Sins of the Father: Rose Gardner Mystery #9.5

My heart! This is such a great but emotional novella to finish up the series! In Sins of the Father you see how the blowup and fallout with JR has changed a lot of things in the Rose universe. It’s a perfect way to finish summing up the old series and set the scene for the next series, the Rose Gardner Investigation series. A lot had happened in the last book and it was nice to have some questions answered about Joe and how he is handling things after everything that had happened to him.

I'm so thankful that Denise, the author decided to put this novella out in her newsletter so that her readers can see the chain reaction of what happened with JR's falling out of in 36.5. The novella gives us the readers an opportunity to see more in depth of what's going on with Rose, Neely Kate, & Joe. It's so hard not to give away any spoilers but I really loved this novella!! Lots of soul searching and mending for most of the characters in our Rose series. It's a great follow up of what happened in 36.5 as mentioned above but I think Denise finished the novella in a good spot where the main characters can pick up and continue onto Family Jewels. I cannot wait to find out more about my fav characters in Family Jewels. Thank you Denise for this novella and please don't stop writing! Love your work!

If you have been a fan of the Rose Gardner Mysteries by Denise Grover Swank, you will know that the series wrapped up with Thirty-Six and a Half Motives. And of course, the new series with Rose and Neely Kate - Rose Gardner Investigations starting with Family Jewels will be released soon. So what better way to round out the previous series and link it to the new one, is this great novella. You will get some of those niggly questions answered but we also get a taste of what is to come next. I love the various POV's as it helps to know what each character has going on in their own head, and not just Rose's. Joe and Neely Kate have plenty to say, as well as James and Jed. Maeve is still helping out where she can, with the nursery and Joe. She mentions Mason, so I am hoping he and Rose reconcile at some point. I am so glad that Rose will be back with some of the previous characters as I just couldn't say good bye to them yet. I am looking forward to this new chapter for Rose and the gang.