After the intensity of Jean Zimmerman's The Orphanmaster, I treated myself to a little bit of fluff with Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly's romance Love in a Nutshell (#207). This book delivered just what I was in the mood for.
Kate Appleton lost her husband, lost her job, and even worse, lost custody of her beloved poodle Stella to her ex. She's ready to start over, and decides to renovate her parents' lakeside summer cottage in Keene's Harbor, Michigan, as a bed and breakfast. Her finances are a mess, and she needs a job, pronto. Kate talks her way into one at Depot Brewing, a local microbrewery. She knows they're having some problems, because that's the reason she was fired from her last job at a local bar - skunky beer from Depot. She convinces Matt Culhane, the handsome single owner (in a book like this, is there any other kind?), that she can find out who is sabotaging the brewery...
A mystery to solve, a romance that moves along briskly without revealing every little detail, and more information about how beer is made than I ever thought I'd find interesting. Just goes to show why Janet Evanovich and her new partner Dorien Kelly sell so many books. They're just plain fun to read.
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