Welcome to Piney Falls by Joann Keder

Rating: WARTY!

Well isn't this just cozy: "To inspire her creative writing, Lanie takes a trip to the seaside community of Piney Falls," Seriously? Piney Falls? "...where she discovers seriously quirky townspeople," That;s me out right there. Wquirjky is always bad news. "...a gorgeous bakery owner," Barf. "...and a mystery with roots reaching back to the previous century." Just like this plot. So we have the book angle (in her creative writing), we have the bakery angle, which conveniently incorporates her love interest, and we have a mystery to solve. Yawn. They way to creatively write is to sit down and write, not to swan-off around the country. I'm willing to bet that no actual writing is done by the protagonist in this entire novel. It's always the same story: the writer who doesn't actually write. The bookstore owner who doesn't actually read anything. And on. And on. Yawn.