Drama + Mystery + Love + Christmas = The Perfect Novella

Synopsis

From the author of Kindle Unlimited All-Star winner Sweet Hollow Women comes a new novella featuring characters from Murder at Mistletoe Manor, Carnage at the Christmas Party, and The Port Elspeth Jewelry Making Club!

Klarinda Snow is the innkeeper of Mistletoe Manor in beautiful, remote, Windy Pines, Idaho, where she brings her unique brand of hospitality to the tiny mountain town.

When she finds her inn unexpectedly fully booked on a snowy Tuesday night in November, it brings back memories of a tragedy years before. Before she knows what hit her, she and her trusty team of employees (Myrtle, Pierre, and her new night manager, Josephine), have found themselves back at the task of solving another mystery at Mistletoe Manor!

While this book can be enjoyed as a stand-alone novella, if you plan to read the books in the Windy Pines Mystery series or The Port Elspeth Jewelry Making Club, it’s highly recommended you read those first, as this book contains spoilers that could affect your ability to enjoy them.

My review

Being an innkeeper can always be tricky… doesn’t Klarinda Snow know everything about it! When in November she finds her Mistletoe Manor fully booked, she tries to please everyone. But not all clients are being friendly or social.
And when a mystery takes place, suspicions are quickly made and Klarinda and her team are doing whatever they can to solve it as soon as possible.

Honest fact: initially I wasn’t enjoying the story a lot. Was it because I didn’t have any background? I don’t know.
But being stubborn as I am, I kept on reading, also because the prologue sounded very promising.
And before I knew, something clicked in my head, and I was totally in the story.

It was fascinating reading how the story went back in the past, slowly climaxing to the prologue again.

Also all the characters (with the excepting of a few…) are all so nice to read about. Even the sadder characters are so realistic with their emotions and actions, you feel for them.
You instantly feel who you can trust and who will cause trouble.

This story is a perfect mix of mystery, drama, real life emotions, love and friendship. And I think this blend made me like it after all, even if I had some initial struggles.
I haven’t had the chance yet to read the previous part, but after reading this novella, I certainly will!