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Love in a Nutshell (Culhane Family #1)

by Janet Evanovich (Goodreads Author), Dorien Kelly (Goodreads Author)

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Number one bestselling author Janet Evanovich teams up with award-winning author Dorien Kelly to deliver a sparkling novel of romantic suspense, small-town antics, secretive sabotage, and lots and lots of beer.

Kate Appleton needs a job. Her husband has left her, she’s been fired from her position as a magazine editor, and the only place she wants to go is to her parents’ s...more

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Published January 3rd 2012 by St. Martin's Press (first published January 1st 2011)

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Jan 07, 2013 Barbara ★ rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: humor-funny, romance, read-2013, 2013-january, set-in-usa-michigan, zzz-cover-animal, zzz-cover-heart

I really love these quirky romances by Janet Evanovich and assorted co-writers. They are cute with hottie guys, ditzy (but hilarious) heroines and screwy circumstances. Who could ask for more in a funny romance.

Kate Appleton has returned to her childhood vacation home with the hopes of renovating the cottage into a Bed and Breakfast. Unfortunately her parents have allowed the mortgage to go into arrears (is that the correct term?) and now someone has purchased the property and is trying to evict...more

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Jan 08, 2012 Deb rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, chick-lit, read-in-2012, kindle, mystery

WARNING for audiobook readers:
Janet Evanovich uses the same narrator that she used with the Stephanie Plum series. My only complaint about the narrator is that the character voice sound just the same. A few times I caught myself saying that's Stephanie, Joe Morelli or Ranger's voice.

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Jun 15, 2013 J.M. Fisher rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book is one of the many reasons I love Janet Evanovich's storytelling. Her characters live large and the dialogue reveals their souls.

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Jul 19, 2012 Norma rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Quick short fun summer read. I enjoyed the characters but thought it ended abruptly! I may try another Janet Evanovich book

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Jun 09, 2013 J rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance

I pick this book mostly because of the cover, it got my attention and couldn’t let it go after I started reading it. I’ve finished it in 24 hours… I’m a book addicted, what else can I say.
The story is involving, mostly because of the way the chapter ends. Always with something left hanging so you need to turn the page and begin the next chapter and find out what happened next. You need to read to know how they catch the crazy person that’s been trying to ruin Matt’s business and almost getting K...more

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Apr 19, 2013 Paula Phillips rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

As a fan of her Stephanie Plum series and the one Diesel Tucker novel I've read , I have decided to go on a Janey Evanovich spree and check out her other novels. The first one up was Love in A Nutshell co-authored by Dorien Kelly. Love in A Nutshell takes us into the world of Kate Appleton whom has lost everything she had spent her life gaining from her job to her husband and even her house and pet dog Stella. With nowhere else to go, Kate decides to head to the family's summer Lake House in Kee...more

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Apr 16, 2013 April Loebick rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Janet Evanovich's books are one of my guilty pleasures. I’ve been known to sit down and read an entire Stephanie Plum book in one sitting. Every once and a while, I come across one of the romance novels that she’s co-written with someone else, and I’ll pick it up in the price is right. I recently acquired Love in a Nutshell by Evanovich and Dorien Kelly from the bargain bin at my local Walmart. It was only $3.95, so I happily purchased it. And I’m glad I did.

Love in a Nutshell is a goofy spin on...more

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Mar 25, 2013 Morgan Wyatt rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romantic-suspense

Love in a Nutshell is another romance by the team of Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly, best known for The Husband List>. This contemporary romance stars a recently divorced and unemployed Kate Appleton. Down on her luck Kate has an idea to turn her family’s summer home on Lake Michigan into a charming B&B. Her only problem is money, which lack of employment exacerbates.

Kate realizes she has to use her natural gumption to get a job at Depot Brewery. She had no option to take “no” for an an...more Love in a Nutshell is another romance by the team of Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly, best known for The Husband List>. This contemporary romance stars a recently divorced and unemployed Kate Appleton. Down on her luck Kate has an idea to turn her family’s summer home on Lake Michigan into a charming B&B. Her only problem is money, which lack of employment exacerbates.

Kate realizes she has to use her natural gumption to get a job at Depot Brewery. She had no option to take “no” for an answer. She didn’t count on gorgeous Matt Gillhane. The man’s delicious appearance often trips her up. Surprisingly, he hires her to spy on the employees to find the saboteur.

Matt Cullhane is the golden boy of Kenne’s Harbor, Michigan. Besides being an all-star athlete, he brings employment to the town with the Depot Brewery. As a single man, he is the target of many beautiful bombshells that happen to reside in his section of Michigan. Matt is a busy man running a brewery, funding many microbreweries, building and remodeling restaurants and hotels, and serving on a medal-winning hockey team. It is no wonder he is single. Someone is sabotaging his brewery. He hires plucky Kate to investigate the mysterious happenings.

The relationship between Kate and Matt is a romantic one, but it feels improbable. A man surrounded by gorgeous women decides when one bossy woman walks thru his door that she is it. There is no build up or real development of the relationship. There are obvious plots hole in the novel including the Nutshell home. Her parents a wealthy couple, demonstrated by having a summer home, mink coats, and country club membership, own a summer home for 30 plus years and it still isn’t paid off. They make the mortgaged home their broke daughter’s responsibility and expect her to pay for the mortgage and the repairs. Matt Culhane throws around money to buy up property and fund microbreweries, but never even puts up security cameras at his brewery. He is worried about losing his entire business so he hires a cute female without any experience to do investigative work. The actual culprit is so obvious it implies the reader might not be smart enough to figure it out. Then there is the issue that the heroine is allergic to beer, but she is unaware despite previous bad experience. Really, I am supposed to accept this.

I loved, loved The Husband List, so I picked up Love in a Nutshell expecting it to be similar. It isn’t. One reviewer explained that Kate was just Stephanie Plum in different clothes. My complaint is that the novel is too busy rather like Matt himself. There are too many things going on to stay with the plot line. I received an occasional lesson in beer making between the improbable romance and Matt Culhane’s many, many projects.

Love in a Nutshell is by two experienced, talented authors, which means it does have good parts. It reminds me of the saying that too many cooks in the kitchen spoil the broth rings true here. It has the feel that the writers holed up in a hotel room and pushed it out in a weekend. Read it and judge for yourself.
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Feb 28, 2013 Jennifer Daiker rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Kate Appleton is a hot mess and from page one that will entice you.

Fact - She's lost her job.
Fact - She lives in an old broken down house that she'd like to make into a bed and breakfast.
Fact - She has no money.

This hard headed female doesn't let that stop her. She marches right to the gentlemen who got her fired in the first place. The hottie who owns a very popular brewery and who will soon own her heart, Matt.

He gives her a job - To spy on his employees. Some strange things have been happeni...more

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Sep 29, 2012 Sean Logan rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It's a bit discouraging when an author becomes so formulaic that the publisher holds them to a certain word or page count, and than 9/10ths into the book the writer realizes they had better start wrapping things up. "Love in a Nutshell" is one of these books. Janet Evanovich has perfected the light-romantic-mystery formula with her Stephanie Plum series; however, she may want to look at other authors' techniques for writing and concluding a stand alone book.

"Love in a Nutshell" is a fun book, ni...more

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Sep 04, 2012 Sandie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: janet-evanovich

I love this writer, but I don't love her as much when she is teamed up with another writer. I also really love her stand alone romances, nearly as much as I love her series so when I saw another one out I snatched it up!

It was a very cute book....but it dragged at many points for me. There always seems to be at least one unique pet or person and sometimes both in each of these romances. This one wasn't any different and as always I enjoyed them. Chuck and Stella are definately quirky!

There was...more

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May 18, 2012 Jeana rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, contemporary-romance

I started the day with Love in a Nutshell which I had picked up on my last trip to the library. I haven’t managed to quite jump on the Stephanie Plum wagon yet, but that has more to do with finding the time to sit down and read the entire series. I’m a pre-Plum, Evanovich fan and have most of the re-released romances in digital form. I also love the co-authored romances with Charlotte Hughes. Love in a Nutshell was cute. Kate Appleton moves to Keene’s Harbor, Michigan to renovate her parents ol...more

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Apr 26, 2012 Aaron rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Fans of Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books will feel right at home with this co-written [with romance novelist Dorien Kelly] novel that introduces readers to a fun new cast of characters. Kate Appleton is returning back to Keene Harbor, Michigan, after a rough divorce to settle into the family home, the Nutshell, with the hopes of turning it into a bed and breakfast. The only problem is the mortgage payments are past due, and the Nutshell has no shortage of repairs that need completing. What is sh...more

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Mar 30, 2012 Sheila DeChantal rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Kate Appleton's life had hit the skids. Suddenly jobless, husbandless, and really feeling kind of low, she decided that the only she wants to be right now is at her parents summerhouse, The Nutshell in Keenes' Harbor Michigan. Unfortunately, much like her life, The Nutshell has seen better days as well and Kate finds herself needing cash in supply if she is about to renovate this house into her dream, a bed and breakfast.

Enter Matt Culhane, owner of a local brewery but having some major issues w...more

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Feb 23, 2012 Sabrina rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Classic Evanovich, this story features a quirky heroine who's a little off balance and a left of fitting in with regular society slightly. Also per usual it was the characters themselves that made this story stay with me and kept me listening to the audio.

I thought the mystery plot of the book was well paced and as the reader I didn't figure it out until much later in the story, which was really nice since some romances tend to very thinly veil the villain. The balance between the mystery and t...more Classic Evanovich, this story features a quirky heroine who's a little off balance and a left of fitting in with regular society slightly. Also per usual it was the characters themselves that made this story stay with me and kept me listening to the audio.

I thought the mystery plot of the book was well paced and as the reader I didn't figure it out until much later in the story, which was really nice since some romances tend to very thinly veil the villain. The balance between the mystery and the romance was well done and both unfolded together in the story.

All in all, this is a average fun and cute read. BUT. Evanovich definitely has character traits that seem to almost always be present in all her characters and that makes them all start to run together. This is made worse by the fact that ALL of her stories include the same narrator and it makes the similarities of the characters that much more noticeable. It feels like all her heroines are Stephanie Plum, just in a new situation.

I will say that narrator Loreli King is ALWAYS excellent. It's not her fault as she does a really great job, which I'm sure is how she keeps getting hired to narrate Evanovich's books. But the audio publisher should really take note that this may not be the smartest decision.

Yes, there are some fans who will love the amazing job that Loreli does and not give a care about all of the books sounding like they have the same exact characters, but there are those of us who do. There are those of us who want something different from Evanonich, yet still "her". But by having the same narrator you are not helping readers to make that distinction between books and characters.

Again, this is a really nice read and works on both the romance and mystery sides of the plot. I liked the characters, but kept being drawn out of the book every time I thought to myself, "That's something Stephanie would say."

If you haven't tried any of the Plum series on audio then you should really stay away from them and just listen to all the non-Plum stories on audio - then they'll be excellent and would deserve 4+ Hearts.(less)

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Feb 17, 2012 Megan rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: chick-lit, awsomely-bad, funny-mystery, dogs, humor, romance

This book is awful in a stellar way. The plot is like every Janet Evanovich only less funny, sexy, or thrilling. The writing is pretty cheesy, and I have proof:

"She looked up from the cross word puzzle she was doing. "What's a four-letter word for idiot? She asked. "Matt." "Really. Throw me a word." "Dolt." She frowned down at the puzzle, then smiled up at him. "That fits." And it fit him, too. Since when had he not grabbed for what he wanted? "Can you call and reschedule tomorrow's meetings un...more

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Feb 16, 2012 Christi Snow rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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If you are looking for a light, fluffy romantic read with a dash of suspense and mystery thrown in, this is a good book for you. This book was very entertaining and fun. I loved the brewery setting and I enjoyed Kate and Matt. There isn't anything too deep in this book...not even the romance. Honestly, I can think of only a handful of kisses throughout the entire book. Although saying that, I have to admit that I never did figure out who the bad guy was until it was revealed in the boo...more

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Feb 12, 2012 Annmarie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary, chick-lit, romance, suspense

2.5-3 stars for what it is, a fluffy, chick lit/romance read with a bit of mystery to it and not a lot of depth. It's like drinking Mountain Dew. Why did I read this? because the reviews were good and it sounded like a good beach-read type book. LJ: "Sassy dialog, laugh-out-loud humor, vastly appealing characters, and an intriguing setting make this fast-paced, suspenseful romance one to imbibe." Bah. Not so much, LJ. It's ok. It's close to that, but a few notches below achieving it. Fast read,...more 2.5-3 stars for what it is, a fluffy, chick lit/romance read with a bit of mystery to it and not a lot of depth. It's like drinking Mountain Dew. Why did I read this? because the reviews were good and it sounded like a good beach-read type book. LJ: "Sassy dialog, laugh-out-loud humor, vastly appealing characters, and an intriguing setting make this fast-paced, suspenseful romance one to imbibe." Bah. Not so much, LJ. It's ok. It's close to that, but a few notches below achieving it. Fast read, eighth grade level, wholesome, good for the folk who prefer to avoid bad language and sexy-time; also good for chick lit romance fans.

Heroine moves into her parents' summer lake house, a rambling falling down thing in Michigan, to renovate it into a b&b after she gets a divorce & loses her magazine editor job & is broke. Her parents are behind on their mortgage (despite the fact that they seem to be wealthy, all the heroine's siblings are wealthy, and they've owned the 2nd house for 30 years, so ???) and want her to let the private investor who has bought the mortgage to take it instead. Heroine needs a job so marches into local brewery and gets one from the hot owner, who likes her sass & asks her to work undercover and spy to find out who is sabotaging his brewery. She'll be paid minimum wage and get a $20,000 bonus if she finds the saboteur. Hot brewery guy and heroine fall in love and find the saboteur amidst a bit of danger and nice family relationships.

Irritating factors: Evanovich seems to think minimum wage is $10 an hour. No. Not even here in liberal Oregon. It's $7.40 in Michigan. When you're broke, you know the difference between $7.40 & $10 per hour, trust me.
Also, hot brewery guy, smart enough to invest in other breweries and to have a booming successful business, yet too stupid to think of buying security cameras.
No interesting house renovation details at all, just a few "ooh sewage overflow" type mishaps.
And finally, the hero has a tough three legged rescue hound dog, while the heroine misses her dog terribly which turns out to be a fussy mini poodle who appears to be the alpha in the human-heroine relationship, and then also alpha over the hero. Ugh. And these people need to seriously read some dog training books. (less)

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Feb 10, 2012 Melissa rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012-teen-book-reviews, audiobook-reviews-2012, favorites, read-in-2012, adult-fiction, with-reviews

Kate Appleton just wants a chance to restart her life. Her husband divorced her, taking her beloved poodle with him, and much of her self-confidence. Movie to Keene’s Harbor, and remodeling her family’s old summer cottage, The Nutshell, into a bed and breakfast is the new start she is hoping for; until she loses her job, and she discovers that the Nutshell needs more than just a touch of paint. In a fit of temper, Kate storms in to Matt Cuhane’s office and demands a job, because she blames him
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Kate Appleton just wants a chance to restart her life. Her husband divorced her, taking her beloved poodle with him, and much of her self-confidence. Movie to Keene’s Harbor, and remodeling her family’s old summer cottage, The Nutshell, into a bed and breakfast is the new start she is hoping for; until she loses her job, and she discovers that the Nutshell needs more than just a touch of paint. In a fit of temper, Kate storms in to Matt Cuhane’s office and demands a job, because she blames him for her unemployment. Matt agrees to take her on as a spy, to find out who is trying to sabotage his business, but as she gets to know more about Matt and the tiny town, she can’t help falling in love. Someone however, isn’t happy with Matt, and now with Kate.

Sometimes, old friends are the best. Janet Evanovich books are priceless, and this has to be one of my new favorites. Reading her books is like getting together with old friends. It is comfortable, safe, and best yet good for some laughs. In all honesty, I haven’t felt much like reading lately. There has been a lot on my mind and even more going on in my life. I knew that if I wanted a book to hold my attention, it would have to be one that would have humor, and a light hearted side. Love In a Nutshell is just that. Even better, it was on audio.

As with all Evanovich books you really must expect the characters to be somewhat quirky. Kate is loveable, and determined. She wants to make a life for herself and avoid future complications. Matt is strong willed, and a savvy businessman with a wonderfully large family, and a notorious history in Keene’s Harbor. Even when we go outside the main characters, we find interesting and well developed supporting characters. I loved Junior, the clueless handyman, and especially Lizzie, Matt’s police officer sister. You could easily imagine the people in this novel walking off the page, and living in this little town.

The mystery was satisfying, but I think the developing relationship between Matt and Kate is really what keeps the reader hooked. It is definitely much more romance than mystery, but I have to admit, I love my mysteries and romance together—it is a combination that works well for me.

The audiobook is produced by Macmillan Audio and read by Lorelei King. When I mentioned old friends being the best, one of those old friends would be listening to a novel read by Lorelei King. King is a stupendous narrator, and does a fantastic job narrating many of the Evanovich’s books including this one. She is a practiced narrator, and does a wonderful job with all of the voices.

This story was well suited to audio format. You can easily kick back and listen to this story. I usually listen to audiobooks in my car, but when I got to my destination, I found myself loathing to leave the vehicle. I even started taking the audiobook in with me. It is sound effect free, which tends to be my preference when listing to audiobooks, and the production is free of technical flaws.

Overall, this book was a lot of fun, and a great book to read whether you are listening to it, or reading a printed copy. Janet Evanovich and Dorian Kelly make a wonderful team, and I hope to read more books from both of them in the future.
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Feb 03, 2012 Mary rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This was an ok book that was a quick light read but nothing that I would highly recommend. I have been a big fan of Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books, but it was hard to tell how much of this was her work and how much was Dorien Kelly's work.

The plot had holes in it. After a divorce, the heroine Kate Appleton moves back to a small town in Michigan where her family has a summer home. Kate plans of fixing the home up and opening a bread and breakfast. Problem is there is a huge mortgage on the home...more

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Jan 24, 2012 Kathy Davie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: funny, romance

A cute but rather flat romance between a struggling B&B wanna-be and the successful owner of an independent brewery in the small resort town of Keene' s Harbor in Michigan.

My Take
It's a cute but standard heroine needing rescue with the gallant hero saving the day---but totally respecting her independence. The whole premise with the family summer home being in danger of being foreclosed just doesn't work for me. Her parents are wealthy so how would the house have even gotten to a point of f...more

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Jan 03, 2012 Dianne Socci-Tetro rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

4.5 stars

Love in a Nutshell

This is a sweet, light hearted and very wholesome romance/mystery and a very quick read.

Kate has just been fired from a bartending job, something she had to take to earn some money while she is trying to fix up her parents old B&B on Lake Michigan. She stomps off to confront the person she thinks s responsible for her job loss and meets Matt Culhane, who just happens to hold the mortgage that Kate is trying so hard to pay back Of course that mortgage is so far past...more

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Dec 26, 2011 Sharon Redfern rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This was a nice light romance from the team of Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly. For readers used to the craziness of Ms. Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series, this might seem a little tame, but it is an enjoyable read. The two main characters are normal everyday people who find that they need help from each other to get their lives back on track. It is refreshing to read a book that is just plain fun to read.
Kate is divorced and trying to keep her family home so she can start a new life and career...more

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Jun 01, 2013 WJ rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Love in a Nutshell is what I would term as a summer book, meaning that it's a breezy read for one of those lazy summer afternoons and shouldn't expect too much complexity from these characters. I enjoyed the sleuthing that Kate went through and learning about the creative ways in which the saboteur creates problems for Matt. With that being said, the focus here is mostly on the attraction and relationship between Kate and Matt and you shouldn't expect too much character growth.

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Jun 25, 2012 Kathy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-general

Looking to start over, Kate Appleton returns to the small town of Keene's Harbor, Michigan, to turn her family summer home (The Nutshell) into a B&B. Only she's facing a foreclosure deadline from the new mortgage owner of the property and a deadline from her folks that if she can't maintain the home (and its mortgage) by a certain date, they'll be selling the property to the new mortgage holder. And now she's unemployed and desperate. With nothing to lose, she demands a job from the owner (M...more

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Feb 09, 2012 Joy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The audiobook uses the same narrator as they do for the Stephanie Plum novels so I think I liked it more because I felt I knew the characters. The plot did have it holes in it. After a divorce, the heroine Kate Appleton moves back to a small town in Michigan where her family has a summer home. Kate plans of fixing the home up and opening a bread and breakfast. Problem is there is a huge mortgage on the home and it needs major repairs. The repairs I can understand ... but the mortgage. Her family...more

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Feb 06, 2013 Limegreenfwooper rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Jun 17, 2012 Ruth rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Kate has lost her job again. She is living in her family summer home, Nutshell in Keene's Harbor, Michigan. The house is falling down around her and she wants to turn it into a bed and breakfast. Her parents have given her until Thanksgiving to make good on this project or they will be selling it to a person who offered them a more than fair price for it. Desparate, Kate strong arms the owner of a microbrewery into hiring her. Bad things seem to be occuring at the brewery and he wants to find ou...more

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May 08, 2012 Elena rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012-book-challenge-100

I gave it 3* even though it probably only deserves 2*, because it was a fun and fast read but it had so many "plot holes" that i'm not really sure whether they were left on purpose or by accident (how can that even happen?! editors?! SECOND author?! noone caught this?!):

- Who pays a random inexperienced stranger $20,000 for finding out who keeps breaking into/vandalizing a bar!? no police/security/cameras/alarms?

- Who moves in with a man, yet allows a DOG to stop them from being "intimate" at le...more I gave it 3* even though it probably only deserves 2*, because it was a fun and fast read but it had so many "plot holes" that i'm not really sure whether they were left on purpose or by accident (how can that even happen?! editors?! SECOND author?! noone caught this?!):

- Who pays a random inexperienced stranger $20,000 for finding out who keeps breaking into/vandalizing a bar!? no police/security/cameras/alarms?

- Who moves in with a man, yet allows a DOG to stop them from being "intimate" at least 5 times throughout the book. So, apart from a little kissing, they are unable to "get it on" because of a tiny poodle?!?!?! And both are ok with this?! Also, the guy is ok with the girl living with him, acting like his girlfriend, but them not actually being a couple?!

- After 40 years, her parents' cottage still has a $200,000 mortgage on it that noone was paying off and is now facing foreclosure?!?!?!?! After 40 years of having a home they paid zero off?! Really?!

- She apparently loves her dog so much, yet "the judge" made her give it to her husband - even though this same husband is the one who cheated on her and left her... Since she took him to court, realistically would she not have gotten the house, car, dog, AND allimony?! That was very unrealistic - the court system in the States is very "woman-oriented", especially if she was cheated on by a well off husband!

- I find it weird that Kate's parents come to visit Kate, after not seeing her in a few months (not living in the same state and all), only to be all over each other (dancing, romantic dinners for two), while Kate is preferring to spend the time cooped up in her bedroom eating chips alone! Or reading magazines on the bathroom floor, hiding from them!!!!

AND FINALLY;

- "Don't tell anyone, I won the lottery a few years ago, but I like being a handy man!" > as he gives Kate a bunch of money as payback for doing crappy repair jobs for her - enough money to now pay for all her repairs... Really?!?!?!?! How convenient!

Also, as many have already commented: why have the same reader record all your audio books?! It sounded just like her Plum series (with the characters/plot/writing style being pretty much the same, add to that the same voice and you get the SAME novel over and over again). I understand that the reader is excellent and has a really great technique, but there must be others out there who could do a good job too...
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Feb 29, 2012 Mandolin rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Kate can't help but feel like a failure. Crawling back to her childhood lakeside summer home and leaving behind an unsatisfactory career and failed marriage, she hopes to salvage the crumbling lake house into a bed and breakfast and prove to her parents once and for all that her life isn't as hopeless as they'd like to think. But with foreclosure looming on the horizon and one disaster after another appearing in the house, that possibility is growing ever dimmer. When she's offered the chance at...more

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Love in a Nutshell (Culhane Family #1)

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