Barefoot and Pregnant? by Colleen Faulkner

One of the dead man’s ex-wife is berated as selfish for not having kids.

We are constantly told how wonderful and precious and delightful they are. Every child is treated like precious little snow-flakes. Having kids or grand-children is portrayed as the only thing in life with any value. The characters have a weird fixation with children. I wanted someone to take a frying pan to her head. She regularly has wailing fits and temper tantrums. She refuses to believe her husband had two other wives and believes they have hidden their divorce papers. The youngest wife made me want to punch her. He also flits with one of the wives and starts up a relationship during the investigation. He basically asks the wives every day if they killed him as if hoping to bore them into a confession. The police officer investigating the con man’s mysterious death is a laughable buffoon. The first chapter sets up an interesting premise with three wives of a dead con man turning up at his funeral. The Barefoot Summer did nothing for me, expect make me feel nauseous and green around the gills. I’m sorry but I thought this book was dire, cheesy and dire. I chose it purely based on the cover and title. (Montlake Romance, 3 January 2017, 289 pages, ebook, Kindle Owner’s Lending Library) One momentous summer filled with revelations, quirky neighbours, and barefoot evenings on the porch offers three women the chance to make the journey from enemies to friends, and claim a bright, new beginning. On a broiling July day, all three arrive in Bootleg…with a dogged detective right behind who’s convinced that at least one of them conspired to commit murder. As does Amanda-twenty-eight, pregnant, and still weeping over the loss of her true love. But for their daughter’s sake, she needs that property. Unfortunately, she’s not the only woman with that idea.įiery, strong-willed Jamie wishes Conrad were still alive-so she could kill the scoundrel herself. The only remnant of their miserable marriage she plans to keep is their lakeside cabin in Bootleg, Texas. Oil heiress Kate Steele knew her not-so-dearly departed husband was a con man, but she’s shocked that Conrad racked up two more wives without divorcing her first. Leaving three widows behind is just plain despicable.

Barefoot and Pregnant? by Colleen Faulkner