Romantic suspense is a favorite of mine and this series has been on my TBR list for a long time. I can’t believe it took me so long to read this terrific book!! J.J. Graves gave up her life as a doctor when her parents died in a suspicious suicide a year ago. Moving back to her small home town Bloody Mary (excellent name btw ;-) ) to run the family funeral home. But death in Bloody Mary is slow business and hardly ever does a murder occur. Until now… I loved Jaye and her dry wit and sarcastic o...

Re-read AudioStill really liked it and that is still a favorite quote! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I really enjoyed this story, it was a fast read and very entertaining. I felt an immediate connection to Jaye and Jake. Their banter was easy going and realistic. Will definitely be reading more of her books!Favorite Quote: "I was such a slut. Hallelujah"

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Not bad, but not great, either. I liked it, but didn't love it.Things I didn't like:There were several typos and grammatical errors. One I can think of off the top of my head was the use of "peak your interest" as opposed to "pique your interest".Also, the murderer was introduced earlier in the book, and then never really brought up again, so that when the time for the big reveal came, I was all, "Wait a minute...who's this now?" I felt that character should have been incorporated into the story...

Dirty Little Secrets is book one in the J. J. Graves Mystery by Liliana Hart. Early one morning Jaye Graves the Bloody Mary, Virginia Corner was woken up by Sheriff Jack Lawson who needed her assistants at a crime scene. However, Jaye Graves did not realise that the murder victim will affect her quite and safe world. The readers of Dirty Little Secrets will follow the twist and turns of Jaye Graves and Sheriff Jack Lawson investigation into the murder of local women in their community. I was rec...

Synopsis:J.J. Graves has seen a lot of dead bodies in her line of work...She's not only in the mortuary business, but she's also the coroner for King George County, Virginia. When a grisly murder is discovered in the small town of Bloody Mary, it's up to J.J. and her best friend, Detective Jack Lawson, to bring the victim justice.The murders are piling up...When a popular mystery writer shows up on J.J.'s doorstep with plans of writing his new book about the Bloody Mary Serial Killer, J.J. has t...

Dirty Little Secrets was a really good start to the series, and I'm looking forward to continuing with the other books. J.J. was a great character, and I enjoyed many of the secondary characters as well, especially Jack. The mystery kept me interested, as well as kept me guessing. I enjoyed the setting of the small fictional community of Bloody Mary, Virginia. I thought the town and its residents added a great deal to the story. J.J. Graves has come home to Bloody Mary, Virginia to take over her...

This started off on a high note and then something went wrong along the way. Firstly Jaye just met Brody and they only knew each other for what, four days and they already love each other?! We knew nothing about him, other than being a writer. We didn't get a chance to get to know him because he was only there for Jaye to have sex with and declare her love for. There are all these homicides going on in town and she's focused on her dry spell. Not only that, but she knows the people being murdere...

Well this was unexpectedly enjoyable! I downloaded this book for free from Amazon and wasn’t particularly looking forward to reading it. Most Kindle freebies are worthless but the reviews for this book were pretty good and I hadn’t read a mystery for while so I thought I’d give this one a try.I have to say it had been a long time since I enjoyed reading a mystery but here the story was entertaining and the plot was fast paced. So much so that I read the book in one single sitting. I thought I ha...

I need the next book.Sorry, but I can't remember who recommended this book to me. Whoever t was, I can't thank them enough.Bit of a cliché, but I got hooked in in first page and was still hooked on the last page.This is a great story with Fantastic characters, that I hope to spend a lot more time with very soon. The partnership of Dr. J. J. Graves and Sheriff Lawson is very well written with some brilliant banter between them. A very fast pace, wish I had started earlier in the day, so I could h...

Holy Macaroni.This book was soo good.So good.The story is very interesting and well written.Nothing seemed rushed and there are a couple of twists,but I had my suspicions so I wasn't really surprised by the ending.The main character is one sarcastic little shit which means that I adore her.I have to admit that I didn't expect to find so much humor in this book.Boy,I was laughing my ass off.Jack is my new fictional crush,I mean,how perfect is he?Ugh,I need Jack in my life.The only thing that I di...

This book was fun, with a likable heroine and enjoyable dialog. There were a few problems - I didn't like that the investigators were down on the psychologist for not handing over files without a warrant. That's not being uncooperative, that's just trying to hang on to your professional license. The relationship between JJ and the mysterious Brody lacks enough depth to be terribly compelling. I will say, however, that the author did a pretty good job of making their relationship steamy without b...

I am a bit conflicted over this book. I really enjoyed the snarky humorous style of the author & main character JJ Graves and found myself laughing out loud more than once. The murderer eluded me for awhile as my thoughts on Who Done It? wavered between characters. I really liked Jack & the dynamics between him & Jaye. But on the downside, this story never really gelled for me - I tried to grab on & make a connection but it bounced around a little too much for me. I didn't buy into the instant l...

I hated the comedic element that was thrown into this story and deleted it 8% in. She randomly add apostrophes where they're not needed-as in "...about that Grave's girl" or "the citizen's had a tendency"...irritating.Straitjacket morphed into a straightjacket but that might've been how it's spelled in America. I was lost in this passage too-I was hell on morning wood. I thought I knew what morning wood was but didn't get why she mentioned it....I also found it pretty hard to believe that someon...

Entertaining. I really like the heroine but when Brody appeared I lost interest.

4 starsI was a little slow getting into this one - JJ (h) has some serious baggage (parents/family) and no life (med school, student loans, family funeral business in a small town, medical examiner in a small town). Her best friend, Jack (H) is the sheriff (ex-SWAT), good looking and a good guy. The cases are grisly and intense and the friends to lovers is slow burn. A So after reading this one, I couldn't get enough of JJ and Jack - so I bought the 2 box sets and now I'm on book 4. My understan...

Major DNF I mean, wow. This book took a massive nosedive right around 20% with the introduction of Brody. I stopped reading at ~25% and simply skimmed the rest of the book.I read Liliana Hart's Addison Holmes series about 2 years ago and loved it. I did a re-read earlier this month and, although I didn't like it as much, it was still pretty entertaining. I then found Dirty Little Secrets on Amazon for free and I just had to read it. The blurb mentioned "best friend" Detective Jack Lawson and I w...

Read in less than a day. The author has a sense of humor and writes in a similar vein to Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum mysteries, but with a bit less physical comedy. Started out like a pretty good who-dun-it serial killer mystery with a little three-way romance mixed in. Not the kinky kind - the Guy and Girl are friends since childhood but nothing more until the new guy shows up and sweeps her off her feet making the old friend a little jealous….that kind of three way. The murder mystery clu...

This isn't the worst book I've read, but I had a lot of problems with it. I am going to read the second one (as I already bought it), but it'll have to be better than this one to go beyond book 2. Hopefully the next one will focus more on the case and less on JJ's personal life.Up until the killer was revealed, I was enjoying the whodunit aspect of the book. But once that was revealed, it was all "Huh? Who?". Disappointing, and it felt like an afterthought.The little details made me roll my eyes...

A great read for murder mystery enthusiastsDr JJ Graves has returned to her small home town of Bloody Mary (interesting choice of name for a town) to take over her deceased parents mortuary business and has also become the local coroner. Her best friend since childhood is Detective Jack Lawson and they work together to solve 3 murder cases. Investigation turns up secrets held by the victims and obvious choices for the murderer end up being discounted.The book is well written, keeping my interest...