Friday, January 8, 2010

The Bliss Factor-Penny McCall

The Bliss Factor
Penny McCall
Berkley, Feb 2010, $7.99
ISBN: 9780425233078

In Holly Grove at the Michigan Renaissance festival someone apparently attacked armorer Conn leaving him suffering from amnesia. Accountant Rae Blissfield’s festival parents volunteer her to provide Conn a place to heal, which he accepts.

Conn and Rae are attracted to one another, but he is unsure whether he should proceed unaware of whom he might have a relationship with already and she is prim and proper, the opposite of her festive parents. As he begins to regain his memory, they fall in love. However, he realizes he is undercover working to shut down a counterfeit ring operating inside the festival that will also be closed once he exposes the felons working with impunity from within. That is if he and his “partner” can continue to elude the “Three Stooges” sent to shut him down permanently.

This is an entertaining romantic frolic starring two likable lead characters, her charming parents (and the other festival players), and the slapstick thugs. The story line is fast-paced and filled with humor as well as romance (especially the heroine’s fantasies re her new roommate. Fans will enjoy this zany amusing romantic suspense.

Harriet Klausner

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