Goldrick

A con man claiming to be Maeve's "Uncle Shamus" has been selling off her inheritance of properties and has had her declared dead in the process. So Maeve heads to Smuggler's Cove in Florida to find this Uncle Shamus, before he gets to her oceanside property there, too. She needs to establish a new identity since she is supposed to be "dead". She gets help from a most unlikely and elderly man, Packy, who is eighty-something and on the wrong side of the law. She also meets a handsome but bothersome resident of Smuggler's Cove named Ash. He claims he is the unofficial mayor, the sheriff, and a lawyer, too. Maeve thinks he's not being completely on the level, but she can't help but be attracted to him.

The romance is cute and the story is amusing and a lot of fun. I liked the setting by the ocean and the nearby swamps. Packy was a great secondary character, and I loved Maeve's dog, wolfhound Beowulf. This was lighthearted, fun, and a quick and easy read.… (mehr)