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i liked the ending with mavis and leonardo getting married - i forgot they did - and bella’s birth. i wasn’t fond of the case as it was majorly about finances and all those details bored me. the plot with tandy came too late. i didn’t like her character so i didn’t care about her. i love mavis’s character in general but sometimes she irritates me so much. i hated how she was pushing eve in this book.

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“Personally, Eve felt a little bit sick. And when she glanced over at Roarke, the wince on his angel-kissed faced told her he was right there with her. That, at least, was a big red check in the Pro-Marriage column. You got to drag your spouse into your personal nightmares and into that twisty friendship maze right along with you.”

“What’s the theme?”
The jitters escalated into a roiling. “What do you mean, theme?”
“You don’t have a theme? How can you have a baby shower without a theme?”
“Jesus Christ, I need a theme? I don’t even know what that means. I called the caterer. I did my job. I told her it was a baby shower. I told her how many people, more or less. I told her when and where. She started asking me all kinds of questions, which gives me a fucking headache, and I told her not to ask me all kinds of questions or she was fired. Just to do whatever needed doing. Why isn’t that enough?”

“I like to go in and get sprayed with it when I troll the higher-end department stores.”
“You’re the one?”
“The one what?”
“The one person in the known universe who likes to get sprayed by those spritz guerrillas.”
Peabody stiffened her shoulders, lifted her head high. “We are more than one. We are a small, yet sweet-smelling army.”

“You got a serious worker bee here.”
“Makes me feel like a slacker,” Peabody agreed, then pokered up. “Which, of course, I’m not. Being a detective, and a dedicated member of the NYPSD trained by the best in the department.”
“Ass kisser,” Baxter said with a grin.
“I have three gold stars for ass kissing.”

“Is a scepter one of those…” She fisted her hand, pumped it up and down in a way that made his eyebrows shoot up as he grinned.
“God, gutter-brain.” But she laughed, shifted her arm well out to the side of her body.”

“She trailed her fingers up his spine, then down while she angled her head and found his lips with hers in the dark.
“Are you trying to take advantage of my weakened state?”
“Damn right.”
“Just checking.” His lips curved against hers. “Go ahead then. I can’t stop you.”
“Guess you’ll have to lie there and take it.” She nipped at his jaw, slicked her tongue down his neck. “You could call for help.”
“My pride prevents me.”

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4.0

A little bit slow at the start, but it wasn't long before I was hooked.
Lovely ending as well, not the normal for these books. I got a bit emotional with Mavis having her baby.