ROMANCE

My Kind of Trouble

Alcove. Oct. 2024. 304p. ISBN 9781639108909. $29.99. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
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DEBUT Harmony is a con artist and very good at her job. Her next mark is the mayor of Brookville, CA, the man who stole her father’s work and became a millionaire. She’s planned every angle and has answers to every question about her trusty cover story, a fake music festival. She just needs someone to give her access to the potential festival site. That someone is Preston Jones, a passionate librarian and the autistic guardian of his autistic preteen sister. But Preston is too focused on job stress to give Harmony more than a glance, no matter how many times she tries to waylay him. The mayor’s wife is trying to remove books that she deems inappropriate from the library, and Preston is certain his refusal will cost him his job. That’s Harmony’s in, and she grabs it. She’ll help Preston win over his adversaries and save his job, if he’ll just sign on the dotted line. What starts as a business proposal turns into a friendship, and before Preston knows it, he’s dating Harmony.
VERDICT Schwartz’s debut is a steamy, gender-swapped contemporary retelling of The Music Man, with excellent dialogue and lots of humor.
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