Parks & Recreation meets The Blue Collar Comedy Tour in this third ebook in Molly Harperβs Bluegrass series of contemporary romances: A love triangle of colleagues heats up the winter lodge where they get snowed in for a week.
Kentucky Tourism Commission employee and executive assistant extraordinaire Kelsey is known around the office for having everything under control. So itβs not surprising that she and her boss, Sadie, have everything planned to the second for the office winter retreat. But there are things even Kelsey canβt micromanage.
An unprecedented snowstorm smothers half of Kentucky and knocks out the power, closes the roads, and generally shuts down the state. Luckily, the lodge has working fireplaces and enough food to keep the staff from turning on each other like something out of The Shining. Kelsey wouldnβt mind being stuck inside if it wasnβt for the tension with her not-so-secret crush, Charlie, the officeβs statistician. But handsome Ranger Luke, the lodgeβs only employee on hand, is there to take Kelseyβs mind off her discomfort.
Even though this weekend is supposed to be a planning session for KTC, Kelsey canβt help her mind from wandering and finds herself conflicted over Luke and Charlie. Someoneβs love will keep her warm, but whose will it be?
Series: Bluegass #3
Release Date: September 22, 2014
Publisher: Pocket Books
Source: Manic Readers
Reviewer: Iris
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Advertised as part Parks and Recreation and part Blue Collar Comedy Tour, I fully expected hijinks to abound around every corner. Instead I found myself making the comparison to what the 30 Rock characters would be like off hours on a company retreat. Although the humor was present, it was not as obvious as I expected. It was more of a subtle inside joke type of humor. The characters were fun and engaging; exactly how I pictured they would be from their descriptions. It kind of made me nostalgic for my old co-workers who, I can very much see getting into beard growing contests just to combat cabin fever and boredom.
Kelsey is funny, quirky and very much the Liz Lemon type of character. Sheβs entertaining and her quips alone, which are usually directed at one co-worker in particular, had me turning pages just to see what she would say next.
The love triangle between Luke, Kelsey and Charlie may as well be considered the triangle that never was. There is a lot of interest shown, but very little follow thru except for flirting. Regardless, it was an enjoyable read that kept me engaged enough for me to lose track of time while reading.
It must be noted that although this is book 3 in the series, I had no difficulty following along even though I was completely unfamiliar with the previous books. There is mention of things the characters did in the previous books, but as they do no directly impact or affect the story here, those instances are more like clever little memories someone mentions in passing. It was a great read and it definitely caught my interest enough that I will be reading the previous books in the series.
