Review: Deeply, Desperately by Heather Webber

Deeply, Desperately

Author: Heather Webber

Series: Lucy Valentine, Book 2

Publication Date: August 3, 2010

Publisher: St. Martin’s Paperbacks

ISBN: 978-0312946142

302 pages

Source: I received this book from Romance Book Tours.

The irrepressible star of Truly, Madly, is back in business. This time, Lucy Valentine will go to the ends of the earth to find true love for her clients…and maybe even herself.

Lucy wants to breathe new life into her family’s Boston-based matchmaking company. But how? Even though she comes from a long line of ancestors blessed by Cupid with psychic abilities, a freak accident left Lucy with only one special skill: finding things. Car keys, socks in the dryer, needles in haystacks…and now, in a stroke of professional genius, lost loves!

It’s not long before Lucy’s on a winning streak, helping old flames reunite and create new sparks. Business is booming. But when Lucy finds herself involved in a possible case of murder, she realizes she’s in too deep. Enter Sean Donahue. Lucy’s handsome fire-fighter turned private-eye neighbor, Sean is just the man she needs to help her on the job. Could he also be the man she’s been looking for all along? When it comes to Valentine, Inc., falling in love is always serious business…

My Thoughts:

I absolutely adore this series! I fell in love with Lucy Valentine and her eclectic family and friends in the first book of the series, Truly, Madly, and everyone is back for a fun romp in Deeply, Desperately. These books have just the right mixture of mystery, suspense, psychic ability, and love. This has quickly become my new favorite series and I am now eagerly anticipating MANY more books in the series. (Note: If the author happens to be reading this, please tell me there WILL be MANY more books!! LOL).

Lucy is back and with a new business venture of locating Lost Loves, she is keeping very busy. Her two clients, Leo, an elderly gentleman who is looking for his World War II sweetheart, and Faye, a distraught mother looking for her daughter who went missing two years ago, keep Lucy on her toes. With twists and turns at every corner, the reader is taken on a suspenseful journey as Lucy tries to find these lost loves. In the midst of all this, she is trying to figure out her new romance with Sean, she is getting harrassing letters in the mail, her father is acting strangely, she is developing a tentative friendship with reporter Preston, and she joins up with her friend Marisol to investigate their friend Em’s fiance.

There is a lot going on in this story, but it’s not confusing at all. All of the parts are plotted perfectly, with satisfying conclusions to each one. There were so many shocking moments in this story! I LOVED it! I didn’t anticipate anything that happened! This is a fantastic, light cozy mystery series that I highly recommend. I can’t wait for the next installment!

This book definitely deserves the CRAZY AMAZING Badge of Honor!