Britta Johnston and her aunt Elin are excited to be decorating a float for the annual Rose Festival in Portland, but an anarchist group has other plans. With marches, threats and disruptions of all types, Dark Fusion keeps the float decorators on edge until one of them is found dead. 

An exciting mystery with lots of action and plenty of "scents" of flowers.

I do love this series.  This time Britta and her Aunt Elin are working on a float for the upcoming Rose Festival for the city of Portland.  It is a great honor for Blooma to have a float and the tension is high as there is so much to get done and on top of that a protest group called Dark Fusion is harassing the volunteers as they go in to work on the floats.  Blooma is fortunate to have a long time volunteer Gloria as the crew chief for the float.  Aunt Elin is slightly distracted as her former fiancé Eric (they each went their separate ways when Elin chose to raise Britta after her parents died) is arriving from London.  The threats from Dark Fusion escalate as the Grand Marshall and former Mayor Ted is threatening legal action against the group.  Britta arrives early one morning and no one is there and as she makes her way to the Blooma float only to find one of the leaders of Dark Fusion Sham dead and appears to be strangled in the violets of their float.  The red herrings are all over and frankly I was not sure who it was until the very end.  This author does a great job of making you feel you are in Portland and part of the excitement of the Rose Festival.  Looking forward to the next in this series.  Maybe Britta and Elin will visit Eric in London and have a mystery there.  Highly Recommend.

This book grabbed my attention from the very beginning and I was transported to Portland as Britta and Aunt Elin prepared for the Rose Festival.

Working on a float for the big parade, Elin and Britta are full steam ahead producing a breathtaking design.
Not everyone is on board with the festivities and when a group called Dark Fusion begins steamrolling their plans, Britta finds herself in harm's way once again and is determined to find the truth.
I enjoy this series, it tells a fact filled story with plenty of red herrings to keep the reader guessing.
I highly recommend this series to all cozy mystery fans.

I volunteered to read and review an ARC of this book provided by the publisher and NetGalley.

I really enjoy this series! The Rose City Mystery series is set in Portland, Oregon. Britta Johnston and her aunt Elin run the flower shop, Blomma. In this book it is the annual Rose Festival time and the duo are working on a flower float. An unwelcome group with violent tendencies called Dark Fusion descends upon the festivities. The group's leader is soon found dead, strangled with a garland of violets and Britta is the one who finds his lifeless body.  The mystery is good and the descriptive writing style is even better. The characters are likable. I am very much looking forward to the next in the series!

I am so in love with this series. Everything about this book is magic, from the descriptions to the plot, to the characters. The setting really transports you and you feel you are in the town, walking along with the characters. I hope this series continues for a long time, I feel like there is still so much to learn and do with these characters.

I received a free copy of Violet Tendencies (Rose City Mystery Book 2) by Kate Dyer-Seeley in exchange for an honest review.  The annual Rose Festival is a time when the citizens of Portland revel in community spirit.  Britta Johnston and her Aunt Elin are thrilled to participate in the parade by creating a float made of flowers and other organic materials.  However, there is a blight upon the beauty.  An anarchist group called Dark Fusion is protesting the festival.  Their exploits grow increasingly violent, and the Portland citizens respond with anger and fear.  When Britta finds the leader of Dark Fusion strung up in the wreckage that was once her float, the anarchists threaten explosive vengeance.  It’s a thorny situation.

I liked this novel.  If you enjoyed the first book, you should relish the sequel.

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Having heard about the Rose Festival from my dad, I was happy to see Portland and the festival as part of this book. I was not disappointed and enjoyed the fast twisted plot and wonderful characters again. I'm curious to see where the author takes us next.

Violet Tendencies by Kate E. Dyer-Seeley is the second book in the Rose City series set in Portland, OR. I was completely swept up in this complex mystery from the first chapter.

Britta has made Portland her home again and is enjoying every second of working in her Aunt Elin's flower shop, Blomma. Her creativity has bloomed (no pun intended)since she's been back in Portland.  Ms. Dyer-Seeley's writing of Portland and the Riverwalk Village allowed me to feel as if I was in the midst of the story. I was fascinated by details of the float construction. The plot was quickly paced with several suspects, and twists that created new angles to look at the motives and the suspects. The reveal filled me with fear for Britta. I could not put the book down until I was finished. I also enjoyed the touch of romance added by Ms.Dyer-Seeley for both Elin and Britta. I will be impatiently waiting for the next one in this series.

This was a great plot with a cozy mystery as I read this book I totally see it as a made for tv movie on the hallmark channel. The story starts with Britta who along with her Aunt Elin are florists running the flower shop Blomma in Portland. As they preparing a float for the Grand Floral Parade a celebration of the city during the Rose Festival. They and others float makers start to get harassed by members of Dark Fusion an anarchist group who want nothing more than to destroy the Festival. Then as things start to progress Britta find the leader of Dark Fusion dead in the warehouse where everyone was making their float. Britta starts to investigate the people around. It has some great twist and turns to keep you guessing to the very end overall a great read.

This is an entertaining cozy mystery with a well developed plot, interesting characters and a compelling setting in Portland, Oregon during the Rose Festival.  Britta, who along with her Aunt Elin, are florists running the flower shop Blomma in Portland.  They are preparing a float for the Grand Floral Parade, a celebration of the city during the Rose Festival but the warehouse where they and the other float makers are hard at work is being harassed by members of Dark Fusion, an anarchist group who want nothing more than to destroy the Festival.  There are several clashes between the florists and Dark Fusion and then, one morning, when Britta arrives at the warehouse to work on her float she finds the dead body of the anarchist leader.  Britta is fearful that one of the people she is working amongst could be the killer and so she begins her own investigation, much to the dismay of her potential boyfriend, the police detective.  This mystery grabbed my attention from the very first page all the way through.  The story flows smoothly, with plenty of twists and turns and enough suspects to keep you guessing.  I highly recommend it.