I Think I Love You (a humorous romantic mystery) [Kindle Edition]

Stephanie Bond (Author)

Book Description

*** Get I THINK I LOVE YOU now before it reverts to its regular price of $4.99! ***

Mystery, comedy, and romance collide in the thrilling, fast-paced tale of I THINK I LOVE YOU!

   "Stephanie Bond is really on a roll. I THINK I LOVE YOU cements her reputation as an author who delivers irony, humor and turmoil in ample amounts." --Romantic Times Book Reviews

    Sisters share everything in their closets, including the skeletons...  Twenty years ago, the Metcalf sisters witnessed a murder and formed a pact of silence. Now they're estranged and scattered because they all fell in love with the same man. When the sisters converge at their childhood home, old wounds are laid open against the backdrop of liquidating their parents' antiques business. And when the playboy who broke up their family shows up, things go from bad to worse!

More praise for I THINK I LOVE YOU:

   "With its energetic prose and cozy Southern setting, this read is a sterling source of laughs and lighthearted fun." --Publishers Weekly

   "The only reader I wouldn't recommend I THINK I LOVE YOU to is one who doesn't like to have a good time." --All About Romance

If you want to kick back and immerse yourself in a story chock-full of laugh-out-loud family dysfunction, mystery, and romance, I THINK I LOVE YOU is the book for you!

** Other laugh-out-loud romantic mysteries by best-selling author Stephanie Bond:  

     KILL THE COMPETITION--There's one sure way to get to the top!
     WHOLE LOTTA TROUBLE--They didn't plan on getting caught...
     IN DEEP VOODOO--A woman stabs a voodoo doll of her ex and he winds up murdered!

     PARTY CRASHERS--No invitation, no alibi...

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Bookish Regina Metcalf isn't the most exciting heroine to ever grace the pages of a romance novel, but compared to her strung-out, back-stabbing sisters, she's certainly the most well-adjusted character in this rollicking comic mystery from Bond (Got Your Number). There's nothing ordinary about the goings-on in Monroeville, N.C., despite the book's familiar premise: three sisters torn apart by a man meet up years later, ostensibly to make amends. Events quickly snowball out of control when Regina learns her elder sister has been shot at; her younger sister has an abusive boyfriend; and her parents are in debt, splitting up and auctioning off the items from their antique store. To top everything off, the man who was convicted of murdering Regina's aunt 20 years earlier has requested a new trial, and the appraiser the bank has sent is sexy, funny and, for some odd reason, interested in Regina. But when an unsavory character with ties to the Metcalfs turns up dead, the sisters are forced to come to terms with a secret from their past and the knowledge that a killer may be after them. Near palpable romantic sparks and whodunit tension hold the reader's interest, and the book's humorous antics leaven an otherwise sober story line. With its energetic prose and cozy Southern setting, this read is a sterling source of laughs and lighthearted fun.
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About the Author

STEPHANIE BOND left a career in computer programming to write romantic comedy fiction for a living. Drawing upon this irony and others in her life, she entertains readers with fast-paced stories or romance and mayhem. According to Stephanie: "If I can make readers laugh out loud, then I've done my job."

Product Details

• File Size: 509 KB
• Print Length: 384 pages
• Publisher: NeedtoRead Books (October 27, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0060ET31M
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,321 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #95 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Romance > Mystery & Suspense > Mystery

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC BOOK August 29, 2011

By TSpartywithAD

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

I love this book. I first read it when I was a teenager, and I always thought it would make a great movie. I bought it again because I lent out my copy and never got it back and I read it again, and it was like meeting the characters for the first time. It is fun and fast and exciting and sexy and sweet. But it's also a murder mystery, so there is a little something for everyone.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant! September 3, 2002

By HeyJudy VINE™ VOICE

Format:Mass Market Paperback

I had thoroughly enjoyed OUR HUSBAND, Stephanie Bond's earlier book, so I expected to like I THINK I LOVE YOU. Yet I more than liked it, I was awed by it.

The story was far more detailed than one expects a genre romance to be. Ms. Bond lets the reader know right from the beginning that she was inspired by the Nancy Drew mysteries of our collective youths, and I THINK I LOVE YOU is very much a Nancy Drew book for the modern woman.

The tension among the three sisters who are the focus of this novel is altogether plausible, and its history is well-explained. The separate plots concerning each of the three sisters also are compelling, and the backstory of small town Southern life is extremely interesting. I was awed by Ms. Bond's imagination and I cannot wait to read the sequel that the final pages of this novel promise already is in the works.

24 of 29 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars An emotional roller coaster ride March 24, 2012

By M. Wilson

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I hated it, I loved it, I liked it, I hated it again, then I liked it again. Let me explain!

Before I begin, it is important to note that this book can be found in the Romance section. Correct me if I am wrong, but for a book to be classified as a Romance, shouldn't the romantic element be the driving force of the story, with all other sub-plots being secondary? Even in a Romantic Suspense, the suspense is secondary to the romantic element. That is not the case in this book. It is not primarily a romance. I'm ok with that because I enjoy a variety of genres, but this will probably bother some readers. It is actually a story about three sisters who witness their aunt's murder at Lover's Lane and decide to never tell anyone. They grow up and go their separate ways. Eventually, they all find their way back home and face the problems that tore them apart. Their knowlege about the murder was discovered and they became targets, but not before the oldest sister is caught sleeping with a married man and is being targeted by his wife. There is a lot of mystery and suspense in the book, but not a lot of romance. In fact, I was disappointed with the middle sister and her relationship with the appraiser. I didn't feel that their relationship was developed well. She was never really very nice to him, and the one time they made love seemed very forced as if the author stuck it in as an afterthought. Still, I give this book three stars, because I enjoy murder mysteries as well as other genres and do not only seek out romance books, but for those of you who primarily read romance, you should be aware that this story does have romantic elements, but they are secondary to the main plot...and could also be viewed as secondary to various sub-plots.

I couldn't give it 4 or 5-stars, because it was just not that great, and because I actually finished the book I couldn't give it 1-star, and I was too interested in the book to give it 2-stars. The prologue was a turn-off for me and I almost stopped reading that early in the book, because I didn't feel that the author did a great job capturing the essence of teenagers. I felt that their dialogue was just not realistic, nor were their actions. I was bothered by Lover's Lane, where young lovers would park. I felt this was too cliche and I couldn't stop my eyes from rolling. However, I trudged forward. I discovered that the first chapter was much, much better than the prologue. There were parts of the book I enjoyed and parts I just didn't like. I did not laugh, so I cannot describe the book as a comedy in any way, shape or form. The characters were not quite as developed as I would like to see. I wanted Regina and Mitchell's relationship to be better developed. I wanted to see Mica and Justine develop relationships, but while the romantic ideas were not fully developed, the mystery was great, though somewhat predictable. (Can I use the word develop just one more time?) I would have liked a little more suspense in terms of the attempted murders. However, I was never really sure who the culprit was until the end and I loved that!

For a murder mystery, it was pretty good, although could have used a bit more edge of the seat suspense. For a romance novel, it was pretty bad. All in all, I was fairly entertained hence the 3-stars!

More About the Author

Stephanie Bond was several years into a corporate computer programming career when an instructor in her night school MBA program remarked that she had a flair for writing and encouraged her to submit one of her projects to academic journals. "But," Stephanie says, "all I could think was 'I wonder if I could write a romance novel?'" Bond grew up on a farm in eastern Kentucky where the entertainment choices were few. Luckily, she had a beloved aunt who shared her passion for reading. "When she visited once a year, she brought boxes and boxes of books by Victoria Holt and Phyllis Whitney and lush historicals--I was in heaven! I think I learned most of what I know about world history from historical romance novels. So suddenly thinking about writing in the genre of the books I loved so much was very exciting." After writing every spare moment for two years, Stephanie sold her first romantic comedy manuscript, IRRESISTIBLE? to Harlequin books. Two years later, she walked away from her corporate career to write commercial fiction full time. To date, she's published over 60 romance and mystery projects with Random House, St. Martin's Press, HarperCollins, and Mira Books, and is most well-known for her BODY MOVERS humorous mystery series. Look for Stephanie's new mystery series TWO GUYS DETECTIVE AGENCY coming May 2013. (TWO GUYS DETECTIVE AGENCY has been optioned for TV series development!) Stephanie lives in midtown Atlanta and is probably working on a story at this very moment.

Amazon Author Rankbeta 

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#34 Overall (See top 100 authors)

#2 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Romance > Suspense

#3 in Books > Romance > Romantic Suspense

#8 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Mystery & Thrillers > Mystery

#9 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Mystery

#11 in Books > Romance

#2 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Romance > Suspense

#3 in Books > Romance > Romantic Suspense

#8 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Mystery & Thrillers > Mystery

#9 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Mystery

#11 in Books > Romance