Review: Cat and Mouse chase romance/crime story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 12, 2014
I won a copy of "In Plain Sight" by author Kate Kelly from the LibraryThings. In exchange for the book, I was also asked if I would review the book for the author as well. I'm always excited when I win something, then to be asked to review what I won, is never an issue.*****"In Plain Sight" is classified in the genre of crime, romance and suspense.We find Rafe Pascotto in Paris enjoying the company of his friend, discussing work and watching the beautiful women go by.Rafe is a male model and a very successful in his business. With a chiseled face, a body that looks likes its sculpted by an artist, he's always attracting the attention of women. However, on this particular day, he's on the lookout for one special woman, Bridget O'Neill.He's excited about this task that his brother-in-law, FBI Special Agent Vince Gage, has sent him on. With only a short bio of a woman that he wants him to find and follow, Bridget O'Neill, Rafe jumps in head first and never questions what it's all about. All he knows is that she is a red-head, beautiful, and when he gets close to her, ask about some sapphire's.After spying Bridget, he's hot on her trail. A foot chase kicks off and he's bound and determined he's going to get close this woman. It's when he see's her scarf in the door, he takes this opportunity for all he can get.Once inside the apartment, things quickly heat up. She's all over his body and he's quickly putty in her hands. Leading him into the bedroom with the thoughts of having sex with this beautiful creature, he quickly becomes her victim. Tying him to the bedpost then ducking out of the apartment, he finds out quickly that he was set up.Bridget (Irish) O'Neill has just dodged another close call. She's on a quest to find out who is behind her brother being set-up and now in jail. She's believes she knows who's behind it all, but it's just getting the proof that's going to be the hard part.Rafe in the meantime has lost his modeling career due to the arrest and negative exposure. He's sunken into a state of depression. The only thing that he wants to do is find this red-headed woman and get his revenge.It's through a little research that he's able to track down the woman who ruined his life. Once he discovers who she is, he starts to learn that Irish has issues. Rafe learns quickly that she lies about everything and she refuses to trust anyone.It all becomes a cat and mouse game with these two. Rafe wants to help her out and get close to her. Bridget doesn't want anyone else to get involved in the mess she in. However, feelings are developing between the two and they don't know what their next move will be or where it will lead them.*****This is a faced paced book that really never slows down. She did a remarkable job developing a mystery that floats hand in hand with a troubled romance.I did figure out who was behind it all prior to the book divulging the mystery person. The romance was also easy to predict. However, these didn't distract from the story. I was actually curious to find out how what was going on.This is the third installment of a series. I haven't read the first two, so I don't know how this flows in the series. I can only assume that with the way the book ended, there will be a follow-up to this storyline.I have found that if you read a book in a series and don't start with book 1 you are completely lost. With this book, that wasn't the case. I was able to follow along pretty well. I did have some questions regarding his brother-in-law, but I'm thinking that he might had been discussed in the previous books. Plus, I have found that I question things that most wouldn't.In all, I enjoyed the book. I love crime stories an hoping that the person I picked out to be the one responsible is actually behind all the chaos.