{I've Been Reading} Lover Come Hack

Lover Come Hack by Diane Vallere

I'd read all of the books in the Madison Night mystery series so far, but I managed to miss this one when it came out over a year ago. At the last possible moment Jane Strong, Madison's new bestie and partner in a design competition, sends her a completely out of the blue email dissolving their partnership and listing all of Madison's personality flaws. While she's still reeling from the unexpected end to what she thought was a great friendship and scrambling to put together a competition submission of her own in the last few hours before the submission deadline, Madison's computer is hit by a virus that deletes all of her files.  Even before Jane's suspicious death leaves her as the prime suspect, Madison was in trouble.

Madison has always been feisty and resourceful and this book has her at her best...and sometimes her her worst. I had to remind myself a few times that this is a book inspired by Doris Day movies and not to hold Madison's actions to real life standards. I hate that this is the last book in the series, although I'm glad t hat Diane Vallere let us know that in her author's note so I'm not watching to see what happens next.




How many cozy mysteries can I read before my Kindle Unlimited membership expires? After stumbling around for months, not really knowing how to navigate this thing, I've found a bunch of series that caught my interest.

Murder at Stake by Constance Barker

When the tornado sirens sound, Mercy Howard and the patrons of her diner take shelter in the building's cellar. The damage from the storm isn't as bad as they feared it would be, but when Mercy visits one of her regular customers later that date about a meat order, she finds him next to his destroyed barn with a wooden stake through the man's heart. I piked this one to read because the book's description says that there were rumors the victim was a vampire, but that's just one customer's theory based on the stake in his heart. Despite the lack of vampires (and no I wasn't expecting the real thing) I really enjoyed this mystery. It was a quick, fun read with a more involved murder mystery than I first expected.



Haunting in a Winter Wonderland by Rose Pressey

Ripley's haunted Christmas tour is disrupted by threats, an ominous black shadow, and malicious carolers. This one popped up in my Kindle Unlimited recommendations and I clicked the button even though I still haven't read a full book in the Haunted Tour Guide series. The boys needed an adult down at the pool with them and I needed something entertaining to read and  this novella fit the bill perfectly.

Disclosure -- All of these books were through my Kindle Unlimited subscription. This post contains affiliate links.