Review: Great Mystery Element
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 16, 2012
Overzealous fan or crazed stalker?About THE CHRISTMAS STALKING:Country music superstar Destiny appears to have it all. Beauty, money, and fame. But it's not all glitz and glamour. Being a celebrity comes with a price--loneliness, and now threats from an unknown stalker.With Christmas approaching, and as the danger escalates in Nashville, Destiny has no choice but to disappear. She escapes to her grandparents' cabin in the Adirondack Mountains near the tiny Village of Serenity & Peace.It seems to be the perfect choice for a hideout. Longing for the serenity and peace she experienced there as a child, Destiny sheds her celebrity persona and resumes her long-forgotten identity as Holly Stone.This is a good, quick mystery laced with faith. I was first drawn to the book when I learned it was based in the Adirondack Mountains, as my contemporary romance is, too. Once I started reading, I realized her heroine, Holly Stone, has a lot in common with a character I sketched out and sent chapters to newsletter subscribers back in 2010. A celebrity who gets in trouble and returns to her roots.Holly's story has a few characters that could be her stalker, and I had trouble figuring out if there truly was a stalker, and if so, who. I love that it took me awhile. The mystery element is strong in this book. However, I would have loved to have it longer and dive more into Holly and the other characters. As a fan of the Adirondacks, I selfishly wanted more so we could see more of the Serenity hamlet.If you enjoy a good, clean, suspense that you can read in one sitting, check out Lillian Duncan's THE CHRISTMAS STALKING.I received THE CHRISTMAS STALKING as a free .pdf from the author in exchange for my honest review.