This book might look like something you have read before, but it had such a different vibe and story and I was completely hooked! The author does a good job of introducing the characters without giving too much away, leaving more for other installments. Each chapter was full of fun and surprises and set the stage for a superbly executed mystery that will keep you guessing until the very end!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the chance to read this book!

I was SO excited to be given the chance to read another book from one of my absolute favorite authors! She writes under other names as well, such as Ali Brandon and Diane A.S Stuckart. This is JUST as good as anything else she's written, and in some parts, even better. I adored Harry especially, and the entire group of nuns. Can we get them as reoccuring characters forever? Please?

The best part is that this is only the first book. I love how much potential this series has and I cannot wait to read more! Definitely one of my favorite new cozy mysteries for the year. Five stars.

I received a free copy of PEACH CLOBBERED (A Georgia B&B Mystery) by Anna Gerard (a/k/a Diane A.S. Stuckart a/k/a Ali Brandon) in exchange for an honest review. Following her divorce, Nina Fleet wanted stability and community, so she purchased a perfect Queen Anne house in the small town of Cymbeline, Georgia. Nina suggests that what ensued be called, “The Summer of the Penguins.” First, the man contesting Nina’s purchase of her new home, Harry Wescott, showed up on her front porch in a penguin mascot costume. After some “heated” debate, he promptly swooned from heatstroke. Second, the following day or so, the mayor showed up with a van filled with nuns in full regalia. The mayor bribed Nina with a previously denied license to operate a B&B in exchange for Nina housing the now-homeless nuns. Third, right after the Sisters of Perpetual Poverty take up residence, the man who callously evicted the nuns, Gregory Bainbridge, is found in a downtown alley stabbed in the chest. Bainbridge was wearing Harry’s penguin suit at the time. Who was the intended victim? Harry believes he may be in danger and asks for Nina’s help. Soon, Harry, sans penguin suit, moves into Anna’s garret. By the end of the book, a murderer will be outed, a mystery body part will be discovered, the nuns will have a new home, and the term “literally” will be abused at least twice.

This was a pretty good book and a good start to a new series. If you can stand the repeated use of the term “literally” to mean “figuratively,” you may enjoy it way more than I did. Because the, um, “ironic” use of the term “literally” made me really cranky, I didn’t enjoy this novel as much as I do the author’s other works. I am, otherwise, a fan.

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