Emma Taylor thought she was making the best possible
decision when she left New York to help her aunt Arabella
with her lingerie store, Sweet Nothings. Coming home to
Paris, Tennessee, isn't the easies of transitions, but Emma
is determined to make the best of it. After all, she adores
her aunt, and turning Sweet Nothings from a struggling store
into a charming boutique is just the kind of challenge she
could use.
It certainly helps that Brian, her brother's extremely
attractive friend, has also recently come back to Paris to
help with his father's hardware store and is willing to help
out with the renovations that Emma and Arabella have in
mind. They close the store for a few weeks to get things
ready for the store's grand re-opening, which will include a
fashion show, complete with locals acting as models.
A wrench gets thrown into the plans when Guy Richard, Emma's
ex-boyfriend from New York, shows up. He attempts to woo
Emma back, complete with a tempting job offer, but Emma
remains unswayed by him, mainly because of his womanizing
ways. As if his mere presence in Paris isn't bad enough,
Guy ends up murdered in Sweet Nothings, and Emma ends up at
the top of the suspect list.
Emma knows she must do what she can to find the killer
herself, or everything she left New York for will be for
naught. The attempt to save her aunt's store will be a
distant memory, and restarting her own life will mean
sitting in a prison cell. But when Emma starts her own
investigation, her own life is soon threatened. Will she be
able to solve this mystery before any other lives are taken?
MURDER UNMENTIONABLE is full of humour and charm. The
characters are
lively, witty, and relatable. The plot is interesting;
however, the mystery is a bit predictable and I knew who
the culprit was about halfway through the book. I wasn't
sure of the motive, so it was nice to keep reading to figure
out why the murder was committed. The budding romance
between Emma and Brian is fun to watch develop, and I hope
the relationship is followed in future books.
Sweet Nothings has it all: silk ribbon, Venetian
lace, the best bra fitter in town…and two
unsolved murders. Emma Taylor
thought she knew what to expect when she abandoned life as a
big-city fashionista to help her aunt Arabella breathe new
style into Sweet Nothings, her waning lingerie
boutique. As Emma settles back in to Paris, Tennessee—a
world where pie is served with a parable and a pitcher of
sweet tea is the cure for most of life’s ills—her escape
seems smooth as silk. But when
the town acquires a touch of unneeded je ne sais quoi
with the arrival of Emma’s philandering French ex, a string
of murders turns her world inside out. As the police’s top
suspect, Emma is going to need more than fishnets to snare
the real killer. And when she and Arabella refuse to let
death threats wrapped in knifed nighties stall Sweet
Nothings’ vintage lingerie fashion show, it becomes
increasingly clear that any garter may hide a gun and that
bullet bras might have to live up to their name…
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