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FULL BLOOM

Full Bloom, April 2005
by Charlotte Hughes, Janet Evanovich

St. Martin's Press
Featuring: Annie Fortenberry; Wes Bridges
352 pages
ISBN: 0312934300
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FULL BLOOM
Charlotte Hughes, Janet Evanovich

Reviewed by Sabrina Marino
Posted March 23, 2005

Romance Contemporary

Annie Fortenberry has inherited her grandmother's bed & breakfast. It's probably Beaumont, South Carolina's most unique B&B, unique in its brothel-like design and artwork, which hasn't been touched since it was actually built as a brothel many years before. And Annie's grandmother stipulated in her will that it could not be altered.

Annie has regular tenants in her B&B, two older ladies and a newly displaced psychic who works for Annie's best friend, the owner of the local newspaper. Throw in a drunken handyman, the two elders, the psychic and a gorgeous hunk of a guy who shows up to rent a room at an inopportune time, and you've got the mix for a grand time. I forgot to mention there's a resident spirit in the house with a little fetish.

Wes Bridges, the hunky Harley rider, has Annie checking the weather reports to find out why it's so steamy in Beaumont, at least at the Peach Tree B&B. Passion runs high on Annie's priority list as she prepares for a millionaire's wedding to be held at the B&B. However, with all the items on her to-do list, Annie now must add finding out who killed her ex-husband, who's just shown up after being missing for three years, in her vegetable garden. And all fingers point to her.

For you dog and cat lovers, there are a couple of cute characters to chuckle and shake your head about. I laughed and smiled all the way through this humorous and entertaining story. The only sad thing about FULL BLOOM is that I reached the last page and it ended. I was having too much fun. Janet Evanovich and Charlotte Hughes guarantee a lot of fun for the reader. After reading it, I guarantee a good time too.

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SUMMARY

Dear Reader, The temperature's on "sizzle" again in Beaumont, South Carolina, where peach trees are in season and ripe for the picking. So is its newest entrepreneur, Annie Fortenberry, who has inherited her grandmother's B&B (and its eccentric handyman Erdle Thorney). According to a local psychic she also inherited a spirit from its glory days as a brothel- not the kind of publicity the Peach Tree Bed & Breakfast needs if it's hosting millionaire Max Holt's upcoming wedding! If rumors of a naughty, prank-playing ghost aren't stressful enough, a mysterious man has arrived with an eye on Annie and her master suite. Wes Bridges is all leather and denim, sporting a two-day beard, straddling a Harley, and sending the B&B's testosterone level through the roof. Annie's cool demeanor may be dropping as fast as Wes's jeans, but leave it to her missing ex-husband to dampen the passion! Turns out someone has done him in, and all evidence points to Annie! Wrapped up in a murder plot, Annie must find the killer, save her own neck, and get back to where she was-wrapped up in Wes's strong loving arms... We guarantee that you're going to have as much fun reading Full Bloom as we had writing it! (Even if we were surprised by the ending!) And you won't want to miss the hair-raising shenanigans when Fleas, the hound dog, meets the most cantankerous, snooty, bad-tempered, twenty-two pound orange cat.... Janet and Charlotte

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