Fireworks

Former ATF agent Susannah Tait is out to prove that pyrotechnics genius Quinn Baldwin--whose special events company has been pegged to produce the festivities for the next presidential inauguration--is responsible for a million-dollar fireworks catastrophe during a Mardi Gras ball. With her faithful black Lab, Monty--a retired explosives task force animal--Susannah moves to the charming backwater city of Mobile, Alabama, to uncover the truth. On the pretext of researching for a doctoral thesis, Susannah suffers herself to be dragged to church, ministry projects, and gargantuan southern dinners--all in the name of thorough investigation. But this world traveled military brat with a string of letters behind her name finds herself wholly unprepared to navigate the cultural quagmires of the Deep South. Everyone she interviews, from local ATF agents to Azalea Trail Maids, seems to speak a foreign language.Captivated by the unexpected warmth and joy of her new circle of friends, Susannah stRead less