Review: HOT and myserious
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 19, 2014
It was the cover to Halfway Hidden which initially attracted me; the faces eclipsed by shadow and the glimpses of bare skin. I was lucky enough to receive a complimentary review copy from Carrie Elks.Rachel is a bar worker at Buddy's, in the small town of Hillbrook, when one night Murphy, a sexy stranger from out of town turns up. Rather than give the reader a long-winded history of either character, Carrie Elks instead gives small indicators that Rachel has a hidden past; one that has led her to Hillbrook to hide.The author lulls the reader into a sense of security for the first third of the book, in which Rachel and Murphy flirt happily, until the night Murphy reveals his true identity. At this moment Carrie Elks maximises the tension in the story - sexual and otherwise. Although Rachel's future becomes uncertain from this point onwards, the passion between her and Murphy suddenly has an outlet and Carrie Elks creates sex scenes between the pair which are intensely erotic.Halfway Hidden offers so more than just eroticism; Carrie Elks' characters are intriguing enough that when the end of the story arrived, I felt disappointed I couldn't read the sequel right then!Although I received this as a review copy, this had no influence on my opinion.