I had high hopes for this, but the pacing was really off- I never felt the sense of urgency that was necessary for this to work well. The characters weren't exactly cardboard, but I couldn't muster up enough interest in them to really connect. I'll probably check out the second book in the trilog...
It's funny that there's a note from the author at the beginning that says these books can be read in any order. That's not true at all and I think I would have liked this one more if I hadn't read the fourth book first. I got the fourth book at BEA a few years ago and liked it, so I wanted to sta...
The choices Casey Evers has made in her twenty-six years aren't exactly making her happy. In fact, her life is so on course -- college, law school, boyfriend, job offer -- that it's actually off. So, before she slides into fourteen-hour days at a Chicago law firm, she heads to Rome and Greece wit...
There is no statute of limitations on murder. Look Closely. That's all the anonymous letter said, but attorney Hailey Sutter understands the meaning behind the well-chosen words. Someone wants her to investigate what happened to her mother, who died when Hailey was only seven. The death was rul...
A Clean Slate chronicles the days of Kelly McGraw, a Chicago woman who suddenly can't remember the last five months of her life, a time when she was dumped by her soon-to-be fiance and laid off by the company she thought would make her partner. Overwhelmed and confused but otherwise feeling wonde...
When Billy Rendell suddenly gets everything she wants, it turns out to be the last thing she needs . . . A long-awaited promotion. Freedom from emotional baggage. A newly -- ahem -- amorous husband. What's wrong with this picture? Well . . . everything. For starters, Billy hasn't actually earned ...
Some girls seek fame, others have it thrust upon them... Clothing designer Kyra Felis has never been one to worship celebrities—she'd rather read good book or make a blouse out of an old tablecloth. She marries Hollywood up-and-comer Declan McKenna for love, with no inkling of how his newfound no...
People were in and out of the gallery all day. The sun was so bright against the mounds of new snow that we were constantly squinting and moving paintings around. Often I noticed that orange-ish flash outside, one I’d noticed when I first started working.We moved a sculpture that Madeline was con...
I tried to remember the readership of the magazine Gavin worked for. One million people? Two? But I had rarely read it and never worked with them. I shook my head and picked up the pace. I marched down State Street, my destination suddenly clear. Baxter trotted alongside me, closer than usual, lo...