Primer and Punishment by Diane Kelly

Available 21 Feb 2023

Rating: 5 stars

Whitney and Buck decide to change things up a bit and work on a houseboat flip. The boat comes with a rare private slip and a spiral slide and they can't wait to get their hands on it! Unfortunately they soon discover that their new houseboat also comes with a con-artist neighbor who spices things up in more ways than one.

Grant Hardisty makes a few enemies by hunting for vulnerable older women he can wine, dine, marry, and make miserable. But these unlucky ladies aren't the only ones with a bone to pick with the affable Grant. When his boat gets blown out of the water, and Grant along with it, narrowing down the suspect list quickly becomes an enormous task. But Whitney is up for it, after all, Tucker and the loveable JoJo are depending on her!

I haven't read any other books in this series, but I most definitely will after this! There was nothing in the book that was at all hard to follow without knowing the backstory of the characters and I also didn't feel like I was missing out on anything by now knowing what might have happened to them before this book took place. I'm a huge fan of Diane Kelly and this series, though maybe not my favorite (yet), is definitely one I'm going to read from the beginning.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC.