With a nonsensical reason for their undercover assignment and plot twists that are obvious from the beginning, reading the latest installment in this series is far more frustrating than it is entertaining.
Fans of Williams’s “Fairhope, Alabama” series, part of the now-defunct Superromance line, will likely appreciate seeing favorite characters and places once again.
Though the mystery of Aimee’s past on its own might be enough to keep readers turning the pages, a tepid romance and the clumsy attempts on the heroine’s life in the present make this a rather lackluster reading experience overall.
Van Meter’s “Big Sky Justice” series continues to be a standout in Harlequin’s romantic suspense line. Though this second offering isn’t quite as tightly plotted as the first, Danger in Big Sky Country, its main characters are likable, and their HEA is wonderfully earned.
Little detective work takes place on the page here, and the tactics employed by these detectives when they are working are likely to make true-crime aficionados cringe. Only those who are determined to read every book in this long-running series from Ferrarella (whose most recent entry was Cavanaugh Justice: Up Close and Deadly) are liable to get any real satisfaction from finishing this latest installment.