Trespassers Will Be Violated! This is a quirky comedy of errors with a bit of mystery and recent history thrown in. Solid effort, and a very pleasant and quick read. New to me author, but one I plan to watch for in the future. ( )

I'm giving this read a 5 star, really good first novel and I'm happy to find another male author. My reading of male authors has fallen away just due to reading a lot of beach stuff during these tumultuous times we are in. Bill Noel is one of my new favorites also, and I hope Dennis writes more very soon! ( )

This was a very entertaining read. Lots of quirky characters, lots of strange situations and lots of interesting coincidences. Is it Fate? Whatever it is, it's funny!! Great way to spend the day!
I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley and voluntarily chose to review it. ( )

Overall, this was an easy read. The story focuses on two people, Mark and Emily. Mark travels to Manistique to settle his aunt's estate. It turns out that her home is actually a bed and breakfast. Emily had planned on driving to Mackinac Island to meet up with her boyfriend but gets in an accident with a deer on the way there. Emily finds the bed and breakfast and wants to rent a room there while her car is being fixed. Mark really doesn't want to rent rooms but relents since there is no place else to stay.

Mark and Emily hit it off right away. Through all sorts of twists and turns, Mark and Emily host several other people at the B&B, regardless of Mark's desire to run the place. At times, the comings and goings become very farcical. I'm not sure that it plays well with the overall tone of the book. Mark has people going out the back door to avoid people coming in the front door and vice versa. I don't think that added much to the story and it made it a bit confusing.

I am thinking this is the author's first book, perhaps? Or maybe it just needed (and maybe will get) better editing? There were times where it would say someone went back into the house, but they had never left the house. Not a huge deal when reading, but probably something that could have been caught during the editing process. Also, I feel like Mark's character wasn't very "clean". He would be easy going one minute and then walk out upset the next. He could take a joke one time and then get upset the next. It was a little jarring to me.

Overall it was a fun read and it really made me want to explore the UP!

I was given an Advanced Reader Copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. ( )

3.5 Set in the Midway point in the upper peninsula of Michigan, Mark discovers he has inherited an old Victorian house. The aunt who disappeared from his life when he was a young teen, has passed on,
leaving Mark in a quandry as to what to do with the house. His life is in Chicago, but he travels to Manistique, to meet first with the attorney , and then on to the house to see just what he has inherited.

A sweet, rather charming book that is also very humorous at times. Some quirky characters that are easy to like, some also at a crossroads in their own lives. He finds that his aunt had been running a B&B, and when strangers start appearing at his door, he unwillingly is drawn into a veritable comedy of errors. He will eventually find out done secrets kept for she's, in his own family.

Just a quirky, fun read, in a beautiful setting.

ARC from Netgalley. ( )