

Many thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing for sharing this amazing digital reviewer copy with me in exchange my honest opinions.

And I’m urgently driving extra 20 miles to go to Filipino restaurant for trying its famous Bibingka after the author’s delicious descriptions. Overall: another enjoyable, smart cozy mystery I devoted in one sitting. I wish Lila and Jae would spend more time together. The book started a little slow but the complex mystery and the back story of the crime developed brilliantly. She was already wrongly accused in the past and she is determined enough not one of her family members will share the same fate with her! Thankfully Lila is ready to sharpen her detective skills. Why somebody tried to kill Denise? She was the main investor of Ronnie’s business? She dies! And doctors think something is not quite right so they make extra tests that shows somebody poisoned Denise!ĭetective Park returns back to investigate the murder mystery and Ronnie is interrogated as one of the prime suspects. They think that’s a regular alcohol poisoning but as soon as they take Denise hospital, her condition gets deteriorated. Their joyful meeting and celebrating cut abruptly when Denise starts vomiting. At the same time Ronnie’s investor Denise Sutton pays a visit with her fiancé Xander Cruz. She meets with Ronnie’s partners Izzy and Pete, assistant twins Quentin and Olivia.


Lila joins Tita Rosie for touring at the Winery and learn more what her cousin is hiding from them. Of course Tita Rosie is overjoyed with her son’s moving back to town but unfortunately Lila doesn’t share the same feelings especially after Tita Rosie got a blackmail letter telling her son involved something shady in Key West. In Shady Palms for the foreseeable future. Happened, saying he'd bought a winery just outside of town and would be staying He’s the prodigal son of Tita Rosie who showed up on her doorstep like nothing had But her holiday spirit is about to get damaged by her estranged cousin Ronnie’s sudden return to the town after 15 years. New story takes place at Christmas time: Lila’s most special holiday. That tight knitted, adorable Filipino family, eccentric calendar girls are back with another smart cozy murder mystery that brings back our favorite characters and lots of mouth watering food descriptions and recipes! I cannot get enough of the series! These books are addictive!
