All is Calm is part of the Lonestar series, which takes place in Texas (obviously). A woman accused of helping sabotage a race horse runs away -- with the race horse -- and finds sanctuary at a ranch that helps kids with emotional problems. She had stayed there as a teen and remembers that it was a place of comfort and hope. Once there, she teams up with an injured veteran to figure out who actually sabotaged the horse... and they end up clearing up a couple other mysteries too. And falling in love in the process, because of course they do!
All is Bright is part of the Hope Beach series, which is set in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. In it, a bright and helpful woman is targeted by an unknown assailant who forces her car off the road and into the ocean. She survives, but she and the local sheriff can't figure out who would try to harm or kill her, since she's the most helpful person you've ever met. Of course, they eventually do solve the mystery and catch the culprit, while starting to fall a little bit in love in the process.
Of the two, I liked All is Calm better. Part of that was the location -- a Texas ranch is always going to be catnip for me -- but part of it was that I simply felt like we got to know the characters in it really well. I had a little bit harder time connecting to the people in All is Bright, but I did enjoy it a lot anyway.
If This was a Movie, I Would Rate It: PG-10 for some mild violence and characters in peril. Both romances are clean and wholesome.
This is my second book read and reviewed for A Literary Christmas and my 57th read from my TBR shelves for #TheUnreadShelfProject2022.
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