Summer Heat by Jill Sanders

Elle Saunders just lost her grandfather. He was her only family member... almost. There are her four friends, the Wildflowers. And they are the ones to whom her grandfather left his campground. The five friends decide to band together and create a camp for adults -- let them relive their childhoods but with adult activities (some more adult than they were expecting.) But they need to make updates, as cheaply as possible. Which leads them to hiring the Costa brothers (though that isn't the name the brothers use). The men are there because the rumor is that Elle is the latest woman their father has been having an affair with., the latest whose business their father is sinking money into. Money that the board of the family company is asking an accounting for.
Middle brother Liam is as determined as his brothers to find out what happened but that doesn't mean he can't feel his own attraction to Elle. But he needs to work on finding the money. And avoidng Ryan, one of the waitresses who recognized the brothers and is threatening to expose them to the Wildflowers if one of them doesn't agree to... marry her? or at least make her their girlfriend, I guess.
That part of the story was a little weak as were the parts with the Costas father. I didn't feel like the story flowed very well but it was fun and fluffy enough that it didn't annoy me more than a little.

Three stars
This book came out October 22nd
ARC kindly provided by Montlake Romance and NetGalley
Opinions are my own

The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas

Charlotte Holmes is again solving mysteries, this time her mission is somewhat different though as she works to steal back some letters that are very important to a friend of Mrs. Watson's. The letters are, of course, indelicate and could lead to her losing her place of importance in Indian society. Well, it turns out that the woman is willing to turn down the services of Sherlock Holmes when he doesn't react the way she expects. But Charlotte decides to help the woman anyway. So she, Mrs. Watson, Olivia, Olivia's beau Stephen, and Lord Ingram are all off to a ball where the costumes abound.
As good as the rest of the series, I wouldn't recommend starting here but I would recommend reading all of the books to get to here.

Four stars

Followed by Murder on Cold Street
This book came out October 15th
ARC kindly provided by Penguin Publishing Group and Edelweiss
Opinions are my own

Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Missing Adults by Scott Bryan Wilson, Bob Solanovicz

Nancy Drew has just moved to a new school and some of the first people she meets are Frank and Joe Hardy. With a mixture of characters from the Hardy Boys and from Nancy Drew (though, why cut Bess? And why so many male characters?), this definitely isn't like either of the original series. For one thing, Nancy never actually says that she's a detective. Frank and Joe are depected as rather bumbling.
It's a very tongue-in-cheek story so people who are having nostalgia won't necessarily connect.

Three stars
This book comes out November 5th
ARC kindly provided by Diamond Book Distributors and NetGalley
Opinions are my own

Beyond a Reasonable Stout by Ellie Alexander

Sloan is up against murder again. This time, the victim is a man who was trying to make their town dry. Considering the fact that most of the town makes money off the tourism based around the local breweries. If the town went dry, there would be no money coming in. It's just too bad the man is found in April Amblin's office. The "official ambassador " to Leavenworth may have been annoyed by Kristopher but that doesn't mean she killed the man.
In the course of trying to (some what ambivalently) April's name, Sloan runs up against a number of people who were indebted to Kristopher who seemed to be tricking townspeople into borrowing money from him and then trying to swindle them out of their business.
A nice addition to the series but it took me a little bit to get into it. Definitely worth a read if you like the rest of the series.

Three stars and a half stars
This book came out October 1st
ARC kindly provided by St. Martin's Press and NetGalley
Opinions are my own

Tell Me No Lies by Shelley Noble

Philomena Amesbury, Lady Dunbridge helped solve the murder of her  friend's husband and that makes her a somewhat more likely person for financier Luther Pratt to come to when a young man is murdered at his home. The night before, Phil had gone to a party at his house and met Perry Fauks, heir to the Copper, Coal and Steel fortune. This morning, he is dead.
The immediate suspect is Perry's valet but the death is being quickly hushed up and Phil wonders why. Add in a friend from England who was coming to meet with Perry to discuss selling her mines, Agnes, Luther's daughter who was engaged to Perry but seems to love the family secretary, and Agnes' cousin Maude who would love to have been the one in Agnes' shoes as well as a smattering of other characters and it is a conundrum indeed. And Phil's unknown benefactor is still pulling strings  and giving her hints and instructions on how to navigate this mystery.
The mysterious benefactor/spymaster is getting to be a little too much for me. I really hope that there will be more developments with him in the next book as it is getting to be too over the top right now.

Three stars
This book comes out November 5th
Follows Ask Me No Questions

Followed by A Resolution at Midnight
ARC kindly provided by Macmillan and Edelweiss
Opinions are my own

Meant to Be Yours by Susan Mallery

Renee Grothen doesn't especially want to get married, even though she's a wedding coordinator. Instead, she's willing to indulge in some fun and then go her separate ways from the guy. At least that's what she's telling herself. And the guy she happens to have her eye on is Jasper Dembenski, local and author extraordinaire.
Jasper is just coming off a book tour which he did in an RV. On his last stop, he discovered a starving dog and adopted it. He's always thought that his military past made him unsuitable to have a normal life but there are others who would disagree with him, even his ex-flame Wynn who is a friend of Renee's (that complication is handled in a very adult manner, nicely done.) Renee isn't going to be his forever after but she's definitely hot and the fact that she's helping him get past his writer's block is an added bonus.
A really nice addition to the Happily Inc. series. I'm excited to read Wynn's story (hopefully soon!)

Four stars
Follows Not Quite Over You
This book came out October 22nd
ARC kindly provided by Harlequin and NetGalley
Opinions are my own

A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook by Bob Stahl, Elisha Goldstein, Saki Santorelli

I heard about this book in my yoga training many years ago so, when the second edition came up on NetGalley, I jumped at the chance to read it. A very pragmatic book that lays out ways to reduce stress with even-handed well-written chapters. Each idea has exercises for the readers to follow.
This book is going to be best for someone who can follow through on keeping journals, daily entries, etc.

Three stars
This book comes out October 31st
ARC kindly provided by New Harbinger Publications, Inc. and NetGalley
Opinions are my own