{"id":41908,"date":"2025-09-30T07:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T13:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=41908"},"modified":"2025-09-29T18:40:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T00:40:59","slug":"the-boutique-hotel-by-melissa-d-mackinnon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=41908","title":{"rendered":"The Boutique Hotel by Melissa D. MacKinnon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A glamorous, twist-filled mystery brimming with romance, danger, and irresistible suspense.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A determined travel agent sets out to unravel a chilling murder hidden beneath the glittering fa\u00e7ade of the French Riviera in MacKinnon\u2019s compelling novel. Sent to Nice to negotiate a lucrative hotel contract, Evie Hansen instead discovers a corpse concealed in the Boutique Hotel\u2019s terrace garden. With lawyer Jacob Liszt as her unexpected ally, she follows a deadly trail of hidden agendas while grappling with the emotions she\u2019s tried to bury. Can they find the killer before it&#8217;s too late?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MacKinnon&#8217;s characters carry a lived-in complexity. Evie\u2019s struggle with personal loss and financial instability grounds her every move, and Jacob\u2019s understated vulnerability softens his polished charm. A sharp supporting cast\u2014the ambitious concierge Raina, the fractious Liszt family, and the elusive hotel staff\u2014keeps motives shifting, while questions of loyalty, ambition, and the hidden price of luxury add to the book&#8217;s depth. Elegant, atmospheric, and sharply written, the novel delivers a satisfying balance of romance and danger. Lovers of atmospheric whodunits with a touch of glamour will relish this sparkling yet sinister tale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/books.friesenpress.com\/store\/title\/119734000513437337\/Melissa-D-MacKinnon-The-Boutique-Hotel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Pub date July 29, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">FriesenPress<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">ISBN 978-1-03-833906-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Price $24.99 (USD) Hardcover, $15.49 Paperback, $6.99 Kindle edition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A glamorous, twist-filled mystery brimming with romance, danger, and irresistible suspense. A determined travel agent sets out to unravel a chilling murder hidden beneath the glittering fa\u00e7ade of the French Riviera in MacKinnon\u2019s compelling novel. Sent to Nice to negotiate a lucrative hotel contract, Evie Hansen instead discovers a corpse concealed in the Boutique Hotel\u2019s terrace garden. With lawyer Jacob Liszt as her unexpected ally, she follows a deadly trail of hidden agendas while grappling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":41910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[723771195,723771202,7223,91,3328,178,723771196,723771203,723771204,723771199,723771198,723771197,723771200,1136176,723771192,13078,723771194,1473,1008073,856121,309,8154,723771201,8811,723771193,349],"class_list":["post-41908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-amateur-sleuth","tag-amateur-sleuthing-on-holiday","tag-author","tag-blogging","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-cozy","tag-cozy-murder-mystery","tag-cozy-mystery-and-romance","tag-destination-wedding-mystery","tag-finding-love-and-murder","tag-holidays-vacation","tag-hotel-murder-and-romance","tag-indie-books","tag-melissa-d-mackinnon","tag-mystery","tag-mystery-detective","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-romance","tag-solving-murder-on-vacation","tag-suspense","tag-the-boutique-hotel","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/boutique.jpg?fit=283%2C425&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-aTW","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41908"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41911,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41908\/revisions\/41911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}