Review: Secrets, Intrigue and romance makes for a fun beach read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 2, 2014
Cait Jarrod has created a complicated world of secrets and intrigue that will keep the reader glued to the page. As each secret reveals, the story gets more complex instead of less until everything intertwines and wraps together at the end for a satisfying conclusion.Emma James has been widowed for a year. At the urging of her friends, she is trying to get her life back to a semblance of normality. Her best friend from childhood, the sexy retired skateboard guru Ryan Cross, might have an ulterior motive in that he's been in love with Emma since grade school but never acted on his feelings. Until now.Nothing is straightforward, and much is not quite as it seems in this romantic suspense. I admit that at times I had to go back and reread a page because I had missed something in my haste to figure out the various questions swirling around the main characters. I loved the secondary character of Ryan's butler, with his snark and sardonic sense of humor, although I disliked the character of Warren Lewis, one of the bad guys, who came off as sniveling instead of darkly threatening, but maybe that was the author's point.This makes for a fun beach read, keeping you guessing and invested in the characters.I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review, and I'd be happy to read more of this author's work in the future.