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5.0 out of 5 stars
Breathtaking Suspense, May 31, 2005
This review is from: A Breath Away (Mass Market Paperback)
From the very first pages the reader will be drawn into this extremely satisfying and suspense filled romance. Beginning with the prelude you are an eye-witness to the emotional trauma, terror, and guilt eight year old Violet Baker experiences as she mind links with her very best friend Darlene who has been kidnapped. Somehow, Violet and Darlene Monroe had discovered that at times they knew what each was feeling. When Darlene had gone missing, Violet tried to tell her father where Darlene was; that a bad man was hurting her; and had suffered the guilt ever since in not been able to save her best friend. Twenty years later on the eve of the anniversary of Darlene's death, Violet was having visions again of another woman being murdered, in much the same manner as Darlene. It would be a call from the sheriff, Grady Monroe, of Crows Landing, telling of her father's suicide and confession of Darlene's murder that would send Violet back to her hometown to confront the ghosts of her past.
Grady Monroe, remembered the homely young girl that had befriended his sister and though at times he wanted to blame her for his sister's death, knew the blame laid with him for not being there to watch his little sister. Now as sheriff, he would have to deal with Violet - never expecting that the homely young child had turned into a beautiful young woman stirring emotions in him that over the years he'd held in strict control. As the two began to unravel clues to Darlene's murder it became apparent that the same killer had resurfaced once again and was edging closer to home, and one of his victims on his list was going to be Violet.
____My gosh, this was a true edge of the seat thriller with more suspects than you could shake a stick at that kept the suspense sizzling right up to the very end. The lead duo of Grady and Violet were both well drawn out and sympathetic in their emotional turmoil of two wounded souls attracted to one another. In a first time read of this author I was impressed with the non-stop suspense and the many twists that comprised this full-bodied read. Praise must be given to this author for a totally mesmerizing suspense filled romance that I highly recommend. [Marilyn, for www.romancedesigns.com ]
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
In love!, January 24, 2007
This review is from: A Breath Away (Mass Market Paperback)
When reading this book, and meeting the male character, I absolutely fell in love with Grady Monroe. He has gave me a great deal of respect now for any law enforcement. This book pulled you in from the beginning with the little girls and Violet screaming in her room for someone to help her best friend and Grady's half-sister, Darlene.
Grady Monroe is the one my heart went out to. He never knew his mother, had a father who stop speaking to him, growing up to always hear that Grady was the one to blame for Darlene's death. Fact was, Grady grew up to be a hard man to know. It was always about the law, doing what was right, and putting away the criminals. Except, living in a small town like Crow's Landing, he rarely had any crimes. He had a young woman in love with him at the local diner, but he wouldn't give her the time or day. Only a smile every now and then as she tried time and time again to get his attention. Then things begin to take a turn....
Violet Baker's father is found dead with a confession saying he killed Darlene. Grady is so confused on what to believe, but he calls Violet and tells her grandmother the news. Violet is then forced to go back to Crow's Landing, where she would be unwanted by the locals, to bury her father and hope to solve the murder and prove to everyone that he did not kill her friend.
Instantly, Grady and Violet resent each other. From their first meeting, to when Violet kicks Grady out of her father's house, to the next morning when he shows back up with a search warrant. They continue to resent one another until Violet cuts her way into the case of her father's mysterious death, and Grady is forced to allow her to help. Never realizing that he would lust after her, and she the same to him.
This story makes you want to bite your fingernails until no more. Grady and Violet have such mesmorizing chemistry, you never want their story to end.
This is by far my favorite Rita Herron book! And just because of Grady Monroe. Too bad he isn't a real person.....
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
less impressed than most, July 16, 2005
This review is from: A Breath Away (Mass Market Paperback)
I guess I was less impressed than most with this book. I was really looking forward to it, and, yes, there were lots of suspects. But so much of the promise of the first 2/3 of the book became pure contrivance by the end that I was going "Oh, give me a break!" The beginning and even the clairvoiance were good and believable, but then we had to keep throwing so many troubled/psychotic/criminal people into the mix and having them ALL contribute to the plot. I am sorry, but the true criminal was not unexpected (I picked him out by the second time he was mentioned, even tho' we had NO background story on him, and almost too much on the others). I think she tried to make too many possibilities and instead made a muddy story.
Also, as a medical person, pavulon is a muscle paralytic but that means paralyzing all muscles, resulting in the person not only NOT being able to blink but also NOT BEING ABLE TO BREATHE! If they aren't on a ventilator--guess what? They DIE within minutes. Just really was the final mess in a rather messy story.
I would have liked it better, too, if she hadn't done the Disney "clean up all the stories and make everyone happy ever after" at the end.
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