The Scholarship by Jaime Maddox
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Publisher: Bold Stroke Books
Format: Kindle
Pages: 291 Pages
Genre: Mystery / LGBT / Romance
Buy: Kindle | Paperback
Synopsis:
Looking to find harmony, Ella Townes leaves a big Philadelphia college and returns to the mountains where she spent her youth. She quickly makes a friend—Cassidy Ryan, a woman with Down syndrome who is the neighborhood busybody and sister of a very attractive ER doctor whom Ella finds equally charming. Under the watchful eye of Cass, Ella and Reese begin a promising friendship. Then Ella writes a scholarship in memory of a childhood friend who was murdered, and things begin to unravel. The scholarship stirs interest in the cold case, and soon the murderer is maneuvering to protect his secret. After Cass is brutally attacked, Ella and Reese question her. The killer’s identity becomes clear, but after twenty years, is there enough evidence to bring him to justice?
Review:
Ella returns to the town where she spent her summers with her grandparents. Hoping to reconnect with some of the people she knew from the past Ella discovers that her best friend, Steph was murdered right before she graduated high school.
Ella finds a great housing situation, house sitting for a woman who is going out of town for a few months. She befriends the neighbors next door one of whom is a woman with downs syndrome, Cassidy, who loves to help with the dog she is supposed to watch. Cassidy's sister Reese is a doctor and soon the sparks are flying between Reese and Ella.
Reese also knew Ella's friend Steph and they bond over the telling of stories and sharing the past.
Well written Maddox does a great job of keeping your interest in the mystery while also spinning a sweet romance. The murderer is kept secret with hints but not ever identifying him until the end. This was a well written book with a mystery that keeps you guessing and characters that hold your interest.
Disclaimer: I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley.com
Ella finds a great housing situation, house sitting for a woman who is going out of town for a few months. She befriends the neighbors next door one of whom is a woman with downs syndrome, Cassidy, who loves to help with the dog she is supposed to watch. Cassidy's sister Reese is a doctor and soon the sparks are flying between Reese and Ella.
Reese also knew Ella's friend Steph and they bond over the telling of stories and sharing the past.
Well written Maddox does a great job of keeping your interest in the mystery while also spinning a sweet romance. The murderer is kept secret with hints but not ever identifying him until the end. This was a well written book with a mystery that keeps you guessing and characters that hold your interest.
Disclaimer: I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley.com
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