I enjoyed Charity's directness and honesty. She and Elias were doing their casual bantering during their getting-to-know-each-other phase, but when asked a direct question, she was refreshingly honest, even when once her answer was "Let me get back to you on that." I enjoyed the stories surrounding Charity and Elias. They were both successful in the corporate world but left that world to run small shops in a small town. They cook gourmet meals for each other. Elias practices an esoteric easte...

I enjoyed Charity's directness and honesty. She and Elias were doing their casual bantering during their getting-to-know-each-other phase, but when asked a direct question, she was refreshingly honest, even when once her answer was "Let me get back to you on that." I enjoyed the stories surrounding Charity and Elias. They were both successful in the corporate world but left that world to run small shops in a small town. They cook gourmet meals for each other. Elias practices an esoteric eastern zen-type philosophy, based on meditation, contemplating water and martial arts. There were some witty lines that had me chuckling. The main focus of the book is solving the mystery of who killed someone and why.

Sexual language: moderate. Number of sex scenes: four. Setting: current day Seattle and a small coastal town in northern Washington State called Whispering Waters Cove. Copyright: 1996. Genre: romantic mystery.

For a list of my reviews of other books by this author, see my 4 star review of "Sizzle and Burn" posted 2-09-08.

I am a great fun of JAK. I like all her books, historical, contemporary and futuristic. That said, I was a bit let down with the specific book. Although the book was funny (especially the parrot), for the first time after reading 35 of her books, I could not relate to the characters, especially Elias. This Tal Kek Chara matrial art was a bit too much and the male character a bit too lost in it. I had difficulties getting to the first half of the book. To be honest, after the second half, I ma...

I am a great fun of JAK. I like all her books, historical, contemporary and futuristic. That said, I was a bit let down with the specific book. Although the book was funny (especially the parrot), for the first time after reading 35 of her books, I could not relate to the characters, especially Elias. This Tal Kek Chara matrial art was a bit too much and the male character a bit too lost in it. I had difficulties getting to the first half of the book. To be honest, after the second half, I managed to enjoy it and have fun with all the water parallels but still, I was used to more by this author. It is still a funny book but it will never top my list.