GOOD MORNING ON TO BOOK 8

 Good morning my peeps I am on to book 8 in the reader roundup. Today I have for you book 1 in the Burnt Ends Mysteries series . SMOKED SECRETS by Erica J Whelton 

                         BOOK BLURB

 Someone wants the land. Someone wants the business. They just want to survive each other.

When Austin lawyer Jackie Prescott inherits half of her estranged Uncle Charlie Joe's barbecue restaurant, she plans to sell her share and get back to her real life. But her financially struggling sister Lauren needs this inheritance to survive, and the will requires both sisters to run the restaurant together for at least a year or lose everything.

Forced to work alongside the sister she's barely spoken to in years, Jackie discovers that Uncle Charlie Joe's death wasn't the peaceful passing everyone believed. Someone wanted him dead, and that someone is now targeting the new owners with increasingly dangerous threats.

As the sisters navigate their complicated relationship and learn to smoke brisket at 4:30 AM, they uncover a web of secrets that Uncle Charlie Joe died protecting. Hidden documents, mysterious photographs, and a trail of evidence point to a conspiracy that reaches far beyond their small Texas Hill Country town.

With the help of Jackie's brilliant teenage niece Melody and local law enforcement, the women must decide: are they brave enough to face the truth about their uncle's murder? And can two sisters who've spent decades hurting each other learn to trust again before the killer strikes?

In Prairie Rose, Texas, some family recipes are worth killing for and some truths are worth dying to protect.

                    MY REVIEW 

  When two sisters inherit a barbecue joint from their late uncle. Lauren and Jackie are brought to a small town to work and share the restaurant. When they find themselves embroiled in a mystery around their uncles death. Will they figure out what happened and with the help of Melody Jackie's daughter and the local police to figure out what is going on and find the hidden documents and other evidence before the killer comes after them. Prairie Rose Texas will never be the same 

   Jackie, Lauren and Melody are strong women that just don't back down from a problem . Jackie is a lawyer who is going through a divorce and needs a change but she can't come to terms with working with her estranged sister. Lauren is a sweet woman who is having a harder time of it than Jackie. She wants to make a real goal of the restaurant. Melody is sweet and kind and autistic. She strives for order and loves to figure out how to make the restaurant more efficient. We also meet a lot of fun interesting characters through out the book Jovie and Tate to name a few. Each character is well written and you really want to cheer for them . 

    If you like cozy mysteries this is a good one for you . I love reading cozy mysteries and this one had me from the first chapter . I couldn't put this book down . It is a fast read that had me finishing in one evening. The characters are well written and there are twists and turns through out the book that will have you going ahah. The author even through in a few red herrings in through out the book that had me guessing all the way through . So if you want a new cozy mystery author to read. Check her out