Jed Had To Die by Tara Sivec Blog Tour

The happiest day of Payton Lambert’s life was the
day she graduated high school and watched Bald Knob, Kentucky get smaller and
smaller in her rearview mirror. She wanted more for her life than a tiny town
where everyone knows your business and you can’t find a decent cup of coffee
for at least forty miles. Twelve years later, an unexpected phone call in the
middle of the night has her packing up her life in Chicago and racing back home
to the one person she ever regretted leaving behind.Upon her return, she sees that Leo Hudson, the scrawny boy who followed Payton
around like a puppy and could recite cow insemination facts in his sleep, is
long gone. Leo is still hot on her heels, but now he’s wearing a sheriff badge
and dead set on solving a murder that may or may not involve Payton…along
with half the town. In a place where the biggest crime happened the day someone
kicked a few of his cows, people are pointing fingers, rumors are spreading
like wildfire, and Payton swears she’s only making out with the sweet-talking, studly
sheriff to distract him from the secrets she’s keeping.When you’ve been tased, peed on by a yippy dog named Bo Jangles, and can’t stop
picturing what Sheriff Hudson looks like naked, it will be a tough job making
everyone agree that…Jed had to die.

***Copy of this book given in exchange for an honest review.

RomCom’s are my favorite and Tara Sivec never disappoints! This story is cleverly written, witty and you’ll fall in love with the characters, including the citizens of Bald Knob, Kentucky, the very town Payton is hell bent on getting away from.

Payton has worked hard to be a successful independent woman in Chicago running her coffee shop, Liquid Crack. She left Bald Knob, Kentucky, and had no desire to go back. However, an emergency phone call takes her back to very town she was running away from. Soon, Payton is caught in the middle of a domestic dispute involving her best friend, Emma Jo and husband Jed. Events unfold and Jed turns up dead, leaving a mystery of whodunit. The whole town is in a frenzy, sure that Payton was up to no good.

I loved this book. I love how each chapter is titled after quotes found on coffee mugs. I loved the interviews of the towns people before each chapter as well, very humorous. I loved that banter between characters especially Payton and Leo. I couldn’t put this book down once I started. Another laugh out loud funny book I will highly recommend to anyone searching for a good book to read. 5 well deserved stars!