Review: I Wish For More Romantic Supsense Novels Like This One!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 20, 2014
Love, Lies and the D.A. by Rebecca Rohman is a February 2014 publication. I recieved a copy of this book by author in exchange for an honest review.Jada experiences one of the worst things you can imagine. Her life has been clicking along at a perfect pace. She is sucessful in her business, she is very self confident and is in love, and just days away from getting married. Then she walks in on her fiance having sex with her best friend. Dang! How does someone go forward after that without some serious issues? Well, Jada decides to take a vacation, but that doesn't last for long. She is informed that her rat of a fiance has been murdered. Naturally, Jada is the number one suspect.Jonathan Cole meets Jada in an unusal way. As it turns out Jonathan the new D.A. in San Francisco , is put in a rather delicate situation when it looks like Jada could be charged with murder. Jonothan's father is set to defend Jada, and Jonothan would have to procecute. Yikes!To make matters worse, Jada and Jonathan find themselves having to spend a little time together, which gets Jonathan in even deeper trouble because he finds himself very attracted to Jada.From that point on their lives become a tangled web of tragedies, lies, manipuations, criminals and cat and mouse danger.This book reminds me of romantic suspense back in the good old days. This story is very contemporary, but the style reminds me of the classics I just don't find out there anymore. This book is rather lengthy in comparison to most novels these days. It covers a lot of ground and once again this was a hallmark of novels say back in the 1990's. Really meaty plot and sub-plots that keep you wondering who is trying to frame Jada and why. The relationship with Jonathon is so complicated. The poor guy just got elected and his entire world starts falling apart. As Jada copes with all the garbage in her life, Jonathan is an Oak. But, Jada has a lot of pain to deal with before she can trust and so she and Jonathan have troubles working through those issues.Jada does have a support system. She is very close with her brother, also an attorney. They stay in touch very often, which is a good thing because Jada will need all the help she can get.Twist and turns and red herrings abound. Questions about life after the monumental shocks Jada and Jonathan endure leads to a much more fullfilled and productive life in the long run. But, until then Jonathan must deal with the ethical problems in his career, his family problems that involve his parents health, the girl he is falling in love with is about to stand trial for a murder she didn't commit, and is also in grave danger. Due to the circumstances, Jada will not confide in him and he also pulls a few stunts with her by keeping things to himself. Just when one thing gets cleared up , another bombshell drops, keeping Jonathan and Jada on an emotional roller coaster all the way up to the end when you get kicked in the stomach by an incredible event that will leave you in shock.I loved this homage to the traditional romanatic suspense novel. The only flaw in the novel, for me, was too many side incidents happening all at once. I can't go into too many details without revealing something I shouldn't. But, these events were personal tragedies. One or two of these types of things was probable, but there were too many for one book. After awhile the emotional punches lost steam because by that time I was sort of numb. I didn't expect the twist at end it hit me hard. This is a testament to the writer's skill because it's important to have the reader engaged and hopefully invested in the book's characters. I think also, a bit of editing was in order to keep out repeat conversations and to keep the pace or momentum on even ground. Perhaps a little trimming would speed thing alot just a little and keep the story from becoming too "busy". Other than that I enjoyed the book and would like to see more of these kinds of romantic suspense novels in the future. Overall this one is a B.