Book Review: LIMBO By Amy Andrews

Book: Limbo (The Joy Valentine Mysteries Book 1)

Author: Amy Andrews

Joy Valentine, singer and former contestant on the X Factor, works in a funeral home doing make-up for the recently deceased.  While working on a murder victim, the victim’s ghost appears to Joy asking for her help.  The ghost wants Joy to find her missing infant daughter and make sure she is returned her to her father.   Joy seeks the help of private investigator Dashiell Dent, a man she hasn’t seen in three years and had never planned on seeing again. Dash believes Joy spoke to the ghost of Hailey Richardson and agrees to help Joy look for the missing Isabella Richardson.

Dash and Joy have a convoluted history.  First of all, three years ago, Dash and Joy hooked up for one night of incredibly hot sex. Secondly, Dash was a friend of Joy’s older brother and therefore should be off limits.  And finally, Dash is twelve years older than Joy, with a 10-year-old daughter and Joy is not looking to be anyone’s mom. 

Dash and Joy decide to not have a repeat performance of what happened on that night three years ago.   They should be able to work together to find Isabella without going down that road again, right?  Besides, Dash prefers his women to be soft and curvy, not thin and waif-like wearing dark clothes and black nail polish.  And Joy likes hot rocker dudes, not old, grumpy ex-cops.  But the more the two of them try to avoid the temptation of sex, the more sexually charged they become. 

I really enjoyed this book.  The author did an amazing job of including several different elements to the story.  The book had intrigue, paranormal, a bit of humor, and of course lots of hot sex.  This is a book that could fall under several different genres, and will appeal to many different people. The chemistry between Dash and Joy is palpable. They are so good together though neither one of them can see it.  The supporting characters of this book have a lot of depth to them. Their story lines are fun and interesting too.  I really hope there’s more where this came from.  I’d not only like to read more mysteries surrounding Dash and Joy, but I also want to see what happens in the lives of Stan and his church and Eve and her brothel.  (I told you the supporting characters had depth.) Bravo, Ms. Andrews.  The Joy Valentine Mystery Series is well worth reading!

I was given a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.