Luck of the Iris

By: Nancy Warren

Narrated by: Hollis McCarthy

Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins

Publisher's summary

Prettiest garden contest. How delightful…or deadly!

I thought judging the Willow Waters garden contest would be fun. A nice way to get to know a few more of my neighbors in this beautiful Cotswold village. I’d get to see how the best gardens grew, maybe even nab a few tips for my own garden. I did not expect the competition to be to the death. Literally.

I’m Peony Bellefleur, and I own Bewitching Blooms. I chose to be a florist for all the positive reasons you can imagine: people love flowers. They speak a language we all understand. Fresh blooms perk up an invalid, add celebration to a wedding, and welcome new babies (especially when I’ve added a bit of witch’s magic to my bouquets).

I agreed to judge the garden competition for the same reasons. Joy and happiness. Well, that was a mistake.

Between missing persons, interfering gnomes, and a full moon celebration that goes wrong, it’s been a busy time. Come join me and my unusual friends in my latest adventure.

Luck of the Iris is book four in the Village Flower Shop Cozy Mystery series. Each book can be listened to as a standalone, though it’s better to listen to them in order. There’s no violence, gore, or sex in these novels, just good clean murderous fun with some magically quirky characters

©2023 Nancy Warren (P)2023 Nancy Warren

Guilty pleasure!

I am such a sucker for these books! They’re great to listen to if you are multitasking and they’re just fun and adorable. I really hope they come up with more.

I love these so much, didn’t want it to end

The narrator is great, storyline is filled with great characters, beautiful setting and interesting twists. Always love her series.

Enjoyable

A nice comfy story to live to on a lazy day. Looking forward to the next one in the series.

Draws you in with details

I could picture the gardens in my mind as Peony visited each one. And Yazmin made me chuckle with her moving around to make sure she was in the photos...lol

A must listen paranormal cozy mystery series!

The author weaves such vividly delightful characters and really brings their personalities to life through the actions of the characters rather than just detailing them like a grocery list. For example, this book particularly struck me at how caring and thoughtful the main character is with a small interaction between the main character and a new customer in her flower shop. The customer is buying flowers to cheer her mom up due to the death of her husband a few months back. Peony, the main character makes a beautiful bouquet for the customer, but also puts together a free small flower and greenery bouquet for the customer who is also grieving her father. This may be a particularly poignant scene for me as I just buried my own father a couple of weeks ago, but it is one more reason that you absolutely love the main character. This author does an amazing job of helping you connect with the characters and care about the outcome. The narrator takes the well written plot and characters and simply brings them to life. I have to say that I am becoming as big of a fan of the narrator as the author! I can't wait for the next book!