Bittersweep by Wareeze Woodson – Review by Shelly Kittell

Bittersweep by Wareeze Woodson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Miss Elizabeth Campbell (nee Clarke), the new schoolteacher, returns to Bittersweep to find out why her home was the only one burned down so many years ago during a yellow fever outbreak. She meets handsome chairman of the school JP Honeycutt. Though not looking for a romance, she is pulled to him by something…JP remembers a five year old little girl that he lifted onto a wagon when he was 12. Why does Elizabeth look so familiar? Elizabeth finds herself being warned off JP by Mrs. Ledbetter at the boarding house. She’s told that he isn’t interested in her type. Well, she doesn’t have time for that. Along with trying to find out answers to her questions, she is helping to rescue an orphan girl. She finds herself right in the middle of a murder mystery. A very entertaining book. The owl-hoot robbers (I love this) are such a hoot. The characters just pop right up in your mind. Aunt Maude’s scowling face is easy to picture. The town sounds like every small town, full of gossip and drama. Nice, clean, and easy to read. I highly recommend this book and this author.

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