Megan Sawyer, an organic farmer in the small town of Winsome is trying to expand her business for the winter months ahead when she happens upon a stranded motorist. Megan isn't about to leave the young woman stuck in the heavy snow and ice coming down, especially once she realizes Becca Fox is the niece of a local merchant in Winsome. Becca is visiting her aunt, Merry Chance, for the holidays and hopes to expand her small business making love potions. Things quickly go awry, however, and now Becca's estranged father is dead and the suspect list is growing. Can Megan uncover who the murderer is before it hits too close to home?

Megan is the kind of cozy mystery heroine I love. She's intelligent, down to earth, inquisitive, and caring. Her relationship with her grandmother, Bonnie "Bibi" Birch is endearing as we get glimpses into Megan's life growing up. I like that Megan's life hasn't been a storybook perfect life and instead, she's dealt with heartbreaks, including her mother's abandonment of her. Wendy Tyson keeps readers engaged in this underlying storyline through Megan's somewhat strained relationship with her Aunt Sarah.

And oh, who can't help but love a good cozy mystery that involves food and books? SEEDS OF REVENGE adds a twist to the storyline when Megan has to read some of her Aunt Sarah's mystery thrillers to help uncover exactly what is going on in Winsome. Wendy Tyson does a great job at crafting a mystery that is intriguing as well as surprisingly complex.

SEEDS OF REVENGE is the third book in the Greenhouse Mystery series and wow, this series only gets better with each new installment! Wendy Tyson does a marvelous job at creating characters who are multidimensional, making it easy for new readers to the series to jump right in and appreciate the storyline. I can't wait to see where Wendy Tyson has in store for Megan, Denver, Bibi and the town of Winsome! If you love an entertaining and clever cozy mystery coupled with great characters and a nice glimpse into the world of organic farming, don't hesitate to give SEEDS OF REVENGE a try.

Book Summary

It’s the holiday season, and the mood in Winsome is anything but jolly…Megan Sawyer is determined to farm year-round. She’s braving a December snowstorm after pitching her greenhouse greens to Philadelphia chefs when she sees a stranger stranded on the side of the road. It’s Merry Chance’s niece Becca, who’s headed to Winsome to sell her “love potions” at holiday events—or so she thinks.

Merry has an ulterior motive in inviting her niece to Winsome, but Merry’s plan to reunite Becca with her estranged father goes awry when Becca’s father turns up dead. Megan soon realizes that Becca was not the only person in Winsome who despised her father. When Megan’s aunt, the famous mystery author, is implicated through her novels, things become personal. Megan must follow the literary clues while sifting through the victim’s sordid past, but can she uncover the truth before someone else in Winsome is murdered?