Number-one best-selling author Janet Evanovich teams up with award-winning author Dorien Kelly to deliver a sparkling novel of romantic suspense, small-town antics, secretive sabotage, and lots and lots of beer.

Kate Appleton needs a job. Her husband has left her, she's been fired from her position as a magazine editor, and the only place she wants to go is to her parents' summer house, The Nutshell, in Keene's Harbor, Michigan. Kate's plan is to turn The Nutshell into a Bed and Breakfast. Problem is, she needs cash, and the only job she can land is less than savory.

Matt Culhane wants Kate to spy on his brewery employees. Someone has been sabotaging his company, and Kate is just new enough in town that she can insert herself into Culhane's business and snoop around for him. If Kate finds the culprit, Matt will pay her a $20,000 bonus. Needless to say, Kate is highly motivated. But several problems present themselves. Kate despises beer. No one seems to trust her. And she is falling hard for her boss. Can these two smoke out a saboteur, save Kate's family home, and keep a killer from closing in... all while resisting their undeniable attraction to one another?

Filled with humor, heart, and loveable characters, Love in a Nutshell is delicious fun.

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Listening Length	6 hours and 37 minutes
Author	Janet Evanovich, Dorien Kelly
Narrator	Lorelei King
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Audible.com Release Date	January 03, 2012
Publisher	Macmillan Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B006SRYGQ8
Best Sellers Rank	#53,010 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #1,916 in Romantic Suspense (Audible Books & Originals) #4,014 in Contemporary Romance (Audible Books & Originals) #12,602 in Romantic Suspense (Books)

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Marty Field

LOVE in a Nutshell

Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2017

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Kate is recovering from a divorce and wants to turn her parents' big Victorian summer house on the lake, The Nutshell, into a Bed and Breakfast inn. She has problems because the mortgage payments weren't kept up and the place needs a lot of repairs and refurbishing. She has to get a job to pay bills and repairs and applies to a local brewery. The brewery owner, Matt, is a good businessman and is all around likable, but is having problems with someone apparently sabotaging his company. He hires his relatively unknown new recruit to find out who and, if she can, she will receive a bonus of $20,000. That will go a long way to help her house repairs. As time goes on, the two become increasingly interested in each other, but the acts of sabotage get worse and she finds he holds the notes for her mortgage, which will come due soon. Added in are the antics of a choosy poodle and a three-legged dog. There is great writing style in the book. The descriptions of places, characters and situations are well done. Some situations are very funny.

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Tabby1249Top Contributor: Historical Fiction Books

Disappointing and boring

Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2019

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When you pick up a book authored at least in part by Janet Evanovich, you expect humor, fast-paced action and some degree of suspense. Well, dear reader, maybe Ms. Evanovich is trying something new because none of those characteristics are evident in “Nutshell.”

I won’t say that there was NOTHING to like about this book but what I did like had nothing that do with the characters, plot or resolution. I did learn something about beer making which keeps this book from being a time real waste time of reading time. It only gets 2 stars because I managed to finish it while waiting for something interesting to happen.

Bottom line: Worse than disappointing, it is boring.

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Love in a Nutshell

Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2012

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This is a gentler, old-fashion romance novel. No detailed explicit sex, but very surprising hazardous events.

Newly divorced Kate Appleton has moved to her family summer home, intending to fix it up, (takes a lot of money), and open as a bed and breakfast. However, she has just been fired from her job at a beer parlor.

She goes to Matt Culhane, who made the beer that was so bad and ruined her job, and insisted that he owed her a job!

He has been having a lot of small 'bad luck' happenings, and hires her to work different places in his brewery to find who is sabotaging him, or what is happening! Bonus of $20,000 if she can pin it down, with minimum wage to start. She's appalled at being a snitch, he replies that he would regard her as a secret agent. That sounds much better, and she needs the money. (He doesn't know where she lives, but owns the mortgage on her house! She doesn't know that, either.)

The happenings become more and more serious, and eventually become life threatening. Matt insists that she move in with him so that he can protect her! His sisters go into an, 'Ah ha' mode, hoping that he has finally fallen for a woman.

Her family wants to come visit for Thanksgiving. Her parents come first, and fall into a nostalgic, romantic mode, playing records and dancing until late, and pretending that they are snowbound! They are driving Kate nuts.

No more, or this review would become a spoiler.

This is a quick, light read, and I enjoyed it very much. I read the book in one sitting as I wanted to see what happened.

I recommend it. It's entertaining.

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Overpriced!!!

Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2016

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I was looking forward to reading this book because I loved, loved, loved "The Husbands List" by the same two authors.
Love in a nutshell is an enjoyable read all around but... not worth the nine bucks I paid for my kindle edition!! You are mainly paying for Janet Evanovich's name (I've enjoyed many of her books) however...there are plenty of good reads out there for a fraction of that price from authors less known. Not to take credit from Dorien Kelly here who is a great writer too ( really liked her Ballymuir series :)

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A LITTLE MYSTERY, A LITTLE LOVE, & COZY MOMENTS

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2012

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Kate Appleton has returned to Keene's Harbor, Michigan, where she and her family once summered. Her parents have moved to Florida and given Kate some time to turn their cottage, The Nutshell, into her dream of a Bed and Breakfast. But first, she has to make lots of repairs, catch up on the mortgage payments, and, oh, yes--find a job.

Which is why the opening chapter shows Kate seeking an interview at the Depot Brewing Company.

Matt Culhane is the small-town hero, a hunk, and someone who could be a definite challenge in more ways than one. And he owns the Depot Brewing Company. Working for him could be more than Kate bargained for; however, they strike up a deal: she has a job and a chance for a $20,000.00 bonus if she catches the people sabotaging the brewery.

What a fun read! I liked Kate and her sheer pluckiness. She kind of reminded me of Stephanie Plum with more polish, but the same amount of bravado. Matt was definitely a great love interest, and the fact that the two kept each other at arm's length for awhile added to the anticipation.

But what surprises are in store for Kate? What secret is Matt keeping that could tip the balance away from the two of them making it? And how can Kate stay alive long enough to find the saboteur(s)?

The dog characters were great fun, too, from Chuck, Matt's three-legged dog, to Stella, Kate's poodle.

There were a number of possible suspects, but I had it figured out before the end. It was still fun to watch Kate put the pieces together. Four stars for Love in a Nutshell . And I hope that we'll see more of Kate Appleton in future books.

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maddog

Great story

Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2022

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I Loved the story line! I Kept trying to figure the outcome. I Can't wait to read the next book!

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Kellie

Wonderful characters and story!!!

Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2012

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I really liked this book. The characters are just wonderful. The main female character is smart and funny. This is one of those books you will pick up and won't want to put down again. You will especially enjoy it if you live in Michigan. They capture the up north spirit. This is a very sweet romance. If you want just a bit more heat, try Dorien Kelly's Ballymuir series. Those are some of the best romance books out there, also with plenty of plot! The Last Bride in Ballymuir (Ballymuir Series)

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Sam

Story in a Nutshell

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 21, 2015

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I bought this book as a filler while I waited for the next Stephanie Plum novel. I wasn't expecting it to be similar in style, but I did expect the same humour and sense of adventure. This was not the case.

This book is a by the numbers romance, although there is a thriller aspect, I was never thrilled by the supposed intrigue.

The story centres around Kate who when divorced moves back to Keenes Harbour where she has spent many summers, to renovate her parents holiday home there, and create a B & B out of it. However, when she gets fired from the job she has taken there, she lacks the money to continue renovations on the Nutshell, her parents holiday home. Therefore, Kate then goes in a desperate bid to the overall boss Matt, to tell him she needs another job, which he subsequently gives her. The two are attracted immediately and he then makes Kate his assistant, and asks her monitor the other staff so he can find out who sabotaging his business.

I have to say I was really disappointed by this, it was so obvious from the start that the central characters were set to be together, that of course they would find out who did it, and it felt so half hearted when the story finally did reach it's conclusion.
My problem was I felt there wasn' t a reason to follow the story, Kate and Matt were not trying to hide their feelings, there was no real barrier to their romance, and I couldn't have cared less.

While essentially there is nothing wrong with this book, it is without the will they, wouldn't they, aspect most romances introduce. There is no witty banter, and I forgot there was a villain to catch until the end as I skim read though all about how wonderful Matt is, and how much he likes Kate, as this just got so tedious.
This is an ok book, but it lacked too much depth for me.

hawkeyesue

one great read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2013

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I am always waiting for the next instalement of plum,so to get my fix of my favorite author I started to read all of her re-issued book and now I am hook on them,this is a lovely light hearted romp ,it makes you smile and laugh out loud,this like all her other books is a keeper ,to read again and again in the future and to tempt my friends with a great read.she has teamed up with this author on other books so why not go back and find these too and have a blast of a read.

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Lizzy T Bag

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 21, 2013

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I still really prefer the Stephanie Plum series but this charged along at a good pace, good fun and a very easy light read. Overall it is a light hearted story but more romance based than laugh out loud rollicking fun as with Ms Plum!

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Kindle Customer

Another jolly good read from Janet Evanovich

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 21, 2013

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Having read all the Stephanie Plum series and thoroughly enjoyed them I was not disappointed with this one - a love story with a difference and plenty of laughs along the way.

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Rosie

Very poor

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 28, 2013

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Some of Janet's earlier books are good, but not this one. I have never enjoyed anything she writes in collaboration with anyone else and this has decided me.

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