“Romance and poetry, ivy, lichens, and wallflowers, need ruin to make them grow.” ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
They say money is the root of all evil, but sometimes, evil lurks in the most unlikely places.
Calla Lily Armstrong spent her whole life shielding her heart. Now she's ready to break down her walls and see what's hiding on the other side. With the help of her new friends, Poppy Gentry and Sienna Miller, the three band together to find their happily ever after. One Wallflower at a time.
Former Atlanta Homicide Detective, Devin Hawthorne, moved to Savannah for a change of pace and a fresh start as a Private Investigator. He finds it right under his nose in the form of a Southern beauty who drives him to distraction, and deadly secrets that threaten her very life.
Rated mature for language and sexual content.
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CP Smith lives in Oklahoma with her husband and five children. She loves football, reading, and card games. Writing for her is about escape. She writes what she loves to read, and leaves the rest to those with better imaginations.
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My Review:
What an exciting and
emotional romance read. Calla Lily
named after a flower, has spent most of her life being raised by her aunts
after her parents died. There is a story to her that , I don’t want to give too
much away but there is a big back story
behind them raising her.
Being a young woman, Calla
lived a life hidden in the shadows. She chose to stay back and part of the
scenery and not be in front and living life. She is a bookworm and has her dream job working for a publishing
company. She is so beautiful yet
she doesn’t realize it, she is an “original”. Her aunts are lovable and keep
her grounded and loved. And they keep trying to set her up with a man, which is
a hoot because Calla doesn’t want a man until she sees who the new tenant is.
But she doesn’t think she is worthy for him.
Devin Hawthorne is the
new tenant and boy he is hawt. He moves in next door to Calla , he is 6’3” , is a self-employed
Private Investigator, has a sexy southern accent, very good manners , loves
motorcycles and has a thing for Calla which at first Calla doesn’t realize.
Calla and her friends, Sienna
and Poppy, form the Wallflowers (which all started at a company
picnic-this is a must read moment in the book).
I have to say reading their story in the book is full of humor and hilarity.
They are naïve about life and about reality in general but
they are darn cute in the scheme of things, that I fell totally in love with
them all and got the biggest kick of them whenever they got ideas on how to do
things. The gleam in their eyes when a “plan” came up or when they had ideas
and were going to do it…yup, things were coming together –OMG…so funny and then
when they guys decided to get involved and put a stop to the womens’ plans—You know
who Devin is, then we have Nate is his BF from College and owns the bar.And Bo,
a local Police Officer working with Devin on the current case. These men
are going to get their women and keep them safe.
Calla has stumbled onto the
came crime that Devin is trying to solve and that puts her in trouble and on
top of that, she is trying to determine what it is she wants in life now that
she is determined to NOT stand by and life pass her by, her and her GFs. I
loved this story, loved how she took life by the lapels and grasped it and
pulled hard and decided to go full throttle. The murder mystery that also is in
this story was fantastic –the supporting characters’ in this story made this so
much more enjoyable and I cannot wait for the next story in the Wallflowers
series.
My Rating: 4.9 stars *****
"I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this
book in exchange for an honest review***
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