Love in a Nutshell, Janet Evanovich
Love in a Nutshell, Janet Evanovich
12 Rating(s)
List: $10.99 | Sale: $7.70
Club: $5.49

Love in a Nutshell
A Novel

Author: Janet Evanovich, Dorien Kelly

Narrator: Lorelei King

Abridged: 3 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/03/2012


Synopsis

Number one bestselling author Janet Evanovich teams up with award-winning author Dorien Kelly to deliver a sparkling novel of romantic suspense, small-town antics, secretive sabotage, and lots and lots of beer

Kate Appleton needs a job. Her husband has left her, she's been fired from her position as a magazine editor, and the only place she wants to go is to her parents' summer house, The Nutshell, in Keene's Harbor, Michigan. Kate's plan is to turn The Nutshell into a Bed and Breakfast. Problem is, she needs cash, and the only job she can land is less than savory.
Matt Culhane wants Kate to spy on his brewery employees. Someone has been sabotaging his company, and Kate is just new enough in town that she can insert herself into Culhane's business and snoop around for him. If Kate finds the culprit, Matt will pay her a $20,000 bonus. Needless to say, Kate is highly motivated. But several problems present themselves. Kate despises beer. No one seems to trust her. And she is falling hard for her boss.

Can these two smoke out a saboteur, save Kate's family home, and keep a killer from closing in…all while resisting their undeniable attraction to one another? Filled with humor, heart, and loveable characters, Love in a Nutshell is delicious fun.

About Janet Evanovich

Janet Evanovich was born Janet Schneider on April 22, 1943 in South River, New Jersey. She routinely appears on both the New York Times and Amazon Bestseller Lists and has a devoted following of readers. Using the pen name Steffie Hall, she published her several short romance novels. She later struck gold with her popular ‘Stephanie Plum’ Series – the twenty second book in the series, (‘Tricky Twenty Two’) will be released this November. After the third book in the series, Evanovich started running contests for her readers to suggest names for the next book. Each Plum book since that time has been named by a fan. The heroine, Stephanie Plum becomes a bounty hunter in her hometown of Trenton, New Jersey by bribing her pervert cousin Vinnie for a job after she is laid off as a lingerie buyer. Although there is plenty of romance and comedy in the books, they are primarily modern mysteries with an outrageous cast of secondary characters that add down to earth humor.

Evanovich became the first in her family to attend college. After graduating from South River High School she went on to attend Douglass College, part of Rutgers University. Janet Evanovich married her husband Pete in 1964. When she had her son, Peter and daughter, Alexandra, she decided to become a stay at home mom to raise her children. She first began writing in her thirties and had trouble publishing her first three manuscripts. Someone suggested she try writing romance novels. She had written two romance novels and still had not found anyone to publish them and became discouraged. She stopped writing and instead signed on with a temporary employment agency. After she worked there for several months, she received an offer to publish her second romance manuscript. She wrote and published multiple short romance novels before creating the world of Stephanie Plum. She has also written several other series, including the ‘Wicked’ Series, the ‘Alex Barnaby’ series, and the newer ‘Fox and O’Hare series featuring an FBI Agent and her partner, a notorious thief on the FBI’s Most Wanted List.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Michelle on 2012-01-28 13:17:58

I was very disappointed to receive the abridged version of this book. Some of the best parts of the book werent included in this audio version.*Picture of the book cover shows that it is abridged... but the description states that it is unabridged.

Goodreads review by Howard on November 02, 2022

5 Stars for Love in a Nutshell: Culhane Family Series, Book 1 (audiobook) by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly read by Lorelei King. Janet Evanovich’s stories are so much fun. They are a great escape from the daily grind. I really liked the characters and the wonderful voice Lorelei King tops it off.......more

Goodreads review by Mary on February 03, 2012

This was an ok book that was a quick light read but nothing that I would highly recommend. I have been a big fan of Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books, but it was hard to tell how much of this was her work and how much was Dorien Kelly's work. The plot had holes in it. After a divorce, the heroine Kate......more

Goodreads review by Sean on October 13, 2017

It's a bit discouraging when an author becomes so formulaic that the publisher holds them to a certain word or page count, and then 9/10ths into the book the writer realizes they had better start wrapping things up. "Love in a Nutshell" is one of these books. Janet Evanovich has perfected the light-......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on February 19, 2016

This was a really fun book. Easy to read and predictable but such a cute storyline with great characters. I hope the author writes more books with these same characters. After reading a couple of books with serious subject matters, it's nice to read some mindless fluff. I really enjoyed this book. I......more

Goodreads review by Duchess Nicole on January 13, 2013

This was a sweet, lighthearted, nothing special contemporary romance. I think Evanovich has made such a name for herself with her humor and the crazy antics of her characters that I've come to expect it from her non-Plum titles. Sometimes she delivers, but not in this case. The funniest part about t......more