The Lightkeeper's Ball (Mercy Falls #3) - Colleen Coble

In the past, I have read the first book in this series, The Lightkeeper's Daughter.  I saw this one pop up for $3.99 and snatched it up.  Coble is one of my favorite authors and while I always enjoy her books, they don't go on sale very often.

Olivia is on her way to Mercy Falls to try and find out how her sister died.  Fearing foul play, she intends to investigate her sister's fiance, Harrison.  Before she even gets to town, she is assaulted and thrown off the boat taking her to Mercy Falls.  Her rescuer is none other than the man she suspects of murder.

Harrison is tired of bowing to his father's will.  He would rather work on his aeroplane than stay working with his father.  After the death of his fiance, he has sworn that he won't bow to any more of his father's marriage schemes.  Harrison could care less about being a member of society and has sworn off contact with Olivia's family.  His father, on the other hand, is trying to bring about a marriage with Olivia.  The problem is, Harrison isn't aware that the woman he's falling in love with is Olivia.

In order to detect without being found out, Olivia adopts her little known title.  She shares her suspicions with some new friends in Mercy Falls, but they don't feel Harrison to be capable of the murder of her sister.  As Olivia becomes acquainted with Harrison's true nature, she begins to not only believe in his innocence, but she starts to lose her heart to him as well.  She knows the mistrust he holds for her family and fears revealing her true identity.

In the meantime, there are attempts on both their lives.  It is unclear who exactly the culprit is after, but it soon becomes clear that Olivia is the target of the violence.  In order to get to the bottom of the attempts and find out who murdered her sister, Olivia is going to have to solve the mystery behind both her sister and her father's deaths.

As usual, I thoroughly enjoyed this book.  I found the broken trust to be a little too quickly mended at the end, but it didn't ruin the ending.  I have not read the second book in the series, The Lightkeeper's Bride, but the characters are mentioned in this third book.  I have to say that it's not to the point that you don't know what's going on if you haven't read it.  In other words, you can easily read these out of order.  I'm still watching for the second one to drop in price.  Good Book!