By: Stephanie R. Caffrey
Many thanks to Zooloo’s Book Tours for the gifted copy of the book and the stop on the book tour!
About the Book
Matthew Grant, a behavioral analyst with the FBI, is used to traveling the country to catch the people terrorizing it, so going to a place like Cove Creek, Iowa, is nothing he hasn’t done before. He and his team figure this would be an easy-to-solve case. Everything seems pretty cut and dry. However, once on the ground, they learn the case is anything but. Stymied at every turn, Matthew grows frustrated. The only positive in this whole mess is the attractive woman who works the front desk at the small hotel where they’re staying.
Rebecca Clarke thought becoming a widow and a single mother, thus forcing her to move into her parents’ hotel, would be the worst thing that could happen to her. She was very wrong. Someone is killing the men in her town, men she grew up with and considers friends. The FBI is trying to catch them and are taking up residence in her family’s little bed-and-breakfast. It doesn’t hurt that one of the agents is very attractive, and very kind to her and her son, though. But it’s too soon to be ready to date, right?
As Matthew and Rebecca grow closer, unable to fight their mutual attraction, the serial killer escalates. As the murders move closer and closer to Rebecca’s inner circle, can Matthew and his team work fast enough to catch the person terrorizing her town?
My Review
Romantic suspense has to be one of my favorite mixed genre books, and this was a great one! The suspense is very thriller like. Matthew works for the BAU for the FBI. When the book first started, I felt like I was reading a script for Criminal Minds. It brought me right back to that. I love that show, so I love how the book started off.
As the FBI was building their profile and trying to find suspects, at first I had one guess as to who I thought the serial killer was. However, as I kept on reading, I thought it was someone else. Well, for the first time in forever I was RIGHT!!! Yes, I figured it out, but I wasn’t 100% sure. I needed to keep reading to see if I was right. When it was revealed and literally was like “yes!” I was so excited I got it right.
The romance portion of the book for me was nice, but I thought it was a little rushed. I did, however, ADORE the way that Matty and Benji interacted. It was so sweet reading that and it really made my face smile. I also REALLY loved Andy – that is Rebecca’s best friend. His first meeting with Matty was fantastic.
This is easy to read, it flows nicely and it reads quickly. I highly recommend it!
Publish Date: August 12, 2025
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