Review: Highly entertaining contemporary romance suspense novella
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 1, 2012
Dark Secrets a Western Escapes by Desiree Holt is a highly entertaining contemporary romance suspense novella set in the small town of Freewill, Wyoming.  I didn't think twice about picking this story up after I finished the other stories in the Western Escapes group because I am a fan of Ms. Holt.  If you haven't read anything by Desiree Holt you are missing out on some wonderful erotic stories written by one of the best in the field.Riley Scott is a girl on the run from her fiancé and ends up in Freewill, scared and always looking over her shoulder.  She ran from her job, home and her fiancé when she uncovers secrets about him when she pulled up files from his computer.  After confronting him with these cryptic files, she sees a whole different side of him that she fears for her life and runs.  Not knowing who to trust or what to do she is hoping to figure out a plan to get this damning evidence to the proper authority before he finds her.Hawk Blackwater is the new sheriff in town and has a lot to prove with the citizens of the town of Freewill.  He inherits the mess of solving the murder of the previous sheriff and the mystery of lights at night in the Laramie Mountains.  Not knowing who to trust on his staff he keeps a lot close to his vest and watches.  After seeing Riley he figures out that she is keeping some secrets and definitely someone who is hiding out.  He tries on a few occasions to talk to her and get her to open up but she balks at his advances until she sees a luxury car racing towards her on the street corner.  Riley goes into shock and Hawk takes her home to his place and comforts her and gets her to confide in him.  Riley has to risk it and tell someone her secret and decides to tell Hawk the whole story.  Now he wants to protect her and help her get her life back.Ms. Holt once again does an excellent job of telling a mystery and slowly unfolding it with different POV from many characters, which kept me interested until the end.  Her sex scenes are sizzling hot and very arousing that you believe that they can feel it after knowing each other for such a short time.  Although the ending is neatly tied up and somewhat predictable, I got to read a well written story and a romance between two very likable characters that had me wanting more.