Oh, and Ally finds herself becoming an amateur sleuth when her sister maybe up for murder charges. Will Ally let loose, or will her sister and family bring her down? From that moment on Ally's life becomes even crazier with murder, out of control neighbors and the man she wants who keeps giving her mixed signals.Īlly has a back bone but is afraid to go after the best things in life, which means our hunky sheriff.

But things aren't that bad as the lust of Ally's dreams, Sheriff Conahegg is on the case. Ally is the only woman in this family with her head on straight.īut then one night little sister shoots her loser boyfriend in the foot. You feel for Ally as she goes through constant drama with her kooky aunt and mother as well as a younger sister who involves herself with abusive, drug addicted jerks. The who-done-it is well written, but it is the antics of the Green kin that force the sheriff to 'save' the besieged Ally (for himself that is) that make for a fun read.Lori Wilde has written a nice, light mystery romance with a heroine who is so caring to the point she doesn't think for herself. The zany story line contains an eccentric (that is kind) secondary cast while Allegheny as her family's enabler will remind the audience of Marilyn in the Munster's. This Wilde police procedural romance never slows down from the first moment that Sissy and Sam meet until the final confrontation with the killer.

Murder follows and soon Ally though innocent as the 'enabler' to her family becomes involved in sexual blackmail, drugs, loan sharking, and threats to her well being with only Sam to keep her safe even as she wonders who will protect her from her raging hormones whenever he shows up as her protector. However, though the siblings find Rockerfeller kissing his wife in the hospital that is not the end. Before they leave a thug beats up Sissie insisting she tell her boyfriend he owes big bucks and will be next.

He frees both siblings, but warns Ally about her sister being involved with drug traffickers and worse. He flushes the marijuana he found down the toilet so possession charge do not occur and insists there is no law for shooting a rat. Sam and Ally are attracted to one another, but duty comes first. The ambulance takes Rockerfeller to the hospital while Sam takes the Green siblings downtown to question them. Before she can Parker County Sheriff Samuel Conahegg arrives as the neighbors, Reverend and Mrs. Aunt Trish gets her niece Allegheny Green to take charge. Sistene 'Sissy' Green shoots her boyfriend wannabe singer Rockerfeller Hughes in the toe.

Saving Allegheny Green by Lori Wilde