. With a police officer next door Tish has her hands full. Will she discover the truth before it's too late?
ebook, 384 pages
Published
April 1st 2007
by Fleming H. Revell Company
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A lot of people rated this book poorly because of Tish's character, but that's exactly why I liked it. People DO have wild imaginary fantasies, make blundering mistakes, get desperate about relationships, and become completely paranoid when living alone in a house with a strange history. As an avid reader of Christian fiction, I found the authors approach to life and 'religion' based in more reality than many contemporary authors of ppb novels today. (The publishing restrictions often create a s...more
This book showed me once again that the saying you get what you pay for isn't always accurate. I would not have been at all disappointed if I had paid for this book. I love that I can find books on Kindle for free to discover new authors and I am definitely adding Young to my list.
While the book is not your typical mystery, it offers up a pretty good cast of characters who make great suspects. The story in itself is not typical, but I found it fresh and I loved the new career choice. Quite tired...more
While the book is not your typical mystery, it offers up a pretty good cast of characters who make great suspects. The story in itself is not typical, but I found it fresh and I loved the new career choice. Quite tired...more
I suppose this would qualify as a Christian "creepy mystery" novel with some romance. After the first few chapters, the only thing that kept me reading was wondering if there really was a body in the basement. About halfway through, I started skimming simply to discover the answer to that.
The romance part was a bit odd. The heroine was dreaming of a wonderful future married life (complete with kids) while on her first date with a handsome guy she barely knew. Yet she kept calling her cop neighb...more
The romance part was a bit odd. The heroine was dreaming of a wonderful future married life (complete with kids) while on her first date with a handsome guy she barely knew. Yet she kept calling her cop neighb...more
This book was a real jumble of elements.
The basic premise of a single female renovating a home and finding what she thinks is a dead body buried in the cellar cistern was a good start. But add to the mix the fact that she has a secret past, she's the only one who can "see" the buried body, she picks up strange vibes coming from the basement, and the fact that our heroine is a complete idiot, then the story goes downhill fast.
I've never come across such ridiculous characters. There's the handso...more
The basic premise of a single female renovating a home and finding what she thinks is a dead body buried in the cellar cistern was a good start. But add to the mix the fact that she has a secret past, she's the only one who can "see" the buried body, she picks up strange vibes coming from the basement, and the fact that our heroine is a complete idiot, then the story goes downhill fast.
I've never come across such ridiculous characters. There's the handso...more
Jun 23, 2012
Dlora
rated it
2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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I liked the idea of restoring homes in this book and I wish there had been more detail about that. I also was interested in the conflict that homeowners get into trying to get permits to update old homes without destroying historical features. Main character Tish Amble says she likes "creepy romances" and this book falls into that category when she thinks she sees a dead body covered by not-enough cement in her basement cistern. Her intuition leads her to try to uncover a murder that she believe...more
I downloaded a free copy of this book for my Sony e-reader.
Tish travels the country (or maybe just the state of Michigan) fixing up old houses and flipping them for a profit. Sounds like an awesome way to make a living, but really she's just running from her past, hoping that no one finds out the truth she's trying to avoid. Right off the bat she meets sexy neighbor, David. With a British accent and handsome looks, what's not to like? He's smooth, sophisticated, and just getting served divorce p...more
Tish travels the country (or maybe just the state of Michigan) fixing up old houses and flipping them for a profit. Sounds like an awesome way to make a living, but really she's just running from her past, hoping that no one finds out the truth she's trying to avoid. Right off the bat she meets sexy neighbor, David. With a British accent and handsome looks, what's not to like? He's smooth, sophisticated, and just getting served divorce p...more
Where to start? Another Christian fiction title masquerading as not. These things pop up on the free Kindle book list faster than chicken pox on a five-year-old. It's really my fault, I should know better; but I keep hoping that I'll find a jewel somewhere. I don't have anything against Christian fiction, except that I don't particularily like to read it. I don't need to be preached to through a book. It's just not my thing. I simply request that it's properly labeled in the categories.
I could d...more
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I enjoyed this book. This is a first time read for this author and I found it entertaining. I definitely enjoyed the style of writing with that sort of wry humor mixed in there. Right up my alley so to speak. The characters were interesting and the story went along nicely. There was one twist that I didn't quite expect so that was nice. There was one part that kind of made me sit back and say WTH with the whole religion thing. Felt like it came out of left field and was kind of 'preachy' which I...more
This book is the first in the series, about Patricia "Tish" Amble. Tish buys old houses and fixes them up to resale at a profit. She is a bit of a gypsy at heart. With no family to speak of, after the death of Grandmother, and after she has been in a bit of trouble with the law due to that death...Tish finds herself in Rawlings, MI. She has bought an old Victorian house from a divorcing couple.
Tish can see the house for all it's possiblities. Until, on Halloween, when the neighborhood children t...more
Tish can see the house for all it's possiblities. Until, on Halloween, when the neighborhood children t...more
This book was okay. The heroine was feisty and had moxie and I appreciated her difficult past and her subsequent inability to forge connections with people and leave her loneliness.
The mystery started off very interesting; got me hooked and kept me guessing. I also appreciated the unconventional ending.
What I didn't like was a) her inane flip flopping when it came to the men she meets. One minute, they're scary, the next, she's ready to marry them. It didn't make sense or ring true. And the ot...more
The mystery started off very interesting; got me hooked and kept me guessing. I also appreciated the unconventional ending.
What I didn't like was a) her inane flip flopping when it came to the men she meets. One minute, they're scary, the next, she's ready to marry them. It didn't make sense or ring true. And the ot...more
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Tish had a rough life. Mom dying. Living with Grandma. Grandma wanting her to give her extra pills for her pain, so she goes to jail for 3 years for that.
Coming out of jail, she moved around and fixed up houses. Buying them low and selling them for a nice profit.
She buys this big Victorian house to fix it up, but someone starts saying it has a ghost.
She gets in to all sorts of trouble, but has a deputy living close to her as well as an English man across the street.
She finally gets into stripp...more
Coming out of jail, she moved around and fixed up houses. Buying them low and selling them for a nice profit.
She buys this big Victorian house to fix it up, but someone starts saying it has a ghost.
She gets in to all sorts of trouble, but has a deputy living close to her as well as an English man across the street.
She finally gets into stripp...more
I loved this book! I thought the main character was great (except her insanity in the love department... what the heck? Get a grip lady!) But the story was entertaining and kept me interested from the very first page. It's about a woman who renovated homes for a living. Moves in, re-does it all, sells it and moves out, as fast as possible. Has no home, has a sad past and a lot of troubles in her mind that she can't let go of. Going through her new home, she finds a mystery, which makes people th...more
This was a free read that I took a chance on and enjoyed. The heroine and the quirky characters were fun to follow. It was an easy read that will not overwhelm you with who-dunnit theories and clues. It is a cozy mystery dashed in with a light romantic notions. Love Me If You Must isn't a novel you can niche easily. It is a mystery with a heroine who really isn't all that interested in finding out if there is a body in her basement or not, it plays with a heoine who wants to find love but isn;t...more
It is so difficult to write a review when a plot has such potential but in the final analysis the execution was poor. This is the case with "Lose Me If You Must." Patricia Amble is a house restorer who recently purchase an old victorian house to turn for a profit. The problem is the house is rumored to be haunted, Tish's past is about to come back and bite her and two attractive local men are vying for her affection. Sounds good right? Well, here are the problems. Tish is not some young girl. Sh...more
While Tish is confronting the demons of her past, she finds herself caught up in what just might be a murder mystery in a strange little town. Whom can she trust? Who could be the killer? Will he come after her next? All the while, she is being pursued by two men who want to win her heart. Which should she confide in, and which is dangerous?
This quirky little tale touches on euthanasia, suicide, fear, trust, and finding a way to forgive oneself and move on with life. I enjoyed the main characte...more
This quirky little tale touches on euthanasia, suicide, fear, trust, and finding a way to forgive oneself and move on with life. I enjoyed the main characte...more
Patricia (Tish) Amble is moving in to her new renovation project in Rawlings, MI. She never stays in once place to long, doesn't let herself get to close to anyone. She has a past she wants to keep secret so she moves around alot and keeps her distance.
She is pretty excited about getting started on her new project until she hears the rumors that the house is haunted. She starts to believe that someone is buried in her basement in the cistern. Is she paranoid or was there truth behind her parano...more
She is pretty excited about getting started on her new project until she hears the rumors that the house is haunted. She starts to believe that someone is buried in her basement in the cistern. Is she paranoid or was there truth behind her parano...more
I had no idea this was a paranormal Christian murder mystery. I mean the woman is having psychic visions of ghosts and a dead body buried under her house. It would just be garden variety paranoia except that she is right. Crazy I can accept but not psychic.
The story was good and compelling. I actually liked the main character regardless of her crazy psycicness but her love interest, the cop next door, what a glutton for punishment. She was horrible to him I have no idea why he liked her. I guess...more
The story was good and compelling. I actually liked the main character regardless of her crazy psycicness but her love interest, the cop next door, what a glutton for punishment. She was horrible to him I have no idea why he liked her. I guess...more
Tish Amble is in Rawlings, Michigan to rehab an old Victorian. She has secrets, she rather no one in this new town finds out. Officer Brad befriends Tish, standing by her when she is charged with murder and her secrets are revealed. David, a man who has ex wife issues, romances her and asks her to marry him. Yet, Tish has a problem, she believes some one is buried in her cistern in the basement, David's ex wife. She starts snooping believing David is a killer and could clear her name. Yet, the i...more
Patricia buys old homes lives in them and fixes up them for resell. She bought an old victorian house that some say is haunted, Of course she moved in October. Patricia gets the idea that thier is a body in her basement buried in cement. she spent 3 years in prison for murdering her grandmother.
David comes to welcome her to nieghborhood and be friend hers. she finds he is married but divorce papers are in the works. he is from england and does computer works.
brad is her nieghbor next door a cop....more
David comes to welcome her to nieghborhood and be friend hers. she finds he is married but divorce papers are in the works. he is from england and does computer works.
brad is her nieghbor next door a cop....more
Time for another mystery review.
Love Me If You Must by Nicole Young
Love Me If You Must is the first book in Nicole Young's mystery series, the Patricia Amble Mystery series.
I was lucky enough to get this as a Kindle freebie from Amazon, and I decided I was in the mood for another mystery after I finished Murder By The Slice.
Let me start off by saying that I really, really enjoyed Love Me If You Must!
The story follows Tish Amble who is a house renovator. She has just come to a new town to renovat...more
Love Me If You Must by Nicole Young
Love Me If You Must is the first book in Nicole Young's mystery series, the Patricia Amble Mystery series.
I was lucky enough to get this as a Kindle freebie from Amazon, and I decided I was in the mood for another mystery after I finished Murder By The Slice.
Let me start off by saying that I really, really enjoyed Love Me If You Must!
The story follows Tish Amble who is a house renovator. She has just come to a new town to renovat...more
Nov 07, 2012
The Book Blogger (inside and in between)
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
I really liked this book...somehow it took me an EON to get around reading it, but I am glad I finally did! I usually steer clear of books written in the first-person, but Nicole Young does an exceptional job with this point-of-view..I pretty much flew the book, and loved the flowing, easygoing writing style. I liked the feisty main character Trish, even though her logic seemed a bit weird at times..the murder mystery was well done, I has absolutely no idea who the murderer was and was pretty fr...more
I was pleasantly surprised when I began this book, given I knew nothing about the author, but I am always up for a good mystery and she hooked me early on. Young did a good job of keeping me engaged with her offering of multiple possible victims and villains, and there was a twist at the end that I did not expect (duh - doesn't that more or less define a "twist"?)
However, I just could not admire or respect the lead character, who seemingly fell in and out of love with one of the two lead male ch...more
However, I just could not admire or respect the lead character, who seemingly fell in and out of love with one of the two lead male ch...more
I was pleasantly surprised with this book. The main character, Tish, moves around renovating houses and then selling them. With no place to call her permanent home, and questions about her own background, a body is found in the basement of her new house. She becomes involved in solving the murder with her own life in the balance. This is book one in a series and I have already started book two. I highly recommend this book if you like a modern day mystery with a dash of romance. I do believe thi...more
Another free book for my Kindle. I would probably give it a 2.5 if the rating system were better. I liked it, but it was *just* ok. At first I thought it was a cozy mystery since there was very little mention of God or grace or forgiveness or anything else until close to the end. And even then, it was very light as compared to the Christian fiction I normally read. Which is fine, I like cozies and this one was clean, not a single bad word or violent scene, but it just didn't grab me that much. I...more
This is quite possibly the worst book I have ever read. Tish is a psycho who jumps to conclusions all the time, with no evidence to back any of it up. I admit, I couldn't even bring myself to read the last 50 pages or so because I was sick of tish. She is always jumping at her own shadow and changing her mind about other characters ever 10 pages or so. Thank God this book was free on amazon. I would be wicked mad if I actually had to pay for it. I dont know why it was ever published.
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Freebie. I have mixed feelings about this book. First, this has a nice modern Gothic feel to it. Tish (why not call the series 'Tish Amble' if Tish doesn't really use her full name?) has a feeling about the cistern in the house she's renovating. Some of her neighbors behave strangely. Three women have been absent or missing for nearly a year. The atmosphere easily lends a creepy or scary feeling for reading.
On the other hand, I'm not sure how much I like Tish. She's been running from a troubled...more
On the other hand, I'm not sure how much I like Tish. She's been running from a troubled...more
A first novel by this author. It appears she has written 2 more in this series. The main character has just moved to a new city and has bought a house to remodel and then sell. The author alludes to the possibility of ghosts, seeing the dead, and leads us along about the main character. We know she was somewhere locked up (mental facility, jail)? It kept up a pretty good pace. Possible murders that happened before she arrived and murders that happened after she got there. Because I didn't solve...more
I'm usually the kind of person who sticks it out until the end, which is one of the few reasons I made it to the last page of this one. My need to find out who the murderer really was kept me hanging on, but that was about it. The characters were fairly unrealistic, romantic relationships developed in an unbelievably short amount of time, and the Type A personality of the protagonist was just a bit too "git-er-done" for a single woman in that situation.
It's a rare day when I don't want to contin...more
It's a rare day when I don't want to contin...more
This book was as schizophrenic as the heroine. It couldn't decide if it was a suspense, a mystery, a romance or a christian fiction story. It tried to be a bit of everything and failed. The heroine was clearly bonkers - seriously considering saying yes to a marriage proposal from a man she's known for 3 hours and who thinks may have murdered his wife - hmmm methinks this is stretching incredulity so far I hear the elastic snapping. This was just one of the flaws. It's a shame as it had great pro...more
I enjoy this book. It had strong characters and a surprising ending that blew me away. I would have never guessed it. The only thing I didn't like was that there was one part that didn't make a lot of sense. I asked myself this: If I thought a murderer was chasing me in a car, would I drive to the police station or would I drive out into a swamp where there were no houses in sight? I don't think most people would choose to drive out into a swamp area. Other than that, the book did keep me turnin...more
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