Cutting Loose/Susan Andersen/379 pgs./December Challenge--Gold Rings

Jane Kaplinski,  Ava Spencer, and Poppy Calloway were school friends. They also became something of  a family to Miss Agnes Wolcott--an eccentric older women who owns a mansion. Years later, upon her death, Miss Wolcott bequeaths the mansion and its holdings to the three friends. Jane's job is to catalog the items in Agnes's mansion in order to create an exhibit for the museum for which she is a junior curator. The mansion is undergoing a major renovation while the cataloging is going on, and this is where the "love" interest takes place. Jane had met Devlin Kavanagh in a bar, and her first impression of him wasn't the best. This is unfortunate since he is integral to the renovation of the mansion. There is attraction between them, but both have family issues. In addition, items begin disappearing from the mansion. Both the thievery and family issues are resolved, leading to a "happy ever after." It's an enjoyable romance, and I look forward to Ava and Poppy's stories!