Mercy

3.5 ⭐️

This was so much fun!
Mostly because of the Louisiana setting and the supporting characters. Big Dady Jake and the rest of the population of Bowen were hilarious. The coach misunderstanding had me laughing out loud.
I did love the mystery too - the villain pov chapters were some of my favorite!
I also liked the love interest - I think he is one of the few fictional men I could actually find attractive.

What I didn't much like was what I usually seem to dislike in Julie Garwood's books - the female protagonist. She has the tendency to write supposedly smart strong women, who turn into bumbling fools at the sight of an attractive men. I mean, I get it, we can all get a bit flustered around an attractive person, but the extent to which she gets the women in her books to act like clowns is damn right frustrating.

Other than that, I loved everything about the story and recommend!