Category Archives: Romantic Suspense

High-spirited horse trainer Jessica Stanson stumbles into the perfect job on one of the most elite ranches in Montana. Or at least it would be if her boss, ex-detective Michael Carven, stopped acting like he didn’t want her there. Jessica has to prove herself to him on the ranch, and also try to penetrate his armor to get to the man inside. Michael Carven is a man who has left a difficult past behind him, and now works at his dream job raising horses under the Montana sky. But he knows that the past has a way of coming back to him, and soon enough, it does. A wave of violence hits the nearby small town of Riverside, nestled deep in the mountains, as a cunning serial killer preys on the population. Against his will, Michael finds himself both drawn into the case and coming to care for his independent new trainer. And if having a killer on the loose wasn’t enough, his two worlds collide when Jessica becomes the only material witness in the case. Before it is over, Michael and Jessica will put everything they know and hold dear on the line to catch a vicious, cunning killer – and to protect each other as well.

Fatal Embrace was a lovely romance with a serial killer thrown in for added interest. The relationship between Michael and Jessica was sparked right from the start when Michael discovered that his new foreman was in fact a forewoman! I loved Jessica’s character – she was feisty and fun, with a terrific sense of humour, but she also had a tender, more vulnerable side. Michael was a very serious and lonely man, and having lost his fiancée a few years earlier, he wanted to keep Jessica (or any other romantic entanglements) at arms length. Jessica’s gentle teasing helped bring Michael back to reality and the romance grew from there.

Meanwhile, Michael was helping his friend, Dan, to catch a serial killer who had been preying on local women. Unfortunately, Jessica had actually seen the murderer…and now the killer was watching her!

Fatal Embrace was a well-written mix of romance, humour and suspense that kept me engaged all the way through.

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What in the name of flowers and candy is going on?!?! People are falling in love and getting married in unheard-of numbers after meeting on the new internet dating site, Love.com. Marsha Underwood, Director of Marketing believes something fishy is going on; the crazy success can’t be just good marketing. Marsha suspects her boss, Paul Latimer, may have something to do with it. She knows Paul will do anything to earn the respect of his own powerful, rich but remote father. And Paul flunked ethics in business school.

The trouble is, Paul is in love with Marsha, but for good reason she doesn’t consider Paul to be marriage material. When Marsha, her father and best friend begin to investigate the goings-on behind the pretty web pages, her allies are destroyed in mysterious fashion. Afraid for her own life from the man who claims to love her, Marsha nonetheless chooses to pursue the truth about the company that has made her rich. But Love.com is now a worldwide phenomenon, and won’t give up its secrets easily. All her courage and smarts may not be enough to unravel the Love.com mystery and save her own life. And while she’s at it, she wouldn’t mind finding the love she was created for.

Love.com is smart, original, fun and funny. It’s for everyone who has been in love, or wants to be, or just enjoys a suspenseful whodunit.

Love.com starts off in Year 3 of the story, which is when the main character, Marsha, begins to suspect that something strange is going on. It then jumps between Year 1 and the start of the company, Year 2 with several couples meeting their soulmates and Love.com expanding to dominate the market, and Year 3 again with more suspicious discoveries. Although this sounds confusing, it serves to explain various things that happen in the course of the story, and why what starts as an innocent online dating agency turns into something more threatening.

Paul has never had the chance to get the respect of his father, George. By setting up the dating agency, he hopes to earn George’s respect and Marsha’s love. But things get more complicated than simply setting up dates for people and the company grows rapidly. It’s not until Marsha and her dad, John, get suspicious and start poking around, that things really start happening.

Love.com is definitely not a soppy love story. It is a fast-moving tale with murder and intrigue at it’s heart. I was surprised at the ending – I never would have thought of that!

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Steven Ashton, a billionaire from New York, and Emily Grant, on the run from the law…and when they meet he can’t help falling for her. What he doesn’t know is that interfering in her life will put his own life in danger.

When billionaire Steven Ashton couldn’t stand his high society social life anymore, he left the stress of New York on a vacation for his soul. The need to meet real down to earth people led him to a small Nebraska town. He didn’t want to lie about who he was, but he couldn’t exactly tell them the truth.

Emily could have easily fallen in love with Steven, under different circumstances, but her past was catching up with her and she needed a new life. If the authorities found out about her, she could lose the one thing that meant everything, her four year old son.

Not What She Seems was not quite what I was expecting – it was better. Once I had started reading, I found it difficult to put down. I wanted to know why Emily was still with Richard, and whether she could lose him for long enough to build a relationship with Steven. Steven was a lovely character – although he had loads of money, he wasn’t stuck-up and he was fantastic with little Conner.

The mystery of who really killed Emily’s husband, William, kept me guessing right through the book. Although I thought I had it worked out after the first few chapters, I changed my mind several times, getting it totally wrong in the end!

The whole story was fast-paced, with lots of action. The romance was a bit laid back, it could have done with a few steamier moments, but on the whole, I enjoyed the book. Not What She Seems was advertised as sweet romantic suspense and that’s exactly what it is.

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