One Hundred Secrets
An Aspen Cove Romance
Book #10
by Kelly Collins
Welcome back to Aspen Cove, the town where neighbors and friends have more valued than money….
Social media darling Goldie Sutherland grew up in the limelight. As the daughter of an award-winning movie star, she learned early on how fickle fans can be. Her mother taught her that beauty opens far more doors than brains. When her star-power starts fading fast, she sets out to find a groom in a last-ditch effort to win back her dwindling fan base. Armed with nothing but a handful of cash and desperation, she rides into Aspen Cove searching for prince charming but ends up with a mountain man. Can her fake Mr. Wrong turn out to be Mr. Right?
Tilden Cool came to Aspen Cove to get answers. After finding his great-great-grandmother’s diary, he needs to uncover the truth about a long-ago murder that changed his ancestor’s lives forever. He discovers that clearing his family’s name is going to cost a lot more than he bargained for, so when a beautiful woman in a wedding dress offers him cash in exchange for a favor, he agrees. But as he gets to know Goldie Sutherland, he realizes no good deed goes unpunished.
They both have secrets. They both tell lies. Somewhere in between is love, but can they open themselves up to the truth in order to find it?
Find out in One Hundred Secrets …
My Rating:
Favorite
Quotes:
Handshakes were out of the question. Old man Tucker had running
water, but Tilden wasn’t sure if he ever used it. Grasping hands was like
asking for a dose of the plague.
Behind her back, everyone called Sage the little leprechaun, but
to her face, they called her ma’am because she demanded respect, plus she
basically ran the clinic, and she’d suggested things like tetanus shots and
rectal exams for those who irritated her.
Don’t get me started on lingerie. I don’t know how girls wear
thongs. It’s like flossing your ass. Not once but all day long. And those lacy
bras, they chafe the hell out of my nips.
“You know how it is, finding a single woman in Aspen Cove is like
finding a unicorn.” Tilden chuckled. “Be careful of this one. Her horn is
sharp.”
I fooled everyone for so long that I started to believe my own
lies. Can you believe that I had to look at my driver’s license to know how old
I really was?
My Review:
I
got my giggle-snort groove back with a quick, satisfying, and entertaining
visit to Aspen Cove. Kelly Collins has
never failed me so I knew I’d enjoy my stay as this was book number ten and I
will confess to smirking my way through all of the nine previous
installments. Keeping current with this
odd little hamlet has become a necessity, as I can’t let any of their oddly
compelling small-town antics get past me.
I enjoy Ms. Collin’s engaging writing style as well as her clever wit,
amusing insights, and snarky observations and descriptions. The storylines were easy to follow and
pleasantly appealing while also relevant and topical.
With
a new wrinkle for the series, the main characters in this story were not from
the expected pool of quirky locals but were unique and original transplants to
the area. They had met by chance but
had instant chemistry and were well-matched in the art of trading quips and
clever banter.
Goldie
was a social media influencer living a shallow life until she had lost her sway
and found herself out of options, money, friends, ideas, and luck. She arrived in town broke, homeless, and
desperate with only a vague awareness of one person living in town who might be
willing to help her. I enjoyed the
subtle layering of her history and backstory.
Tilden
was on a mission to research his ancestors and had kept to himself while doing
so, making him a mysterious enigma to the small-town. For the last two years, he had been living in a one-room cabin
without running water, think about that, no toilet, no sink to wash your hands,
the shower was outside with a tank that required filling and water preheated. I might last for an afternoon, but after
that, no can do… but I might consider it if the moonshine was up to speck.
International bestselling author of over 30 novels, Kelly Collins writes with the intention of keeping the love alive. Always a romantic, she blends real-life events with her vivid imagination to create characters and stories that lovers of contemporary romance, new adult, and romantic suspense will return to again and again.
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