Mystery in the Mountains: Lucky Laney Series: 3

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Polishing. Where else?” Gran gestures to the garage. The banana peel draped over her fist always reminds me of a dashboard hula girl. Jake is a young, handsome tech billionaire who has worked hard for every dollar he has to his name. His life has been anything but a silver spooned existence, in fact his childhood was quite tragic and traumatic. He’s tired of women wanting to date him because of his bank account and has headed home to the safety and anonymity of where he grew up, his Grandma’s house.

As time goes one, it is nearing Christmas. Laney and her roommate decide to buy Christmas decorations and really liven things up for them. Apparently Grandma and Jake have too. This is new for all of them after some turns in their lives. As Laney is on the roof next door to Grandma's house, Jake is out cutting wood for his Grandma. A slip and almost fall has the two of them realizing they are neighbors. Rules are supposed to bend sometimes, and at other times break altogether. And break they do. Now the perfect spiced up hot happens. I step up to receive communion. The wafer dissolves on my tongue. I turn, giving the sign of the cross, just as Jenna’s row stands. We’ll pass each other in the aisle. There’s no way to avoid her.By eradicating non-native species, he helped restore the seabird population and made the island as it had been in 1750. Right now, Laney Villanueva is at dance rehearsal, and Nico Fiore is at soccer practice. They’ll meet up afterward at the edge of the soccer field. They’ll hug. She’ll be sweatier than him, but he’ll smell worse. Neither will mind.

I give your mother six months at that job. Six months,” Gran says with her mouth full. She doesn’t want me to get my hopes up. But Gran doesn’t know. Things could be different this time. Things are already different. This school year actually is “off to a good start.” She feels bad for not knowing it. Don’t feel bad, Laney. You are so sweet to care. I’m relieved she doesn’t know me, she doesn’t know the things I’ve done. I feel free. The past is in the past. There were some very funny side characters, like Jake's gran and Laney's gay BFF Tony. I think they made the story even more entertaining to read. Like it's expected, there was a pretty happy ending with a smile on my face when this book was over.

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What can I do when I see that my TBR is getting huge by the minute? The only thought that occurred to me is that I need to get busy and read non stop. It was simple if I could do that all day but unfortunately I can't. I try but they keep coming and coming. Ohhhh! I am so loving this book. Bravo Summer! Another great book! Her books just keep getting better and better. This particular book was so much fun to read. I could not put it down. It had such a great storyline. One that really hasn't been written before. Look out Bachelor! You got nothing on Summer Cooper! I think I might become friends with them,” I say. It’s true. I might. I was with them this morning, wasn’t I? The morning of. We’ve bonded. When Ted vanishes suddenly and May can't get a hold of him, she is left to "go it alone." People offer up their guest bedrooms to her, but she refuses. She stays in the house, and every night she fights with the intruder. The fights are often terrifying, gruesome, and bloody, but the next morning the cycle starts all over again, " Groundhog Day"-style, or, like 2017's " Happy Death Day," featuring a similar time-loop. May calls the police every time, but the response is infuriatingly casual. The neighbors are a young girl and her male roommate whom is her gay best friend. They are friends with the elderly woman (the billionaires grandmother) Although the grandmother attempts to introduce her grandson to her female neighbor she is unsuccessful.

You both took the driving test?” I ask. “I thought it was impossible to book an appointment.” Seniors complain all the time, how they have to wait weeks for a test. Rauzon said he is happy to report that there is a younger generation who has the capacity and the expertise to go forward with his work. He said he can’t save the planet, but perhaps he has educated and inspired someone who can. That’s good, Gran,” I say, although she’s seen every episode a dozen times. This one aired over summer vacation. Gran and I watched it together while I put her blood pressure medications in her Monday–Friday/day–night pillboxes. It’s the episode where a student accuses her volleyball coach of sexual abuse, but it’s a misdirected cry for help. It isn’t the coach. It’s her mother’s boyfriend who’s been abusing her.

Jake's grandmother thinks her grandson needs a wife and family. She doesn't want him to be alone after she leaves this world. So she blind sides him and signs him up to be a bachelor on a dating game. What!?! He really can't tell his grandmother no, now can he? Laney professor Mark Rauzon sits comfortably in his small cramped office surrounded by books, file cabinets, maps, flags, and journals. He has bushy eyebrows, a warm smile, and wears a shirt the color of a yellow warbler. As he talks, it is easy to see he loves to teach and is passionate about his work. He is a wildlife biologist, geographer, expert in island restoration, a world-renowned bird expert, author, photographer and, most importantly, teacher.