I’m reading the Single Town books out of order. I don’t think it should matter as each book supposedly focusses on a different couple. That said, I think book three worked better as a standalone than this second in series. I had the nagging feeling there was something missing, something the author wasn’t telling me. A feeling I did not have when I read the third book.

Or it could simply be that I did not care as much about Eloise and Jeff as I did about Polly and Devlon.

I think that’s it. Eloise was OK, though her blurts weren’t very spectacular. Not enough to win my further empathy. Jeff was an ass. “My first responsibility is with the Thinkers.” It’s good that his employees are a priority, and that he is skeptic of someone that might be a con-artist, but his employees are supposed to be among the smartest of the smart. I should hope that gives them natural protection against being gullible. Don’t need protection from the COO as well.

Eloise is a witch whose magic’s been hacked and she’s been cursed with a blurting spell. Very inconvenient when you practice law. She decides to take a sabbatical and sets up shop as a palm reader. Not long after, her shop is closed down because of faulty wiring. Town matriarch/busybody Ruby Rea suggests she move in with Jeff, aforementioned skeptic and owner of a large house.

How the story continues is hardly a surprise.

I read an ARC through Booksirens.