Beth Ciotta made a fan of out of me with her quirky character Eve, and the stories that revolved around her. She is back in that same humorous mode with Kylie McGraw the heroine in Ciotta's latest romantic comedy OUT OF EDEN.

Kylie, grew up in the small town of Eden, and never left to have a grand adventure, and that is something she thinks she wants more than anything else in the world. In fact she has saved for her grand adventure twice. The first time she had to use her savings to bail her beloved Grandmother out of financial trouble, and now she finally has the money for her trip, but there is one problem.

Her brother Spence who inherited the family shoe store that Kylie really does love is off being a famous television host, and really doesn't want to return to Eden, and settle into the life of a shopkeeper of a long standing emporium that is run much the same as it was when it was first established. Kylie however after swearing to shake up her life during a recent party bash at the local bar is more than willing to start by shaking up things on the square with the remodeling of the family shoe store.

What should be a relatively simple process turns into quite a story, and Ms. Ciotta tells it with a flare that is unique and will have you laughing while worrying over the potential danger that might be entering in the Kylie's life and shaking things up more than she ever bargained for.

Every heroine deserves a hero who rides in on his white horse to save the day, and with the arrival of the new police chief, Jack Reynolds Kylie gets her hero. Jack is back in Eden after having been in New York fighting big city crime for many years. Fortunately for the town of Eden Jack is a wise and patient police chief who knows when to push and when to back down a bit.

OUT OF EDEN was a truly delightful read that had a wonderful blending of humor, romance, suspense, and characters that were fully formed and seemed ready to jump off the pages and into my real life. As I was coming to the end of Out of Eden I was hoping I would get a sequel, and was delighted to see that there will be one in my future.