Review: Dangerous Kisses keeps the reader's interest on high alert.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 27, 2012
A police beat reporter from The Nashville Courier, 32 year old, Sydney Blackburn, is a workaholic determined to see that justice prevails. Her mom a victim of a vicious car-jacking is what drives Sydney to let nothing and no one get in her way of alerting and protecting the citizens of Nashville. A girl, Maggie Field, is found murdered in her town, sets off Sydney's butting heads with the police officer in charge, Detective Radley who is not afraid to let HER know that reporters are not his favorite kind of people.Jake Radley is in charge of THE MURDER SQUAD and elite team of investigators. He too is relentless in his search for the killer, but there is something about him on the case that sends Sydney's reporter hackles on red alert. There is big trouble here; a possible serial killer is out loose and searching for his next victim.  This novel had just the right drama, without going into all the bloody and gruesome details like in a J. Patterson novel.Betrayed by a reporter in his past, his drive to be the best cop on the force both tangled up with the spark he feels for this ambitious, stubborn, rebellious blonde flips Jake's world upside down.  Sydney's determination of never falling in love, to not open her heart to the pain her father felt when her mother was murdered, tilts her life as she never expected. Her attraction to Jake, spins her, and takes her on a ride like no other.The sexual tension is perfect, and nicely written. The,  I'll never be the one who opens up first and admits they have fallen in love sets a trap for Jake and Sydney in the midst of a serial killers game.A phone call and a single wrapped piece of chocolate set the stage.  I loved this mystery, its unfolding love story, and its believable characters of who I felt, could be living down my street.*****5 stars for the total package. A great love story, a twisting, could not put it down, murder mystery.