A family is renovating a home they just purchased when they find a suitcase containing the skeleton of a small child inside a wall. As the police investigate the murder, they discover that the skeleton is approximately twenty-five years old. The child also had a second thumb on her left hand, a trait carried by the Sealy family. This leads Detective Trey Bonney to the home of Olivia Sealy. At the age of two, Olivia was kidnapped and her parents murdered. She was later returned to her grandfather unharmed. Now twenty-five years later, neither Olivia nor her Grandfather know anything about the murdered child who apparently has ties to their family.
After reading the first couple of chapters, I thought this sounded like an intriguing mystery which included a romance. Unfortunately, it really didn't hold up. I found the writing to be problematic. There were so many inane details that did not add to the story. Every character had a point-of-view. Many of their scenes lent nothing to the overall story.
I found Olivia to be incredibly annoying. She cried at the drop of the hat and needed her Grandfather or Trey to hold her over and over again. Her relationship with Trey was ridiculous. They had dated in high school when she left him at the request of her grandfather. Now they are back together for one day when they declare their everlasting love. The saving grace to this book was the big twist at the end which I didn't see coming. My rating: 2 Stars.
After reading the first couple of chapters, I thought this sounded like an intriguing mystery which included a romance. Unfortunately, it really didn't hold up. I found the writing to be problematic. There were so many inane details that did not add to the story. Every character had a point-of-view. Many of their scenes lent nothing to the overall story.
I found Olivia to be incredibly annoying. She cried at the drop of the hat and needed her Grandfather or Trey to hold her over and over again. Her relationship with Trey was ridiculous. They had dated in high school when she left him at the request of her grandfather. Now they are back together for one day when they declare their everlasting love. The saving grace to this book was the big twist at the end which I didn't see coming. My rating: 2 Stars.
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