When Elin Summerall contracted a virus that damaged her heart, she
was lucky to get a transplant. At first it was an overwhelmingly good gift. But
then she began to remember a murder she never witnessed—the murder of her
heart's donor.
When she reveals what
she knows to a disbelieving police officer, she's exposed as a witness and must
flee for her life to a remote cottage on Hope Beach.
Fearing what might
happen to her daughter and mother, she asks Marc Everton for help, though she
hasn't seen him since the night her father died. She remembers that
night with shame, and she never told Marc about their daughter.
Marc is less than
convinced that Elin's "memories" are real. He is
blindsided by the news about his daughter, but for her sake, he agrees to
help. Then he begins to notice the small ways Elin is different. She now likes
coffee, her musical tastes have changed, and she's ditched her jeans and
sneakers for dresses and high heels.
As
Elin tries to stay alive and bring the killer to justice, she begins to doubt
her own identity. Did her new heart save her life only to cause her to lose
herself? And if she's really changed, why does her new heart love Marc just as
much as her old one did?
“Never
judge a book by its cover”. This is a
great quote that we have all heard for a long time. I believe that quote fits this book
perfectly, as judging by its cover, I think this is a book that a lot of men
would overlook. If you did, though, you
would be missing a pretty terrific story.
Elin
has had a difficult life between her father dying, her husband dying and being
diagnosed with heart disease. The only
good thing has been being able to get a heart transplant. That is, until she starts “seeing” scenes
from a murder that she never witnessed, the actual murder of the person who’s
heart now resides in her chest. Making
statements to the police about her visions only causes her to look crazy,
something she doesn’t want to put her daughter through. As a result, she moves to Hope Beach and
there she runs into Marc who has heard about her visions and reaches out to see
if there’s more to them then what he’s been hearing. Running into Marc was the last thing Elin
wanted. Not only did he elicit bad
memories of the night her father died, but also the fact that he is the father
to her daughter, a fact she never let him know.
As they work together to find out what her memories mean and if they are
truly memories from the murder, they find their feelings for each other
rekindling. Throw in an equally great
storyline with Marc’s cousin, Sara, and the suspense never ends. Are the memories really from her heart donor?
What troubles can Sara get into? Can they track down the killer before its too
late? Shake off the sand and go BUY THIS
BOOK!!!!
This
genre of “Romantic Suspense” is getting under my skin. I do like me some suspense, but I guess that
I’m also getting to be a closet romantic.
This is the third book in the Hope Beach series. While they may have been written as stand
alone, there are characters that you reconnect with from each book. The suspense is accelerator to floor
excitement that never lets up once.
While I’m not 100% sure about some of the “coincidences” that happened
for plot lines, but they weren’t so overtly unrealistic that they detracted
from the story. The romance is pretty
evenly distributed throughout the book but it does wind up with a typical
ending.
Is
this a "guy's book"? If you
rank the suspense from 1 to 10 with 10 being the most suspenseful novel ever, I
would rate this as a 7. Some great
suspense blended with touches of romance will make this book one that should be
added to your “needs to be read” pile.
About
The Author
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I
received this book from the publisher and Litfuse Publicity in exchange for my
honest opinion.