Review: 3 1/2 stars
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 27, 2013
This one fell somewhere in between books 1 and 2 on the scale.  I loved book 1, not so much book 2, and could take or leave this one.  Mostly because I just didn't feel any sort of connection with Duncan or Nickie.  I quite plain and simply just didn't "get" Duncan.  The romance was fairly steamy at times, and the sexual chemistry was good.  The plot-----maybe it would have been better had they had their own plot rather than going back to the plot from book #1.  I just didn't buy who the bad guys turned out to be (well, one of them I could sort of buy), or the coincidences between what happened in Nickie's past and the current crimes. I also didn't see the point of the plot line involving Brie's health, other than as a way to show Duncan wasn't made of stone I suppose.  I will still stick with my opinion that this author's books remind me of Nora Roberts, even the ones I didn't care for all that much.  She does do a pretty good romance with a decent mix of suspense and drama.  I highly recommend book #1, and I guess for the sake of finishing the story, I would tell you to read the other 2, but they really aren't nearly as good as the first book.