Cold Comfort [Kindle Edition]

Ellis Vidler (Author)

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Product Description

After being dumped by her faithless fiancé, Claire Spencer has abandoned her dreams of a family of her own tucked neatly inside a picket fence. Instead, she's plotting her solo course and settling for a quiet life as an independent Williamsburg shop owner. So how does she become a killer’s target?

Sometime security consultant Riley, burned out, disillusioned, and haunted by a young girl he couldn’t save, vows never to work with women again. But when a thug tries to kill the friend of a friend, the woman winds up in his arms, and all Riley's plans go to hell. Knowing she’s in danger, he can’t walk away.

While dodging speeding cars, ducking bullets, and escaping through murky swamp waters, conventional Claire and freewheeling Riley struggle against their powerful chemistry—if she’s picket fences, he’s barbed wire.

Opposites do attract.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 502 KB
• Publisher: Echelon Press (December 4, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B006HYGXGI
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #242,956 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Ellis Vidler is a writer and editor. She's written industrial training materials and taught fiction at a community college--a fun endeavor where she learned as much as her students. These days she talks about writing on her blog, http://theunpredictablemuse.blogspot.com

Cold Comfort, suspense with romantic elements, is her newest novel. It's set in December in Williamsburg, VA, where the heroine owns a Christmas shop. "Everything she believed is a lie, but the truth is Cold Comfort."

Her first novel was Haunting Refrain, a romantic mystery set in South Carolina and now out on Kindle. It has a touch of paranormal, and reviewers described the characters as "delightful."

Ellis published The Peeper with Jim Christopher, a wonderful retired cop. The Peeper is a police procedural/suspense novel set in the South Carolina upstate.

Tea in the Afternoon is a collection of three short Southern stories, not her usual suspense stories.

Ellis is a member of Sisters in Crime and Romance Writers of America. Her home is in South Carolina, with her husband, two dogs, and assorted strays.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Whose Daughter Now?, February 6, 2012

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Nash Black "Troubadour" (Jamestown, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cold Comfort (Paperback)

Ellis Vidler has your attention from the moment Claire Spencer arrives home and is attacked in her own drive way. Her next door neighbor's dog, Goodyear, saves the night for her, but someone is going to great lengths to kill her.

Why would anyone want to murder a single young woman who has no relatives and owns the Christmas shop in Williamsburg, VA? The police are of no help, except to request she call them the next time some thing happens. Her home and business are invaded and searched before 24 hours have passed? The idea of a stalker comes to mind, but she remember's her attacker saying, "I'll be back to get you."

Mary Miller, her shop assistant suggests her brother, Ray may know someone who can help her discover the answer before she becomes the victim. The someone is Ben Riley, a complex man who carries a load of baggage from a war torn past and a failed marriage. The last thing Ben wants is a female for a client, but the second attempt on Claire's life behind her shop shows Ben she needs help.

I think I've cover chapters one and maybe two, the rest is up to you for a fast paced read that changes directions quicker than a flashing light.

Nash Black, author of SANDPRINTS OF DEATH.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast paced storyline, January 29, 2012

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Helen Turnage - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cold Comfort (Kindle Edition)

Cold Comfort kept me reading all day to the end. The action moves briskly , the readet kept guessing until the last page. A good read.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Romantic Suspense at its Best, January 2, 2012

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Polly Iyer "Polly Iyer" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cold Comfort (Kindle Edition)

Who's after Claire Spencer and why? That's what security agent Ben Riley has to find out. Fighting past demons, Riley is at first reluctant to take the job of protecting the genteel store owner. But when he sees Claire is in serious danger, he changes his mind. From then on, Riley is put to the test to save Claire from one attempt on her life after another. As each clue falls in place, heading to a thrilling climax, Claire and Riley find themselves falling too, for each other. It's a situation neither wants but can't resist.