X Marks the Spot

Liz Johnson writes a whiz bang of a book.  She includes mystery, comedy, drama, and daily life adventures.  A Sparkle of Color is all of these and more and it will keep the reader involved from the very first page until the maps in the back of the book (I say that tongue in cheek, but maps are a pretty important part of the book.)

Millie is taking care of her Grandma Joy the best way she knows how under Millie's circumstances.  Joy has dementia and Millie wants her safe and cared for, but the home where Joy is residing is taking all of Millie's money and now she has to move Grandma Joy to another, more expensive home.

Ben's mother spent Ben's childhood bilking gullible people out of their hard-earned money.  Ben has made it his job to repay those she cheated. 

Ben and Millie meet working at the Chateau on St Simon's Island.  Ben works as a security guard, while Millie portrays a guest at the Chateau.  Millie's great-grandmother was a guest at the Chateau in 1929 right before the stock market crashed.  Joy had told Millie that Great-Grandma Ruth had kept a diary and it was still at the Chateau, and there is a treasure buried somewhere on the property. 

When Millie is looking for the diary in the library, she gets caught by Ben for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.  Thus begins the partnership between Ben and Millie to find the treasure and the second diary that Ruth had written.

This is a five star book, with two thumbs up, and a map to find the treasure.

I want to thank Revell Publishing for allowing me to read and review this book, and for publishing such quality fiction.