Fired from her most recent governess position, Melanie Ross must embrace her last resort: the Arizona mercantile she inherited from her cousin. But Caleb Nelson is positive he inherited the mercantile, and he's not about to let some obstinate woman with newfangled ideas mess up all he's worked for. He's determined to get Melanie married off as soon as possible, and luckily there are plenty of single men in town quite interested in taking her off his hands. The problem is, Caleb soon realizes he doesn't want her to marry up with any of them. He's drawn to Melanie more every day, and he has to admit some of her ideas for the store unexpectedly offer positive results.

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Review 1 for Trouble in Store

Overall Rating:

5 out of 5

Date:May 13, 2013

Maria

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Trouble in Store by Carol Cox is a very well done mystery with some romance sprinkled throughout. I had a hard time figuring out who did what in this book! The author excels at writing great mysteries set in a historical time period.

When Melanie Ross lost her governess position, she decided to travel to her deceased cousin's store and look through the possessions he left her. Once there she finds that her cousin's partner had died a few months ago, and the store is now owned by his nephew, Caleb Nelson. Caleb doesn't want her there messing things up so when Melanie tries to convince him that her cousin left her his part of the store he doesn't believe it. But when she threatens to get the sheriff involved, Caleb reluctantly capitulates.

Melanie immediately starts rearranging things in the store to increase sales which causes all kind of arguments between the two. Caleb quickly realizes her ideas are helping the store bring in more revenue, but he is still determined for her to leave. He starts talking to all the single men about how she wants to get married, and pretty soon Melanie is bombarded with proposals from men she doesn't even know. And to make matters even worse, Melanie discovers a dead man on the back doorstep of the store. As Caleb and Melanie race to find the murderer before their store is destroyed, they learn more about each other and find love in the midst of a threatening town.

I really enjoyed this book! It was fun and had a great mystery to solve. Plus, the characters were likable, and I loved learning more about Arizona's history. :-)

I was given this book free from NetGalley as long as I give an honest review.

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Review 2 for Trouble in Store

Overall Rating:

4 out of 5

Trouble in Store

Date:March 22, 2013

jenilee220

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Location:Ohio

Age:25-34

Gender:female

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4 out of 5

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4 out of 5

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4 out of 5

I thought this was a very fun, cute story. The characters are interesting and charming together. Neither Melanie or Caleb want to give in to the other and their interactions are sweet.

I enjoyed the story itself. It includes some mystery, some danger and some history. The author did a great job of weaving them all together to create a fun read.

In some parts, I felt the story slowed down a bit but the desire to know what happens in the stories of the characters keeps you reading!

The story ends beautifully and as the struggles of the book are solved, you are very glad you read to the end of the book!

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