Review: Edwards Comes Through Again!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 25, 2013
In Love In a Pawn Shop, Bonnie Edwards has created characters who sizzle into life. From Dix Dixon, Pawn Shop owner, to Dane Caldwell, Philadelphia cop on vacation, to Riley, Dix's teen-age brother with attitude and problems, and Razor the pit-bull (though Edwards will object to that term) and Mitzi, Dane's madcap grandma,each character has a particular role to fill, and each fills it perfectly through Edwards's extreme talent. The problems: Dix wants to go to Paris. It's her dream-of-a-lifetime. For her to fulfill that dream, Riley, her brother, has to get a full scholarship to college. Okay, fine. Except Riley is seventeen, has less-than-desirable friends, and will lose the scholarship if he's got any kind of police record. With a cop--even a cop on vacation--on her case, suspecting Dix of scamming his old granny, Dix wants only to get Dane out of her life, away from Riley, and back in Philly. But she, well, she wants him. And he wants her. To make matters worse, her dog accepts him! What's a woman to do with all that going against her? Is she going to give up her dream? Is she hell!This fun, rollicking read is well worth whatever you may pay for it. Keep Bonnie Edwards high on your list of humorous, but sensuous romance writers. I sure plan to.