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Riley Thorn and the Blast from the Past

by Lucy Score

🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate·spoiler·Riley Thorn #3

Why Read This?

You'll laugh out loud at the ridiculous shenanigans while rooting for a couple who genuinely enjoys each other's company.

Synopsis

Riley Thorn and her hot, tattooed, private investigator boyfriend are all moved into their new fixer upper. Not only do they finally have their own place, they also haven’t found any new dead bodies on the premises. Yep. It looks like summer is over and so is Riley’s bad luck. Or is it? While Nick gives up sleeping and showering to obsess over the cold case that still haunts him, his business partner Mrs. Penny is calling the investigative shots. It’s every bit as bad as you can imagine. Meanwhile, Riley has her hands full fixing up the crumbling crime scene they call home and setting boundaries with the breaking-and-entering octogenarians next door. You know. Normal stuff. But normal comes to a screeching halt when our favorite psychic is abducted by a stranger with candy, and her powers go on the fritz. To make matters worse, it becomes clear that Riley’s new house guests are definitely either in trouble or are trouble after bad guys deliver a warning with a severed finger. Can Nick and Riley solve the case the old-fashioned way before they all end up in pieces? Or will a surprise birthday party, a dog doody bandit, an accidental arson, and a blast from the past be too much for them to handle?

At a Glance

4.18 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacingmedium burn

Top Tropes

workplace romance

Mood

humorouslightheartedmysteriousadventurouscozy

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

4.18 ★

Page Count

354 pages

Published

2022

Primary Genre

Contemporary Romance

Pairing

M/F

POV

Dual POV

Romance Pacing

Medium Burn

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Standard

Narrator

Natalie Duke

Narrator Count

Single

Narration Style

Single

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
Theme Constellation

Mood & Vibe

Mood

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Spice Details 🌶️

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kidnappingmurderviolence

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