A bit of light reading on vacation, this is a compilation of three earlier mystery romances. They are all kind of formulaic, but Roberts still tells a good story, gives the place and characters some depth, the women are always strong independent types, and she just writes decently - like a description of a dog getting tangled around someone's legs made me really visualize it and smile.
Risky Business (1986)
Setting: Cozumel island in the Mexican Caribbean
Female lead: Liz - runs her own business
Profession: boat tours and diving equipment rental
Mystery: Who killed Liz's employee and why
Male lead: Jonas, brother of killed man
Romance: Liz has run away from painful experience so not interested in love. Jonas comes to find answers, but finds not only answers, but love.
Storm Warning (1989)
Setting: Pine View Inn - Blue Ridge Mountains
Female lead: Autumn, the niece of the owner of the inn
Profession: photographer - some info about shoots and darkrooms
Male lead: Lucas, rugged, arrogant writer
Mystery: Very Agatha Christie. Everyone at the Inn is shut off from the world during a storm. One of the guests gets killed and almost everyone has a motive.
Romance: Lucas dumped Autumn a few years ago, she has tried to forget him...
The Welcoming (1989)
Setting: Whale Watch Inn - Puget Sound, WA
Female lead: Charity, owner of inn
Profession: runs business - employee issues, maintenance, kitchen, cleaning, booking, accounting
Male lead: Roman, investigating scam at inn
Mystery: Who are the scammers and is Charity involved?
Romance: Charity hasn't had time for love and hasn't met anyone special, but is almost instantly drawn to Roman. Roman has had so many losses in his life he has always wandered and mistrusted love.
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