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Thunder at Dawn

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This is book 3 of 3 in the Thunder Creek series. Don't let the other reviewer fool you. Book #1 is Thunder Creek, #2 is Night Thunder & #3 is Thunder at Dawn.

I loved this series. Book #1 was my favorite but the other 2 were close to a 5 star rating. The people in this town really grow on you & it's fun seeing them throughout all 3 books. Some of the main people from the first 2 books I would've liked to see more of but other then that I have no complaints.

Jill Gregory is a wonderful author & I highly recommend this 3 book series.

I just finished this book by one of my favorite authors. Very, very romantic. One of the most romantic scenes I've read at the end. Very suspenseful. All the elements of a great romance/suspense story were there. I only wish Jill Gregory would write more books each year!

Good book to read in an afternoon. Romance, bad guys and good guys, set in a little Wyoming town. Nice distraction

All of Jill Gregory books are wonderful so far. I really like this author and have shared these with many friends.
Pat Fiorentino

Assistant District Attorney Faith Barclay needs time away from the job following the Jimmy Clement prosecution that led to his execution and subsequent proof of innocence and an ancient leaning judge letting free abusive ex-cop Hank Baymon on probation. Before leaving Philadelphia for her hometown of Thunder Creek, Wyoming, Faith arranges for Hank's wife and children to disappear because she knows he will kill them.

In Thunder Creek, Faith and Zach McCallum are stunned to see one another for the first time in a decade since he left her to marry his pregnant girlfriend in Texas. Now divorced, he raises his son Dillon by himself. Faith and Zach realize they remain attracted to one another. Unbeknownst to her, Hank is stalking her as he plans to first take care of Faith and then his wife and her kids; no one walks out on Hank and lives to tell it. Meanwhile Zack courts a reluctant Faith who does not trust him while someone has begun killing people in Thunder Creek with Faith seemingly in the center of the bulls-eye.

The suspense is high and increases throughout the twisting plot as the audience anticipates a showdown between the villain and the heroine. Adding to the tension is the likable lead couple who belongs together, but must overcome their history. Jill Gregory wisely also sends his too precocious son away on vacation so he is not a pawn of the killer or a matchmaker both over done in literature. The final twist seems improbable, but romantic intrigue fans will still take delight in the third terrific Thunder tale (see THUNDER CREEK and NIGHT THUNDER).

Harriet Klausner

This follow up to "Thunder Creek" wasn't bad, though I must admit it has this feeling of being the second part of a trilogy, which is not so much concentrated on its own story, but laying the groundwork for Part III.
The characters didn't seem as... developed, I guess. It was like everything just fell into place. I don't know how to explain it. I saw the words on the page, the emotions of the characters written right there, but I didn't feel it.
The mystery was pretty good, though a bit predictable when it comes to who's planting bomb threats at the McCallem construction site.
One thing I had a problem with... The sheriff's little sister, heroine extraordinaire Faith Barclay, finds a dead body - a dead body is an unusual occurance in this little Wyoming town - and he stays away with his wife in New York - even as more fishy stuff starts happening in his quiet little burb. He leaves it up to his deputy sheriff to solve the case.
That doesn't make a lick of sense. No matter how devoted he is to his wife, he's a lawman. Of couse, based on the groundwork laid in this book, I see that becoming a plot device when the overzealous deputy sheriff runs against Ty Barclay. But that's a story for another day.
Perhaps Part III?