Title: LOVE AND COLD PIE
Series: Unlikely Partners #2
Author: Sandra Sookoo
Publisher: New Independence Books
Publish Date: 06.10.2015
Category /Genre: Historical Romance
Recommended for: 16+
Grammar/editing: received as an
unedited ARC / errors excused
Received from: Sandra Sookoo
Date completed: 04.29.2020
Description from the publisher:
Real life crime solving can
certainly put a damper on a romance.
The heated dog days of summer are making everyone grumpy. When the biggest
gossip in Newburg, Indiana ends up dead—with Sam Arnold’s dad the prime
suspect—things get hotter. It’s been a month and a half since she helped bring
down a bad guy. Maybe it’s time to try her hand at a new case, especially since
her boyfriend is out of town.
Special Agent Mitchell has been saddled with a sexy, driven partner who does
things by the book. Cutting corners or covering shortcuts with charm doesn’t
work on her. He misses brainstorming with his spunky sidekick, and now that her
dad’s reputation is on the line, the pressure’s on. Evading his watchdog and
snooze-fest new assignment is top priority. Too bad his professional butt is on
probation.
Time’s running out for Sam and Mitchell to solve the crime while clues go as
cold. The heat he’s battling from his new partner’s “hand’s on” tactics might
bring their budding romance to a boil, but they’ll need to work things out
before an unlikely killer throws cold water on all their plans.
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LOVE AND COLD PIE is the second book
in the Unlikely Partners
series. Though it does stand on its own,
it would be better had I read the first book in the series when Mitchell and
Sam met. This is definitely a
continuation of their story.
This is a clean romance and romantic
suspense with a strong look at jealousy and what is the boundary of monogamy in
a relationship. By the way, I thought
that boundary was perfectly explored.
I loved the chemistry between
Sam/Samantha and Mitchell – and I wanted to kick Agent Daphne Taylor in the
tushie.
It’s not easy to convey the romantic
chemistry while keeping a story clean, but Sandra Sookoo does it, beautifully. There are steamy kisses and offers of more, but
the bedroom doors are firmly closed.
Note: While I received this book as a gifted ARC
via Booksprout, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
1. From Indiana with Love
2. Love and Cold Pie
3. For Your Ears Only
4. Goldfinches
5. Diamonds (and Girlfriends) Need a Keeper
6. Cook or Say Die
7. The Family Who Loved Me
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Andy’s Gift
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Cairo Nights
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Caribbean Heat
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Changing Tides
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Chasing Love and Magic
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Claiming His Wife
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Come Hither
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Courtesans and Thieves
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The Cradlemaker
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Damaged Cargo
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Date Night
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Date Night, Twice Told
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Dressed in White (Colors of Scandal
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The Haunting of Amelia Pritchart
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Hollywood Dreams and Buttercream
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Hooked Up Over Spring Break
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A Kiss at Christmas
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Life Suddenly
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Lord Atherby’s Parlor Games
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The Matchmaker Wager
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No Biting Allowed (Unexpected
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No Such Thing
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Not Just Make Believe
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Nurturing that Spark
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Off the List
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Once a Pirate
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Once Upon a Hero
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Operation Wedding Crash
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Perfect Homecoming
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Remembering Andy
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Ricochet
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The Trouble with Love
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An Unexpectedly Delicious Christmas
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Unraveled Souls
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Wagering on Christmas
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Warped Perceptions
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Wedgie Tales and Panty Lines
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The Widow’s Maestro
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Winging It
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Winner Takes All
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Winning His Life
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Wishful Thinking
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1. Old Habits
2. Proper Women Don’t
3. Out for a Spin
4. Hole in One
5. Private Screening
Darrington Family Series:
1.
Marriage Minded Lord
2.
To Bed or to Wed
3.
The Bridal Contract
Destiny Series:
1.
Adrift
2.
Consumed
Eight Realms Series:
1.
Courted by the Vampire
2.
Charmed by the Werewolf
3.
Captured by the Dragon
Entwined Tales Series:
1. It Must Be Magic
2. It Must Be Love
Fang
Shui Series:
·
The Art of Fang Shui
·
Vegetarian at Midnight
2.
Scoundrels Prefer Love
Francesville Series:
1.
Coming Up
Daffy
2.
Twelve
Kisses Later
Holiday Magic Series:
1.
Exiles from Christmas
2.
Cupid in Blue
3.
Five Leaf Clover
4.
No Such Thing
5.
Midsummer Night’s Steve
6.
Tail on the Moon
Lords of Happenstance Series:
1.
What the Stubborn Viscount Desires
2.
What a Wayward Lord Needs
3.
What the Dashing Duke Desires
Lords of the Night Series:
1.
Devil Take the Duke
2.
Bitten by the Earl
3.
Adrift with the Viscount
Redemption Cove Series:
1.
Two Mr.
Rights
2.
A Perfect
Arrangement
3.
The
Engagement Present
Scandal in Surrey Series:
1. Lady Parker’s Grand Affair
2. The Bride’s Gambit
3. Misfortune’s Lady
4. Miss Bennett’s Naughty Secret
Scandalous Shorts Series:
1. Library Tryst
2. Bedroom Assignation
3. Staircase Encounter
4. A Garden Affair
Thieves of the Ton Series:
1.
Captivated by an Adventurous Lady
2.
Engaged to a Scandalous Earl
3.
Married on a Wicked Morning
4.
Intrigued by an Ancient Pedigree
4.5 Beguiled
on a Christmas Morning
5.
Caught with a Stolen Diamond
6.
Tortured by a Horrible Secret
a.
Delighted on a Summer’s Evening
7.
Trapped in the British Museum
8.
Charmed at a Yuletide Ball
Wolfish Series:
1.
A Wolfish Scandal
2.
A Wolfish Tangle
3.
A Wolfish Tryst at Christmas
4.
A Wolfish Valentine
