Review: Blaze of Winter
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 10, 2012
Blaze of Winter by Elisabeth BarrettISBN:  9780345534347Theo Grayson had relocated from his loft in San Francisco to his hometown of Star Harbor where he thought he might get some inspiration to do some more writing. His first book was out there=well not at his hometown library.He finds it hard to write, sleep and to concentrate as he's on the houseboat of his brothers and in total there are 3 of them there.Avery Newbridge was taking care of the Star Harbor Inn for her aunt who had recuperated from breast cancer treatments. She is hiding out, not sure what to do with her life now. Her sister Kate had told her she had heard noises and things moving at night and some food had gone missing but nothing to be concerned about.She tried to talk Theo out of staying at the inn but he took a room, indefinitely...  She is on a break from the drug rehab center and she's tried to help so many and some don't make it leaving her like she's failed.I first wanted to read this book because of the name Grayson. I got it mixed up with another ongoing series and thought this was the latest. It's the wrong Grayson, but I like the storyline anyways and now I am happy to say I gotta go get the rest of this Grayson series cuz it's that good!Love when I stumble onto a new author!After dinner at the local restaurant they go back to find an intruder had broken into the inn. After reporting and the police showed up the next day she's to get new locks and keys and find out everybody in town knows about everybody and that they know she has a violin case. The local ensemble practices Thursday nights and they've asked her to join them.It's a friendly kind of 'knowing everybody's business'.  Although the book mainly concentrates on Avery and Theo there are other relatives involved that come and go into their daily lives and another book is dedicated to them. I did not feel like I missed out or was left in the dark as some of their backgrounds are gone into to make you feel not so lost.She was trying to figure out what she wanted to do with her life as her social worker job was on hold and other things keep popping up, Theo and now the violin group...Theo's next book is starting out well with help from others who lent him books on the ship wreck nearby. He is just piecing the info together while having a drink at the Nail with other locals.They spend more time together decorating the inn for the Christmas holiday and each of them talk about their jobs...There are many stories of when the boys were younger and played pranks on others. some very detailed they had to have originated from Theo.She doesn't want to start anything she can't finish cuz she's told him he's leaving by feb 1 and so is she.The ice skating bonfire sounds so New Englandish I recall my younger days!Mysteries surrounding his writing and the Boston Harbor area...Avery gets a job offer and is contemplating staying near her relatives and not going back to her old job. Decisions, choices for the both of them...Drugs, hospitalizations, wedding, and Christmas all make this a very exciting action packed book with hot steamy sex to only add to this tale.  Love how everything was tied together at the end!Recipes at the end, super!