e-ALC, 09:41:45
Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
Release Date: January 20, 2026
Published by: Macmillan Audio
Read from: January 26-27, 2026
Rom-Com Mystery Mash-Up, #2
Source: Netgalley (I received this ALC free from the publisher and Netgalley. This did nothing to influence my review!)
Content Warning: Murder, Emotional Abuse, Gun Violence, Sexual Content, Infidelity, Cursing, Blood, Injury/Injury Detail
For Readers Interested In: Adult, Audio, Contemporary, Mystery, Realistic Fiction, Romance, Series CompanionHobnobbing with Seattle’s elite on a super-yacht, Juliette Winters is about to land the deal of the century—if she doesn’t get arrested first. She Doesn’t Have A Clue author Jenny Elder Moke returns with another riotous mystery rom-com that delights in rich people behaving badly.
Juliette Winters is used to taking care of business alone. She has no time for petty things like romance, friendships, or emotional commitments. Love is for people who believe in reality TV dating and holding hands in public. She’s too busy dominating the publishing world by single-handedly saving her company from financial ruin with the book deal of the century.
Business magnate Warren Ellingham has guaranteed Juliette exclusive rights to his explosive memoir that promises to expose the secrets of his ultra-exclusive country club, Pacific Pines. But when Warren drops dead of an apparent heart attack and the memoir is stolen, Juliette suspects that someone was willing to resort to murder to keep their secrets from being exposed.
Enlisting the help of Charlie Hawkins, a doctor with a heart of gold and abs of steel, Juliette dives into the glamorous and messy world of Pacific Pines Country Club. As the investigation heats up, so does the tension between Juliette and Charlie. But Juliette can’t afford any distractions because the bodies keep dropping, and Juliette is tee-d up to take the blame. If she doesn’t uncover Warren’s killer soon, the thing that was supposed to secure her future might just be the thing that ends it.
*MY THOUGHTS*
This isn’t something I would usually pick up. But it was the title that got me. I had to know what this was about lol And it actually worked out really well for me. Until I realized this was a companion to a series…………. That I hadn’t actually started yet.
If you know me, you know that last bit killed me. I hate spoilers of any kind, so I was hella upset when they started talking about a mystery they solved at her wedding the past year. But with that being said, I still enjoyed this one. It had a really interesting way the person died at the beginning and it was a book about books and that was all it took for me lol As I kept reading I decided then that I would make the decision on whether or not I would read the first one when I finished this one.
And I realized I wanted to read it because I actually had fun with this. Moke had a good, easy to follow writing style. And there was a sports angle in there that I hadn’t anticipated as well. This book really had all of my favorite things, like books, sports, mystery, and romance. I ended up binging this in two sittings. And it was only because I had to go to sleep.
The mystery was good, but also weird. None of them were actually detectives, so it just seemed like they were all working on random things and guessing at answers. And that’s fine and all, but at the same time, no one gets that lucky all the time you know? But everything else, the clues, the red herrings, etc. were fine.
The romance was so cute tho. I loved that he was a doctor and a nerd. I loved that they had a history as well. It didn’t seem like it was anything big because she was still harping on it for a long time lol But they finally got it together. I didn’t care for the way he acted toward her at the end tho. Like he couldn’t tell he was being too nice? That that wasn’t the move? That he should have made better decisions? And the fact that everyone else knew but he didn’t annoyed me. Like you are a grown ass adult and you don’t know that you shouldn’t be THAT nice to your ex and that the best course of action would have been you asking her why tf is her useless ass boyfriend around if you’re all in my damn face? But I digress.
When I picked this up this was described as a rom com mystery and it more than lived up to that. This really had so many of my favorite things, it’s no wonder I liked this a lot. Do I feel like it came out of nowhere? Yes. Will I be reading the first one because I need to know how we got here in the first place? Also yes.
Overall, I give this
