Review: What Happens in Vegas – Natasha Deen

What Happens in Vegas by Natasha Deen
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Release Date:  August 17, 2011
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Page Count: ebook, 113
Source:  Partners in Crime Blog Tour

It’s not that Binda Morningstar’s an idiot—the girl’s got more degrees than a thermometer—but there’s something about a crisis that makes her lose her mind…and accidently injure anyone within a ten foot radius. But if she’s going to rescue her boss from a cursed jewel, she’s going to have to keep it together. Unfortunately for her, the cop on the case, Corin Hawthorne, has her losing her mind and her heart…and if he gets anymore drool worthy, she’s going to lose her inhibitions, too. To save her boss and win her man, she’s got to outrun a mobster, outwit the YIFFS at a sex fetish convention, and outthink an ex-wife—and she’s got to do it all without breaking an arm or inadvertently hitting anyone with pepper spray…it’s all got Binda hoping that what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas

 Binda Morningstar works in the archeology department of the local university.  Her boss, Nigel Hawthorne, has discovered a cursed sapphire and misses an important meeting which impacts both their careers.  Worried that something sinister has happened to Nigel, she follows his directions and contacts his brother, a detective in the police department.  What she didn’t expect was having no one believe her about her suspicions surrounding Nigel’s fate and having to do the detective work herself.  Being a big time klutz does not lend itself to sleuthing and rescuing.


Corin Hawthorne has been angry with his brother since said brother married his ex-wife.  But when Binda shows up on his doorstep alleging all sorts of things about his brother’s disappearance, he decides to step in and help her investigate.  He definitely got more than he bargained for.

Binda was very cute with her klutziness.  Any of us with an affinity with injuring ourselves could appreciate Binda’s nervous habit of harming herself and others in moments of anxiety.  Some of klutz moments will have you laughing out loud, especially the poor mob boss with the ugly track pants).


Corin took a bit to warm up to, but he did grow on you.  His dry sense of humor went well with poor Binda and her klutz moments.


This was a short read, but it was entertaining and does having you laughing out loud in a few scenes.  If you want something to break up your day and put a smile on your face, this one will do the trick!