Review: Good Balance of Romance and Suspense
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 29, 2012
This was my first inspirational romantic suspense book. I enjoy romantic suspense because I like a good mystery to be solved while the leads are falling in love. Autumn's Shadow provides two likeable leads in small town northern Wisconsin with all its quirks and blessings. Lyn Cote clearly captures the nature of a small, rural town, but adds the touches specific to Wisconsin.The mystery involves who is vandalizing local buildings, and it's engrossing throughout the book. The balance of romance to suspense is just right, and the suspense keeps the reader intrigued as much as the love developing between the emotionally shut-down deputy and the all-too-giving school principal. My only quibble is that the outcome of the mystery is what I suspected from the beginning. While there are many options for whodunit here, and the author deftly makes us consider all these possibilities along with the two leads, I would have liked something just a bit more unexpected for the "big reveal."This book is part of a series, but one can read it as a stand-alone and be thoroughly satisfied.