Review: Heavy on the suspense, lighter on the romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 25, 2013
Solid 3.5 stars – heavy on the suspense, lighter on the romanceReese Templeton has not had any luck in the marriage department. She has been widowed twice, then divorced, and her current husband is hospitalized, in an unresponsive condition since the plane he was piloting crashed a year ago – a crash that Reece herself was in. After her recovery, Reese discovers that she has acquired the super-human talent of harnessing electricity, acting like a human Taser. She has also become determined to find the real culprit behind the plane crash, the secret partner whose identity her husband never revealed, but who wanted her husband out of the way when he wanted to sever their business arrangement. The same business arrangements that had brought a level of distrust and suspicion to their marriage.As she is recovering, Reese hires the services of a private investigator, Griffin Chase. Although she keeps telling herself that theirs is a relationship based on friendship, she slowly begins to acknowledge that her feelings for Griff have grown, and he also feels the same way.“Tears trickled into her hair. How could she have let herself fall for Griff? Yet another man, this time when she wasn’t even free to do so. He’s the best of them, her heart whispered, and that may have been, but it didn’t change the circumstances. She’d reached a point of no return with that moment on his bed. She couldn’t deny her feelings for him, but she couldn’t share them with him, either.As Reese tries to uncover clues to reveal the identity of the man responsible for the plane crash, she must thwart hired guns and unsavory characters – and thankfully Griff always has her back. The investigation heats up and Reese and Griff must work together to ensure Reese’s safety and bring justice for Reese’s husband.This was an action packed book, full of bad guys and drama. Reese it torn – she knows that she must push Griff away because she is still married and she can’t leave her husband until she brings him justice. She also knows that her quest for justice is something she must do alone since she doesn’t want Griff to have to compromise his ethics as a private investigator – a quest which will also hinder any chances of them having a relationship after things are finally settled.Griff was a great character, always there to support Reese, ever patient in waiting for her to move on from her husband, but never pressuring her in any way.Some of the scenes that Reese seemed to find herself in sometimes seemed a bit unbelievable, but since she had this awesome human-Taser superpowers it made them ok.There’s not a lot of heat in this book – more action and drama than romance, but there is a HEA, so all works out in the end! If you like your romantic suspense heavy on the suspense and lighter on the romance, this one is for you!I received an eARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.