A Good Day for Chardonnay

By: Darynda Jones

Narrated by: Lorelei King

Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's summary

Running a small-town police force in the mountains of New Mexico should be a smooth, carefree kind of job. Sadly, full-time sheriff - and even fuller-time coffee guzzler - Sunshine Vicram didn't get that memo.

All Sunshine really wants is one easygoing day. You know, the kind that starts with coffee and a donut (or three) and ends with take-out pizza and a glass of chardonnay (or seven). Turns out, that's about as easy as switching to decaf. (What kind of people do that? And who hurt them?)

Before she can say iced mocha latte, Sunny's got a bar fight gone bad, a teenage daughter hunting a serial killer and, oh yes, the still unresolved mystery of her own abduction years prior. All evidence points to a local distiller, a dangerous bad boy named Levi Ravinder, but Sun knows he's not the villain of her story. Still, perhaps beneath it all, he possesses the keys to her disappearance. At the very least, beneath it all, he possesses a serious set of abs. She's seen it. Once. Accidentally.

Between policing a town her hunky chief deputy calls four cents short of a nickel, that pesky crush she has on Levi which seems to grow exponentially every day, and an irascible raccoon that just doesn't know when to quit, Sunny's life is about to rocket to a whole new level of crazy.

Yep, definitely a good day for chardonnay.

©2021 Darynda Jones (P)2021 Hachette Audio UK

I loved it!

I love this series and this book! It has everything. I’ve been waiting for this book for a long time. The waiting for the next one is just killing me.

Too silly in a bad way

I loved the first series this author wrote, but I can't stand this one. I can't suspend my disbelief enough to care for such an inconsistent cast of characters. They all act like emotional teenagers (hot and cold, distant and then fast friends). They make bad decisions all around, despite the presence of supposedly seasoned professionals (or hardened yet naive teens in the mix). Fortunately, they are superhumanly strong, resilient and lucky, which night explain their not learning to assess risk despite their experience. It kicks me out of the story too often.