Review: AN ABSOLUTE MUST READ FOR FANS OF ROMANTIC SUSPENSE!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 22, 2014
C.P. Smith has found a fan in me and I've found a new author to stalk! I've always been a fan of Romantic Suspense, although I don't read it near as much as I used to...but this story right here was EXACTLY why I love this genre... C.P. gave me everything I want in a Rom Suspense.... A possessive alpha, serious chemistry, crazy hot panty melting heat, a real creepy baddie.. and a real honest "who done it" mystery. So many times in a suspense, its fairly obvious who the bad guy is early on. Not so in this case. There were so many different suspects and I just couldn't land on one for a very long time.. I LOVE THAT. Not knowing who you should be looking out for is such a treat! Major kudos to C.P. for keeping me on my toes in this one!OK.. first we've got sweet and feisty Jennifer Stewart.. she's packing up everything she has and moving cross country to Colorado where she's always dreamed up living. Since her husbands death and her daughter being away at college, there is really nothing standing in the way of her dreams now. She's a journalist and finally has a chance to do what she's always wanted to do. It's time to start living her life.. at 39.  She married her high school sweetheart because she got preggers. Although she loved him.. it was more of a best friend type of love. Sure, she was content and happy. But just content.. There was never any serious passion. But she loved her life so she was fine settling. Now its time for her to spread her wings....Sexy Sherriff Jack Gunnison..OK , seriously, this man is one of my all time favorite book men EVER. I love sexy officers in books, love men in uniform, love a possessive alpha.. Jack ticked everyone of my girly boxes and made them stand up in attention and squeal in delight. I LOVE THIS MAN. Jack is single and doesn't want to be tied down. His job is his main priority and he's never found a woman that could stand his hours and his job. He's fooled around with plenty of the women in his small town, but rarely sticks around too long.Well Jen's been in town about 4 months and is working for the local paper in the fluff section.. but when there appears to be a serial murderer in their small town, she wants to get in on the story big time but Jack wants the sexy nosy reporter to stay out of his way.. but before long he wants her in the way very much as long as its underneath him. Even though she drives him completely insane..something about her just gets him ..and gets him good. He decides quickly that this woman is going to be his.. Jen really doesn't put up too much of a fight either.. she's ready to feel something again..ready to live her life the way she wants to and it seems like this sleepy town in Colorado with its serial killer and sexy Sherriff is about to give her all she can handle.Jen and Jack's chemistry was just so soooo hot. I loved how possessive he was towards her and how feisty she was. He wanted to protect her and she wanted to live full out balls to the wall. She wasn't scared to step on his toes and ignore his commands.. to a point. She knew when to back down.. she wasn't crazy after all. But Jack and a way of getting her to do what he wanted her to do.... And I just wish Jack would come show ME what he wants ME to do...But things aren't just steamy in this town..there's a creepy baddie on the scene that is killing women that look just like Jen... It seems Jen may be his target and Jack is taking no chances. He'll do what he has to do to protect this feisty woman that has come into his life. Jen doesn't make it easy though.. she wants in on this story so Jack has a hard time keeping her safe when she wants to be in the middle of figuring how who the bad guy is , right in the middle of his investigation. With a group of crazy friends in the mix trying to help her figure it out we get lots of laughter and interesting side characters to make this already great story even better. Trying to figure out who the bad guy was , was just as hard for me to figure out as it was them! Brilliant!C.P.'s writing style in this book has been compared a lot to Kristen Ashley, and I can see that too... but I also see some Linda Howard style going on. Linda H knows how to write a true creepy guy with take now shit women and real alpha guys and C.P. has a serious talent for this also. As soon as I got finished with this one, I immediately started thinking about when I would be doing a re-ready. Because I will definitely be doing a re-read of this one.If you are a fan of Romantic Suspense, you absolutely CANNOT LET THIS PASS YOU UP!! You would be really missing out on such an awesome story...I must thank my GR friend Jess for letting me know about this author and C.P for giving me an ARC... This was definitely my favorite book so far this year!Don't let this one pass you up!!ARC courtesy of author in exchange for an honest review