Grace in the Wings by Kari Bovee

Grace in the Wings – A Grace Michelle Mystery by Kari Bovee

Release: September 19, 2019
Format: Ebook
Publisher: Bosque Publishing
Source: IRead Book Tours
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New York City, 1920. Grace Michelle has everything she wants. She has a home, a family, and a future career as a costume designer for famed showman Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.’s Ziegfeld Follies. Pretty good for a girl who once lived on the streets of New York City. But when her sister, Sophia, the star of the show, is murdered, Grace’s safe and protected life is shattered.

Battle-scarred by the war and emotionally scarred by his past, Chet Riker has made it a practice to keep his distance from others. Love, after all, leads only to pain. But Chet has a problem—a big one. He’s become indebted to mob boss Joe Marciano in an attempt to save his estranged mother’s life. And Marciano wants him to pay up or else. Desperate to get the money, he contacts former client Florenz Ziegfeld for work.

Soon, Chet finds himself playing bodyguard for introverted Grace, who has reluctantly agreed to be Ziegfeld’s new leading lady—on the condition that Ziegfeld promises to find Sophia’s killer. Upon meeting Grace, Chet quickly finds his hardened theory that love equals pain tested. Grace, meanwhile, embroiled in a life she never wanted as the Follies’ star and as the pawn in a series of publicity stunts during a transcontinental train trip to California that puts her life at risk. Who would want her and Sophia dead? Together, she and Chet must confront publicity-hungry Florenz Ziegfeld, power-driven Joe Marciano, and their own pasts to find Sophia’s killer—and let themselves love once again.

About the Author:

When she’s not on a horse, or walking along the beautiful cottonwood-laden acequias of Corrales, New Mexico; or basking on white-sand beaches under the Big Island Hawaiian sun, Kari Bovee is escaping into the past—scheming murder and mayhem for her characters, both real and imagined, and helping them to find order in the chaos of her action-packed novels.

An award-winning author, Bovée was honored with the 2019 NM/AZ Book Awards Hillerman Award for Southwestern Fiction for her novel Girl with a Gun. The novel also received First Place in the 2019 NM/AZ Book Awards in the Mystery/Crime category and won First in Category in the International Chanticleer Murder & Mayhem Awards. It was also a finalist in the 2019 Next Generation Indie Awards.

Her novel Grace in the Wings won First in Category for the 2019 International Chanticleer Chatelaine Awards. Peccadillo at the Palace won Grand Prize in the 2019 Goethe Awards and was a finalist in the 2019 Best Book Awards Historical Fiction category.

Bovée has worked as a technical writer for a Fortune 500 Company, has written non-fiction for magazines and newsletters, and has worked in the education field as a teacher and educational consultant.

Grace in the Wings Review:

” Grace in the Wings” is the first book in the Grace Michelle series and was a fun ride reading this murder mystery set in the 1920s.

I have read quite a few of the author’s other novels, like “Bones of the Redeemed” and “Folly at the Fair.” I love the author’s writing style because she has a beautiful style for writing mystery and suspense, irrespective of when the story takes place. In this book, the author introduces Grace and takes us on a ride from New York to California to New Mexico for Grace to find out what happened to her sister Sophia.

Grace is excellent in the lead! The author wrote Grace perfectly to fit with the timeline of the story. I also enjoyed the romance between Grace and Chet. Chet is not who he seems and falls in love with Grace under pretenses. Hence, it was interesting to see how he manages his feelings for her. I also liked Grace’s interactions with Lucile and Fanny.
Moreover, the author also adds adventure elements that make the story exciting. I particularly enjoyed the parts where Grace is riding the horse with Deerhunter and finds herself in danger. There are also some shady characters like Donovan who spice up the story.

However, I wish there were more surprises to the story. The climax was predictable and something which we expected. The story could have been more exciting if the author adds a few more twists and turns.

Nevertheless, it was entertaining and entertained me. Overall, I enjoyed reading “Grace in the Wings” and look forward to the sequel “Grace in Hollywood.”

Giveaway:

Enter to win one signed copy each of Grace in the Wings and Grace in Hollywood, a completed and framed (8.5 x 11) diamond painting of a flapper, an art deco mousepad, a small art deco notepad and pen, an art deco tote bag, and an Amazon gift card for $50! (one winner) (the USA only) (ends Jul 26)

GRACE IN HOLLYWOOD (Grace Michelle Mystery) Book Tour Giveaway

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Book Tour Schedule

Working Mommy Journal – June 22 – book review/giveaway
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Rajiv’s Reviews – June 28 – book review
Elizabeth McKenna – Author – June 29 – book spotlight/giveaway
Lisa Everyday Reads – June 30 – book spotlight/author interview
Olio by Marilyn –June 30 – book review of GRACE IN THE WINGS/giveaway