Review: Nothing better than romantic suspense to keep me on the edge of my seat!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 12, 2013
This book begins with the reader being introduced to Johanna Rios and over the next few chapters we learn a lot about her background, as well as her sister's. We learn about the tragic childhood events that shaped who Johanna and her sister became, as well as her unrequited crush on her boss, the school's principal, Ray Vargas. Throughout this, we also learn of the nefarious threat that is stalking our heroine. Someone is out to get her and is using former students to do it.In addition to the main story, and in a way wrapped up right along side it, we get to see what Carmen, Johanna's sister is going through as well. She has a new boyfriend and a huge secret which she doesn't spill to anyone. I wanted to smack her a few times and tell her what an idiot she was being but I resisted the urge. :)  Also, her reactions and emotions made sense given her situation so I cut her a bit of slack.I will note that some of the clues scattered throughout the story were obvious. However this did not detract from the story. Instead it left me with a sense of trepidation about when the baddie was going to strike and just who was the next target. I do wish the story had a bit more when it came to the resolution. We found out who the killer was and everything wrong had been righted, and there was even a very short epilogue, but we didn't get any questions answered about the main couple moving forward. What was going to happen when Ray and Johanna had to go back to work? And what was the deal with their work anyways? It seemed that, after the first victim of the killer, neither went back to work. Maybe I missed it where it said the school was on break or something? And I would have loved to see Ray's mom meet Johanna. And what about Johanna finding out Carmen's secret? Perhaps there is going to be another book after this, to focus on Carmen, but the way things ended in this book, there was a lot left as unknown.All in all a solid read and I hope this author writes more romantic suspense in the future. If she does, I'll definitely look forward to reading it.*I received an ARC of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.*