Review: strong heroine, sexy hero, decent mystery, great romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 14, 2012
I must admit I haven't read the two books before this one, but that's not really a problem since these books seem to be stand-alones.I really liked Roxann. I thought she was strong, smart, capable and honest. The perfect heroine in a romance where lost love was regained and misunderstandings finally laid to rest.I liked how real she was and how well suited Michael was to challenge the certainty in her character.The mystery is not overly complex. It did take me two thirds of the book to become relatively certain I knew who the real killer was (obviously not Michael, since this book's categorized as a romance-mystery), but once I did it seemed almost obvious.Anyway, the pacing was great. Not too rushed, and Michael's troubles with his wife's murders ran parallel with Roxann's troubles at her Newspaper Press.In the end their misunderstandings from so long ago also made perfect sense. It was the kind of problem real people - with pride that can be hurt, with feeling which can be manipulated, with a sense of hopelessness as too much time passes without explanations - face in their relationships. Some can get over it, and some like Michael and Roxann are forced to part ways.In their case, I'm glad they found their way back again.DICLOSURE: I received an ARC from netgalley and have tried to write as unbiased a review as I can.