GOLDFINCHES by Sandra Sookoo

Title:  GOLDFINCHES

Series:  Unlikely Partners #4

Author:  Sandra Sookoo

Publisher:  New Independence Books

Publish Date:   05.20.2016

Category /Genre:  Contemporary Romance

Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content

Grammar/editing:  received as an unedited ARC / errors excused

Received from:  Sandra Sookoo

Goodreads link: Goldfinches

Date completed: 06.13.2020

Description from the publisher:

Agent Kevin Herriman wants praise from his boss, who’s also his best friend. He’s working his first case as lead, but things aren’t going well. Not only does he consider it far from exciting, it also comes with a strong-willed female civilian who might be mixed up in exotic animal smuggling.

Carlie Noblett lives determined. Dealt a sight impairment at a young age, she’s fought for what she’s wanted. Now a substitute teacher who works at a pet shop part time, what she wants is romance and a little adventure. Except a run-in with the swaggering agent isn’t what she had in mind.

When the suspected smuggling operation morphs into something more evil, Kevin’s got his hands full trying to solve a case that’s bigger than he imagined. Just like the bright flit of a goldfinch wing, so is love when it makes an appearance and worth the high cost—if it survives.

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GOLDFINCHES is the fourth book in the Unlikely Partners series.  This would stand on its own without having read the previous three in the series, but I always recommend reading a series in the order of release.

I’m going to start by saying that my husband and I are birders.  We have feeders and bird baths in our yards and spend a lot of time and money cleaning them and filling them.  We can tell you what kind visit on a daily basis and have even given names to a few of the regulars, like the Red-Shouldered Hawk that likes to wash in our bird bath.  His name is George.  I only wish we had goldfinches visiting us on a regular basis!

Carlie and Kevin are both downright annoying characters.  She has a chip on her shoulder that just never softens.  Since we have enough of that in the news right now, I’m not interested.  If she had matured and grown as a person, I’d say it was a good thing.  Without that qualifier, she is not my kind of character.  Kevin is no better.  He starts out as a workaholic and in the end he was more than willing to put her in a cab with a “see ya later” when he was busy with his job. 

They may have solved the crime, but they did not grow as people or as a couple.  Therefore, three stars for mystery solved and none for romance.

Note:  While I received this book as a gifted ARC via Booksprout, my opinions are my own and are given freely.

Unlikely Partners Series:

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

Also from Sandra Sookoo:

·         Act of Pardon

·         Andie’s Halloween Fright

·         Andy’s Gift

·         Angel’s Master

·         Angels, Demons, and Designer Shoes

·         The Apothecary’s Assistant (Enduring Legacy #6)

·         Be Amused

·         Be Mine, Maybe?

·         Bedded by the Devil of Derbyshire

·         Blink

·         Blocking the Bride

·         Cairo Nights

·         Caribbean Heat

·         Changing Tides

·         Chasing Love and Magic

·         A Christmas Interlude

·         Claiming His Wife

·         Come Hither

·         Courtesans and Thieves

·         The Cradlemaker

·         Damaged Cargo

·         Date Night

·         Date Night, Twice Told

·         Dead Ruby Slippers

·         Demons and Stilettos Are a Girl’s Best Friend

·         Disenchanted Christmas

·         Dragons at Dawn

·         Dressed in White (Colors of Scandal #1)

·         The Eighth Night

·         Embracing the Lemonade Life

·         Fatal Pursuits

·         Foodies Guide to Kitchen Magic

·         Fractured

·         The Haunting of Amelia Pritchart

·         Hollywood Dreams and Buttercream

·         Hooked Up Over Spring Break

·         Hunter’s Moon Magic

·         A Kiss at Christmas

·         Lady Isabella’s Splendid Folly (Fortunes of Fate #7)

·         The Lady’s Chocolatier

·         Life Suddenly

·         Lord Atherby’s Parlor Games

·         The Magic of Gingerbread (Christmas Wishes #5)

·         Marking Time

·         The Matchmaker Wager

·         Miss Spencer and the Con Man

·         No Biting Allowed (Unexpected Reality #1)

·         No Such Thing

·         Not Just Make Believe

·         Nurturing that Spark

·         Off the List

·         Once a Pirate

·         Once Upon a Hero

·         Operation Wedding Crash

·         Perfect Homecoming

·         Remembering Andy

·         Ricochet

·         Rocket’s Red Glare

·         Safe from the Flames

·         Set Aflame

·         Stories of a Naughty Duchess

·         Storm Tossed Rogue (Men of the Marque #1)

·         Sweeter than Sugar

·         To Love a Sea Rogue

·         The Trouble with Love

·         An Unexpectedly Delicious Christmas

·         Unraveled Souls

·         Wagering on Christmas

·         Warped Perceptions

·         Wedgie Tales and Panty Lines

·         The Widow’s Maestro

·         Winging It

·         Winner Takes All

·         Winning His Life

·         Wishful Thinking

Afternoon Treats Series:

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

Fortune and Glory Series:

0.5  Enchanted by Moonlight

1.      Ladies Prefer Adventure

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

 

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