Plain Jeopardy was an surprising read! I didn't think I would love the story as much as I did, but it was everything a good mystery should be...great characters, an interesting mystery, and some twists. I was surprised by the ending.

I liked how the romance was sort of a second-chance story. It was so sweet! The Amish aspects were good and I'm someone who doesn't usually like Amish stories, but I really enjoyed this one.

All in all, Plain Jeopardy was a great read and I recommend it.

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reviewer: Clare O'Beara
recommendation: Mysteries past and present, set in an Amish
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title: PLAIN JEOPARDY

This book is full of suspense, mystery, Amish, English, and of course romance. It is written in the present with great dialogue, descriptions, and much more.

Grace Miller is a reporter working on recovering and reporting in this quaint town. When her life may be in jeopardy will she be able to keep working on her stories or will it be enough to cause her to give up?

Conner Gates is the handsome police captain, when he comes to the rescue of Grace will he be able to keep personal matters personal or will it interfere with his work?

I enjoyed reading this novel and look forward to reading more from this author.

Plain Jeopardy is a great suspenseful story. This book also has love inside - don't you just love it? It was shocking what happened in the beginning - but you where so proud of the Main character - you where cheering him on - then the other character you where feeling so heart broken for her - you loved them both - you where putting for them. You felt the author's love for them and you couldn't not love them yourself. This is one book that you should fall for yourself.

Grace Miller is a reporter, she travels the world giving a voice to the voiceless. Grace as been having trouble getting people to talk to her about her latest story, so when she finds a note on her door she thinks she might have found a lead, instead someone crashes into her car.



Connor Gates responds to the accident, he isn't pleased with the story that Grace is pursuing. Connor is the cousin of her story's topic, Jason, and he doesn't like how story is hurting his aunt. But he still takes Grace's safety seriously, and is committed to helping er find out what really happened the night that Jason died.



Grace grew up Amish with her 2 sisters until her mother was murdered and her father took them to be raised English. Grace and Connor are a good team they discover that there is more to the story than they thought, they learn to trust each yet doubts from their past plague them. Grace is smart and quick thinking, she is good hat her job and just wants to tell the truth. She's great at talking to people and trusts her instincts.



Connor is a great guy and her knows that he walks a fine line between being a lawman when it comes to the English and Amish. He admires Grace even though they don't always see eye to eye.



An action packed, suspenseful read, with many surprise twists along the way. Can two people with difficult pasts bring the right people to justice and maybe even find love?



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Grace is recovering from surgery at her old hometown in her sisters place while shes out. To keep busy being the reporter that she is she does a bit of digging about some of her home town news and see about getting more information about her mothers murder which is still left unsolved. When a few mishaps occurs police officer Conner gates is there to help and protect her.

I thought that this was a pretty good book if your looking for a quick read, that's clean and has an intriguing mystery element to it then this book might be for you. I enjoyed seeing more that was revealed about the accident and although I feel like when it came to her mothers mystery part it I felt like it was a bit rushed. If you are looking for a mystery romance type of book there isn't much of romance in this book. You can sorta tell the two main characters got a thing but nothing much came of it although its clear they are going to be with eachother. Overall this was a pretty good book

What is supposed to be a period of healing after being seriously ill, turns into a terror visit, when it seems someone wants her dead.

The author has the main character spending time taking care of her sister’s bed and breakfast, and as a reporter she is also writing articles. We also have the local deputy who while protecting his citizens take an interest in Grace, as had his father who investigated her mother’s murder.

There are two stories going on here, and throughout you wonder which is the one that is threating her life, and with the twists and turns that happen here, you will keep on wondering.

Will we be able to solve both of these cases, or will one or both of these main charters survive with the answers.

I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Harlequin and was not required to give a positive review.

I enjoyed this book. Grace is a journalist. It is in her blood. Recovering from surgery doesn't slow her down, not even when someone tries to run her over. I liked her tenacity, but at the same time, thought she needed a little more heart. I know journalists have a job to do but there is a fine line they must walk to tell their stories. Conner is called when someone tries to silence Grace's curiosity.

Unlike most on the police force, Conner doesn't completely shut down when Grace asks questions. He loves his small town and his family. He wants justice for everyone, especially his family. He likes that Grace asks questions, and it makes him think that he shouldn't take things, even people he's known his whole life, at face value. I enjoyed watching these two characters get to know each other and solve their mysteries.

It was a 4/5 for me. I enjoyed the two stories the characters were trying to solve.



Thank you to the publisher for the review copy of this book. I received this book in exchange for an honest review and the opinions stated above are 100% mine.

“Plain Jeopardy” by Alison Stone is a short novel full of suspense and mystery. Why would a wholesome young man like Jason suddenly ingest drugs and drive, having an accident, killing himself and seriously injuring a young girl? While recovering from an operation at her sister’s bed and breakfast, Grace Miller, a travelling journalist, decides to write an article about the event and investigates rumors of drinking and drug parties among the Amish and English youth. While looking into this scenario, she and the local deputy, Conner, lock horns. Jason is a relative of the deputy and he is trying to shield his mother from further sadness. Conner is also the son of the retired man who was sheriff when her mother was brutally murdered. That is now a cold case. No leads were found and the result of this crime is that Grace, her father and two sisters moved away from the community and left the Amish community. Now one investigation causes another to begin again. Grace is prodded to look into her mother’s murder. The murderer has gotten away with it for over 30 years and is not about to get caught at this late date. He is bound to get rid of Grace just like he did with her mother. Together she and Conner solve both mysteries and in the process find each other.

Though the novel was very short, I thought Ms. Stone packed a lot of mystery and intrigue in those few pages. I enjoyed reading the novel.

I received a complimentary Kindle review copy of this book from NetGalley.com in return for posting a review.