Broslin Creek, small Pennsylvania town, normally a quiet, friendly place. Ashley Price is quietly going crazy.. just like her mother did. At least that's what she thinks.
It's in her head and the only way to make it go away is to paint. An artist by trade, recently she hasn't done much painting. She grabs her paints and her canvas and paints until she can barely move. Then she really looks at what she's painted. The man doesn't look dead .. and she recognizes that particular boulder.
Maybe, she thinks, the man isn't dead ..maybe this will be unlike the others ...all the other dead bodies she has painted knowing those visions come out of guilt for not saving the life of one very small boy.
It's the middle of the night, snow is on the ground, and although she is almost housebound, she runs out, fearing that this time her mind will splinter.
The man she finds half buried is a cop ...Jack Sullivan...but he is still alive. She promptly becomes the number one suspect of being the partner of a serial killer that Jack has been trying to catch for several years.
Ashley fights telling him that she's going crazy and has visions while at the same time fighting the enormous attraction she feels for him.
This is a new author for me. Although, I only occasionally read Romantic Suspense, the book blurb drew me in. The story itself kept me reading.
The characters are finely drawn. You can feel the fear rolling off of Ashley and the anger that radiates in Jack's character built upon years of frustration.
There are many secondary characters that lend a hand in deceiving the reader until the conclusion of the story.
As with any Romantic Suspense, there is some sweet loving that goes on until almost the end and then it just sort of explodes into something more.
Although a part of a series, this book functions quite well as a stand-alone. Starting on DEATHWATCH next.
My thanks to the author who so graciously furnished a digital copy in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
It's in her head and the only way to make it go away is to paint. An artist by trade, recently she hasn't done much painting. She grabs her paints and her canvas and paints until she can barely move. Then she really looks at what she's painted. The man doesn't look dead .. and she recognizes that particular boulder.
Maybe, she thinks, the man isn't dead ..maybe this will be unlike the others ...all the other dead bodies she has painted knowing those visions come out of guilt for not saving the life of one very small boy.
It's the middle of the night, snow is on the ground, and although she is almost housebound, she runs out, fearing that this time her mind will splinter.
The man she finds half buried is a cop ...Jack Sullivan...but he is still alive. She promptly becomes the number one suspect of being the partner of a serial killer that Jack has been trying to catch for several years.
Ashley fights telling him that she's going crazy and has visions while at the same time fighting the enormous attraction she feels for him.
This is a new author for me. Although, I only occasionally read Romantic Suspense, the book blurb drew me in. The story itself kept me reading.
The characters are finely drawn. You can feel the fear rolling off of Ashley and the anger that radiates in Jack's character built upon years of frustration.
There are many secondary characters that lend a hand in deceiving the reader until the conclusion of the story.
As with any Romantic Suspense, there is some sweet loving that goes on until almost the end and then it just sort of explodes into something more.
Although a part of a series, this book functions quite well as a stand-alone. Starting on DEATHWATCH next.
My thanks to the author who so graciously furnished a digital copy in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
