Secret Sisters

Secret Sisters
Tristi Pinkston

Ida Mae Babbitt, president of the Omni 2nd Ward Relief Society, didn't mean to become a spy. But when visiting teaching stats are low, and shw learns that one family under her care is in financial trouble, she'll do whatever it takes to make sure they have what they need. If that includes planting surveillance cameras in their home and watching them from a parked car in the woods... well, isn't that what any caring Relief Society president would do?

With the help of her counselors, Arlette and Tansy, Ida Mae soon learns that there's more to the situation than meets the eye.

But it's all in a days work for the Relief Society.

The first thing I love about this book is its size. It is small enough to tuck right into a purse without adding bulk and weight. And that is a good thing because once I started reading, I didn't want to stop so being able to take it with me as I shuttled kiddos around was a good thing.

The second thing I love about Secret Sisters is the laugh out loud story.

Ida Mae, Tansy, and Arlette really have no choice when it comes to spying. Think of the babies. Without milk. What else is there to do?

Throw in an unknown guy in a suit in a strange car coming and going at odd hours, envelopes of money- too much for a first day on a new job- an endless supply of hot chocolate, an electronics whiz nephew, and a cute unattached granddaughter and things begin to take on a life of their own.

Oh, and don't forget a sherrif that refuses to believe something is going on in his sleepy little town. Really, if he had just listened to begin with Ida Mae and gang would not have had to do anything more than take in a pan of cheesy potatoes.

Now, the one thing I didn't like- it was really hard to stifle my need to laugh outloud when I was reading in public.

If you want a fun and funny read, pick up Secret Sisters today. You won't be sorry.

Product Details
Hardcover: 260 pages
Publisher: Valor Publishing Group; 1st edition (March 16, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1935546090
ISBN-13: 978-1935546092

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Agent in Old Lace

Shannon Tanner has it all—a perfect family, a perfect job, and a perfect boyfriend. Or so she thinks. What Shannon doesn’t know is that her boyfriend, Mark, is stealing money from her father and making millions doing it. When Shannon learns Mark’s secret, he turns on her, and Shannon’s life abruptly goes from perfect to perilous.

In an effort to protect Shannon, the FBI assigns their only female agent to go undercover as her personal bodyguard. But when the agent breaks her leg the day before the assignment, they turn to the next best thing: their top agent, Rick Holden—in a dress.

Quote from Agent in Old Lace: Life seems safe again for Shannon with Rick by her side and Mark apparently gone for good. Then Shannon gets word that her best friend has been kidnapped, and it becomes clear that Mark isn’t going to stop any time soon. Shannon realizes the only way to save herself and her friend—and stop Mark once and for all—is by sending Rick, her only source of protection, away. Can Rick save Shannon before it’s too late?

Tristi Pinkston’s contemporary novel debut promises to entertain and uplift her fans and new readers alike.

He looked into her eyes as she stepped away. Her hand lingered on his shoulder. He reached around her waist and pulled her back toward him, slowly lowering his head to hers. He kissed her with a gentle passion, stroking the back of her head with his hand, then pulled back. She could have stayed in his arms forever.

“That was payback for last night,” he said.

“You kissed me a lot more than I kissed you,” she pointed out.

“Retribution is always somewhat off balance.”

When I was first introduced to Tristi's writing, I did not know that I had had a small taste of it before. It was 2008 and Tristi had a new novel coming out, Season of Sacrifice. As I read the bits and blurbs about this book, I had a strange feeling of deja vous. I was sure I had read this book before, yet it was still in the "coming soon to a store near you" stage. So when we next had a Blogging Babes lunch I asked Tristi why it seemed so familiar to me. Turns out, I had read it before, when it was in manuscript form. She had submitted it to Karlene, but alas it was just mere weeks before we were closing our doors, so we couldn't publish it.

This book, Agent in Old Lace, is a departure from Tristi's normal genre of historical fiction. This mystery and suspense at it's best with a side of romance thrown in for good measure. I was caught up in the story from the very beginning. I even put off doing a bit of homework so that I could finish, (I just didn't get around to doing the review until now, even though I finished it way back in May!).

Well, done, Tristi. Well done. I loved every single word from beginning to end. Except for one small thing. And that small thing is just a personal preference of mine and has nothing to do with Tristi's writing or storytelling ability. If I had had a say in it, the third to last paragraph would have happened somewhere else. But, like I said, that's just me.

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Product details
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Bonneville Books; 1 edition (May 15, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1599553082
ISBN-13: 978-1599553085
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches

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