Jed Had to Die by Tara Sivec
November 1, 2016
Genre: Romantic Comedy
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Synopsis
The happiest day of Payton Lambert's life was the
day she graduated high school and watched Bald Knob, Kentucky get smaller and
smaller in her rearview mirror. She wanted more for her life than a tiny town
where everyone knows your business and you can’t find a decent cup of coffee
for at least forty miles. Twelve years later, an unexpected phone call in the
middle of the night has her packing up her life in Chicago and racing back home
to the one person she ever regretted leaving behind.
Upon her return, she sees that Leo Hudson, the scrawny boy who followed Payton around like a puppy and could recite cow insemination facts in his sleep, is long gone. Leo is still hot on her heels, but now he's wearing a sheriff badge and dead set on solving a murder that may or may not involve Payton...along with half the town. In a place where the biggest crime happened the day someone kicked a few of his cows, people are pointing fingers, rumors are spreading like wildfire, and Payton swears she's only making out with the sweet-talking, studly sheriff to distract him from the secrets she's keeping.
When you've been tased, peed on by a yippy dog named Bo Jangles, and can't stop picturing what Sheriff Hudson looks like naked, it will be a tough job making everyone agree that...Jed had to die.
Upon her return, she sees that Leo Hudson, the scrawny boy who followed Payton around like a puppy and could recite cow insemination facts in his sleep, is long gone. Leo is still hot on her heels, but now he's wearing a sheriff badge and dead set on solving a murder that may or may not involve Payton...along with half the town. In a place where the biggest crime happened the day someone kicked a few of his cows, people are pointing fingers, rumors are spreading like wildfire, and Payton swears she's only making out with the sweet-talking, studly sheriff to distract him from the secrets she's keeping.
When you've been tased, peed on by a yippy dog named Bo Jangles, and can't stop picturing what Sheriff Hudson looks like naked, it will be a tough job making everyone agree that...Jed had to die.
Review
My 5 star review of Jed Had To Die
I love Tara Sivec, she does the funny. And she does it WELL. This story was no exception and it was totally brilliant! It was romantic, and suspenseful- and I definitely know that Jed HAD to die!
Payton Lambert is the heroine in this story, and she fled her town of Bald Knob, Kentucky (definitely a SMALL town- I live in Kentucky, but I loved that it was set in my home state.) She left to go to Chicago and start a new life, and live her dream of opening a coffee shop. She’s totally fierce and brave- and she just IS Payton, and its totally awesome. She hasn’t been home in a long time, twelve years to be exact. But then it all changes- when she gets a phone call from a friend who desperately needs her help back home.
Her friend Emma Jo- is in HUGE trouble. Payton is a helper- it’s in her nature to care for people she knows, especially friends who have been kind to her. And Emma Jo has Payton’s back too, they have always supported each other- and also Payton hates EJ’s husband- Jed, who apparently has the town of Bald Knob wrapped around his tiny finger.
And then there’s the Sheriff. Leo Hudson- he was totally a nerd way back when, but now he’s turned into a huge flirty hunk of a man. And he had a crush back then on Payton, now it’s amplified. Their chemistry is off the charts hot, but Payton knows it has an expiration date- she can’t stay in Bald Knob forever.
The biggest question is- WHO KILLED JED? Or is it?
I was trying to solve it the whole time- and what I realized is, it’s not really even about who killed Jed, it’s about friendships- true friendships, loyalty, and the meaning of the word HOME. I absolutely loved this one from Tara, and hope you will too.
The biggest question is- WHO KILLED JED? Or is it?
I was trying to solve it the whole time- and what I realized is, it’s not really even about who killed Jed, it’s about friendships- true friendships, loyalty, and the meaning of the word HOME. I absolutely loved this one from Tara, and hope you will too.
Author Profile
Tara Sivec is a USA Today best-selling author, wife,
mother, chauffeur, maid, short-order cook, baby-sitter, and sarcasm expert. She
lives in Ohio with her husband and two children and looks forward to the day
when they all three of them become adults and move out.
After working in the brokerage
business for fourteen years, Tara decided to pick up a pen and write instead of
shoving it in her eye out of boredom. Her novel Seduction and Snacks won first
place in the Indie Romance Convention Reader’s Choice Awards 2013 for Best
Indie First Book and she was voted as Best Author in the Indie Romance
Convention Reader’s Choice Awards for 2014.
In her spare time, Tara loves to
dream about all of the baking she’ll do and naps she’ll take when she ever gets
spare time.
Tara loves tackling new genres
so there’s something for everyone! Currently, she has books in the following
categories:
Romantic Comedy
Romantic Suspense
Erotic Romantic Suspense
Romantic Suspense
Erotic Romantic Suspense
Romantic Mystery/Comedy
Contemporary Romance
Psychological Thriller
Psychological Thriller
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