Discover book 1 of the all-new small-town romantic suspense series set in Sanctuary Falls, by USA Today bestselling author, Katie Reus!
Someone is trying to frame her for murder.When Berkley Knight wakes up in a dead man’s house with no memory of how she got there, she runs. Given her checkered past, she doesn’t trust the cops, so she calls her brother for help. They retrace her steps, trying to figure out who could have dumped her there and why. But when they start digging, they wind up with even more questions—and in more danger.
He’ll do whatever it takes to clear her name.
Unfortunately, the same thing happens again, only this time Berkley wakes up in her murdered ex-husband’s house. Now she’s the prime suspect, but soon realizes that whoever is terrorizing her has just begun to systematically destroy her life. The one thing she never imagined was turning to her enemy for help, but Nick Storm is exactly who she needs to fight the maniac who’s terrorizing her. It turns out that the danger is much closer than either of them realize. And the only way they both survive is to trust each other.
I was intrigued by the blurb of this one, and I was all in on the story with Berkley and Nick and the idea that she was being left in the homes of dead men, but wasn't the killer. This felt like a different kind of suspense story and as I really enjoy romantic suspense, I was all in.
I can't lie, I was mad at Nick for just believing her ex at the beginning of the story, but I ended up mostly forgiving him at about the time Berkley did. Nick had redeeming qualities that made up for the lack of brilliance at the beginning of the story. And, honestly, it made the story more engaging as I needed to get past being annoyed at him to enjoy the story.
The whodunnit of this one ended up being a complete shock. While there were some clues in the story that narrowed down who it was going to be, for some reason I was totally surprised, which made the payoff at the end really worth it.
