{"id":3401,"date":"2012-12-25T08:02:53","date_gmt":"2012-12-25T13:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sistahsontheshelf.com\/blog\/?p=3401"},"modified":"2020-05-08T21:53:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T01:53:11","slug":"rumors-ring-true-maxis-place-by-literary-stud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=3401","title":{"rendered":"Rumors Ring True (Maxi\u2019s Place) by Literary Stud"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Publisher\/Date:\u00a0 <\/strong>Amazon Digital Services, Inc., Aug. 2012
\nGenre:<\/strong> Romance
\nPages:<\/strong>\u00a0 47
\nWebsite:\u00a0 <\/strong>http:\/\/twitter.com\/literarystud<\/a><\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong> \"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"\"☆\" <\/p><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Plot:<\/strong> RUMORS RING TRUE<\/em><\/strong>, the first in the Maxi’s Place series, promises “drama, deceit, and maybe a little love.” Maxi’s Place electrifies with great food, ambiance, and music. Behind the scenes, a romance steams between hostess Ava Russell and saxophonist Bailey Thompson. Because restaurant owner Cole Washington frowns against workplace romances, Ava and Bailey hide their budding attraction. Yet it’s unmistakable. The question is: what they are going to do about it?<\/p>\n

The Good:<\/strong> A quick read, Rumors<\/em> sets up a good story you could see yourself reading more of. Ava and Bailey play a cat-and-mouse game that some may find appealing.<\/p>\n

The Not-So-Good:<\/strong> The cat-and-mouse game. Will they or won’t they? That’s mostly what this first installment was about. It would have been nice had Rumors<\/em> incorporated other characters a little more.<\/p>\n

The Bottom Line:<\/strong>Rumors Ring True<\/em> is one of those Kindle stories to read on a lazy afternoon. I’m just curious enough to see what happens next.<\/p>\n

Reviewed December 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Publisher\/Date:\u00a0 Amazon Digital Services, Inc., Aug. 2012 Genre: Romance Pages:\u00a0 47 Website:\u00a0 http:\/\/twitter.com\/literarystud The Plot: RUMORS RING TRUE, the first in the Maxi’s Place series, promises “drama, deceit, and maybe a little love.” Maxi’s Place electrifies with great food, ambiance, and music. Behind the scenes, a romance steams between hostess Ava Russell and saxophonist Bailey […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[37,175,177,298,401],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3401"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7280,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3401\/revisions\/7280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}