This was every bit as delightful as the previous two Lucy Valentine books (Truly, Madly and Deeply, Desperately). In this one Lucy’s gift for finding lost objects (which is used to assist the police in finding missing/dead persons) has been revealed by the media and she’s been completely besieged by requests for help. She still lives in a charming cottage, has a saucy grandmother, good friends and strange pets, and a sexy boyfriend. I forget what the central “lost” mystery is, but this one includes the mystery of a strange do-gooder who showers Boston Common with money occasionally. Funny, romantic, and touching.
Archive for Webber Heather
Absolutely, Positively (Lucy Valentine #3) by Heather Webber
Deeply, Desperately by Heather Webber
You might find this hard to believe, but I have been waiting with great anticipation, for many months, for this. I just enjoyed Truly, Madly so much that I couldn’t wait for this sequel. Happy to say it did not disappoint. Lucy is part of the Valentine family-a family said to be blessed? cursed? by Cupid himself. Every Valentine in the bloodline can see people’s auras and make perfect love matches by matching the auras. Lucy had the power zapped out of her by an electrical storm and it was replaced by a psychic ability to match people and lost objects. The first book sort of set all that up and by now, in this second novel, she is officially using this ability in a new business venture, respected and trusted and working with the state police, and romance with sexy Sean is heating up. The romance was actually the least interesting part of the novel to me. I really enjoyed the stories of Lucy’s combination of sleuthing and psychic abilities. There were several surprisingly touching moments, and plenty of humor too. Happily book 3 is due out in February so I won’t have to wait too long this time for another installment of this charming new series.
Truly, Madly by Heather Webber
I got this as a prepub-it will be coming out in a couple months. I definitely recommend it. Not only was this a nice romance, but it also had some mystery to it as well, and some really moving emotional bits.
Lucy Valentine’s family business is matchmaking. While the world sees their success they don’ t know that the Valentine family truly does have a supernatural ability that lets them accurately match people together perfectly. Unfortunately for Lucy she does NOT have the ability. Instead, due to an accident, her power is the ability to locate lost objects. Double unfortunately she can’t tell people about it, or use it to help people. Triple unfortunately, her dad has left her in charge of the business. She thinks she can bluff her way through until he comes back, but then she inadvertently flashes on a client’s lost object-and sees it is on the hand of a murdered body. Lucy finds herself matchmaking, trying to solve a years old mystery, trying to solve a current mystery, and trying to work on a romance for herself, too.
I thought this was funny, satisfying, the supernatural elements were believable and not over the top, and the mystery and suspense elements were not too intense.
Check it out when it’s available!
