Carrots (A Shelby Nichols Adventure) [Kindle Edition]

Colleen Helme (Author)

Book Description

Shelby Nichols is an average woman who is married to the only guy she ever fell for. Her life is organized and predictable, revolving around her husband and two children. All that changes the day she stops at the grocery store for some carrots. As the cashier rings up her purchases, a gunman is busy robbing the bank inside the store. When a customer grabs the robber's mask, he is shot and everyone runs for cover. Everyone except Shelby, who finds herself face to face with the killer. The next thing she knows, she's lying on the floor with a bullet wound to her head. Luckily, the bullet only grazes her scalp, and she doesn't suspect any lasting affects until later, when she suddenly 'hears' what people are thinking. With this uncanny ability, her life takes on a whole new dimension. Her kids think she's bossy and too old to understand them, but that's nothing compared to her husband. He says he loves her, but what is it about the redhead at work that he doesn't want her to know? As if that isn't enough, the gunman knows she can identify him, and he's out to silence her forever. In her fight to stay alive, she is saved from certain death by a handsome hit-man with ties to organized crime. This pulls Shelby even deeper into danger, where knowing someone's thoughts can not only hurt her feelings, but get her killed.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'Carrots' a refreshing, different kind of sleuth story "The dialogue is well written and the story flows along nicely with a good number of twists and surprises. It's a good story, a readable novel and the start of something fine."
- Sharon Haddock, Deseret News

About the Author

A long career as a wife and mother while juggling several part-time jobs gave Colleen the ambition to dream of being a published author, where she could put her imagination to good use. Now instead of making up stories to tell her children, she writes books they love to read. Hopefully you will too. She is the author of three romantic fantasy novels, Songbird, Flame of Destiny and The Relic. Her Shelby Nichols Adventures include Carrots, Fast Money, Lie or Die, Secrets That Kill, with more to come! Connect with Colleen: colleenhelme.com, http//shelbynicholsconsulting.com, and on facebook: facebook.com/ColleenHelmeAuthor

Product Details

• File Size: 387 KB
• Print Length: 218 pages
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B004PYDGBM
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #62,028 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Fun!1 June 22, 2011

By Adela

Format:Paperback

The new novel Carrots is such a delight to read and should be added to your summer reading list today! From the moment you open the cover and meet Shelby Nichols, you will love being in her world and experiencing things right by her side. Author Colleen Helme has provided us with a quirky, endearing, and at times delightfully frustrating character who finds herself surviving a supermarket shooting, and can then hear what people are thinking when she wakes up. You will love following Shelby get herself into some adventurous and hilarious situations with her newfound talent - you simply will not want to put this book down! This book has everything from mobsters to marital stress, and turns a very average woman's life upside down with her newfound ability to read minds. The writing is fresh, witty and well done, you are never left feeling as if things are dragging on, and I was continuously entertained while reading this book.

Well done Colleen Helme, cannot wait for your next creative creation! If it is half as good as Carrots, I'll be reading! Such a treat, I will be gifting copies to my friends soon so we can discuss it soon, because believe me, you will want to connect with someone else who has read it to re-live the well crafted moments of the book.

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Housewife meets mindreading meets mob - great combo!!! March 27, 2011

By Whitney Stevens

Format:Paperback

This was such a fun book to read!!! Enter Shelby Nichols, your average housewife who goes to the store so she can get some carrots to make some chicken soup for her family for dinner, and with a bang, literally, everything changes. After getting shot in the head, she can read minds. As a scifi fan, I definitely loved the mind-reading bit. I've often wondered if I could have a special ability, what would it be??? After reading this book and seeing all the trouble Shelby's mind-reading gets her into, I don't think I'd want that one. Perhaps her other special ability is being able to avoid being killed. There's a lot more action than perhaps the typical house-wife sees, but perhaps just the right amount that the typical day-dreaming housewife imagines she could be involved in. This could be your neighbor next door. Read it, you'll enjoy it!!!!

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Started out well but just an okay book July 20, 2011

By vree

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

I started out with a sample of this book and really enjoyed how it started. I thought the book had such an interesting idea and was excited about the possibilities of where the story would go. After I bought and read the book I became disappointed because, while I realize that you have to suspend disbelief to a degree with fiction, the story just became too outlandish for my tastes.

It was a quick read and I'm not too upset about buying the book because the price was so reasonable anyway but after starting out with such an interesting idea the book headed off in a direction that wasn't very interesting to me.

More About the Author

A long career as a wife and mother while juggling several part-time jobs gave Colleen the ambition to dream of being a published author, where she could put her imagination to good use. Now instead of making up stories to tell her children, she writes books they love to read. Hopefully you will too. She is the author of three romantic fantasy novels, Songbird, Flame of Destiny and The Relic. Her Shelby Nichols Adventures include Carrots, Fast Money, Lie or Die, Secrets That Kill, and more to come. Connect with Colleen: http://www.colleenhelme.com, http//www.shelbynicholsconsulting.com, and on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ColleenHelmeAuthor