Campbell,
Melodie. The Goddaughter. (Rapid Read
series) Orca 134p 9.95 978-1-4598-0125-7 2012 hs/adult VG Conflict
Gina, a jeweler, has the misfortune of belonging to
a family of mobsters, and she finds herself reluctantly agreeing to transport
some jewels across national boundaries illegally. Somehow, this mission, which was supposed to
take place quickly and uneventfully, becomes very complicated when the jewels
are inadvertently stolen by a prostitute before she even gets to the airport,
and through a series of convoluted twists and turns, Gina ends up travelling
from eastern Canada all the way to Arizona and back with her reporter boyfriend
and wangling a marriage proposal from him to boot. The sex (mainly just sex talk, but a little
bit kinky) earmarks it as an “adult read” not suitable for a school library,
but it will appeal to adult reluctant readers or those seeking a good, short
beach read. The author is skilled at
what she does, but it is not great literature, nor does it pretend to be.
Jewel heists–Fiction,
Caper literature --Carol Kennedy
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