We Love to Entertain by Sarah Strohmeyer (Bibliolifestyle Book Tour)

 

Thank you, Partner @bibliolifestyle @harperperennial for the review copy of We Love to Entertain by Sarah Strohmeyer.

Do you like home improvement shows?  I love them.  We cut the cable cord many years ago, but every time we stay at a hotel, HDTV is on.  I love to watch, but also make fun of the shows as well.  I especially love it when a house looks new to me (it’s from 2015!) and it’s decided that it needs a complete redo.

Erika Turnbull was going through a rough time in life, but she was able to get a great job as an assistant for a couple, Holly Simmons and Robert Barron who are working on renovating a log cabin home for a reality TV show.  When Holly and Robert go missing immediately after their wedding, Holly is suspicious.  Are they really on a surprise honeymoon?  Why would they go missing at such a critical time during the renovation project?  Unfortunately, the town grows suspicious of Erika.  Did she kill Holly and Robert in a jealous rage?  What about the unfortunate incident that Holly was involved with back in high school? Erika’s mother Kim may drive her crazy, but as things start to go south for Erika, she is there to support her and help her figure out what happened to the Barrons.

I enjoyed the mother and daughter combination of Erika and Kim.  They take turns narrating the novel and other viewpoints are added in as well.  I liked that their mother – daughter relationship improves throughout the book.  I also enjoyed Kim’s assistant, Doreen, who was not always that helpful.  There was fun humor in the book such as how Holly and Robert’s posts for how wonderful everything was didn’t quite match reality.  I liked the suspense in the novel and all of the twists and turns it took.  I did figure out most of this one, but I really liked how Strohmeyer tied everything up at the end.  This is a good book for those that love a cozy suspense mystery and home renovation shows.