What was supposed to be a simple dessert catering gig with Molly has turned into a whirlwind of chaos for Ivy. The town's newest fundraiser—a bachelor auction—has spiraled into pandemonium. With an organizer who seems to think she's directing a Broadway burlesque show and Luka being voluntold to participate, Ivy is left wondering if she'll make it through unscathed.
As bidding paddles fly and jealousy brews, the competition to win Luka's company for the evening reaches a fever pitch. However, the excitement quickly fades when a shocking twist emerges—one of the bachelors is found dead.
Now, the question Who had a motive to kill? Luka and Ivy must navigate the suspicion of the new Chief of Police and unravel the mystery. Can they crack the case before it's too late?
Cutesy story - I’ve read them all - but this one had sooooo many issues that could have been caught by a good editor. I mean, using the wrong name for characters, misspelling their names, wrong words used that didn’t get corrected and timeline issues (one example - says fundraiser was on Valentine’s then at the end of book says Valentine’s is tomorrow). I have a problem refusing to stop reading a book that’s poorly written, but I can so close on this one. The writing sounded like my texts when I use “talk to text”. The number of errors was astounding!
I love these books. They are sweet, easy reads - usually. Most of the time there are a few errors but nothing super distracting. This book however had so many issues I could not get in a flow for reading - I had to keep stopping to reread and figure out what was being said or what was going on. Wrong names of characters, random punctuation, sentences with words completely jumbled. The story was cute, and I’m sure I would have really enjoyed it - if I could have read it for more than 10 minutes without having to decode what was happening.