Author: Karen Rose
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publication Date: June 2010
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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Description: When a teenage girl dies in a suspicious fire, Detective Olivia Sutherland is assigned to track down the arsonist. Then she discovers something more sinister: a vicious blackmailer who preys on young people and murders without hesitation. Making her work even harder is sexy firefighter David Hunter. He's not only sharing the case but sparking memories of their long-ago night of passion, when feelings were left unspoken and hearts were broken.
David has his own ghosts, and a million regrets. But while he and Olivia try to face the wall of pain between them, a diabolical puppet master is pulling strings to make a group of twentysomethings do his bidding. Soon Olivia and David are scouring the city for a calculating criminal who seems tantalizingly close--and is moving in for the kill.
My Thoughts: I really like a series where the characters have deep connections with another, but I must admit it does begin to get difficult to keep it all straight. I remember reading about David in Eve’s story, but he has been a part of this series going all the way back to the first book. I just don’t remember him or Olivia for that matter. Happily, this did not prevent me from thoroughly enjoying the story and getting to know David and Olivia better, especially with their history.
David has decided to stay on in Minneapolis after coming out to help Eve. He’s starting a new life and is hoping he and Olivia can figure out where they went wrong all those years ago. Olivia doesn’t seem as eager to open that can of worms. She is very good at keeping people at arm’s length and her go-to reaction when people get too close is to run. It seems funny to me that a police detective can be so tough on the outside but so fragile and vulnerable on the inside. There is no other way to describe Olivia, however. She’s great at her job and it’s obvious to anyone who knows her how much of herself she puts in to her work, but you definitely get the sense that she’s holding back a bit of herself keeping it tucked away where no one can see.
The author does a fantastic job of not only creating characters that are so complex and interesting, but the plots of each story hold my attention, anticipation rising with the turn of each page. That is a major undertaking all on its own as a series can quickly get stale and boring after several books, but Karen Rose makes each story fresh, stimulating and riveting.
My Final Verdict: With eleven books in this series and so far, a total of twenty-four, there is so much more this author has to offer. Fans of romantic suspense will enjoy the element of romance blended within the suspenseful background. Fans of thrillers and mysteries will enjoy the often dark and disturbing story lines and subject matter. Fans of these genres will be entertained regardless of what motivated them to read it. This series should be read in order to give the reader a greater understanding of each character without giving anything away.
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