"Ms. Krentz has created some great characters in her return to romantic suspense"
Reviewed by Leanne Davis
Posted January 30, 2014
Romance Suspense | Romance
Years ago, Mason Fletcher saved Lucy Sheridan from a
dangerous situation. When she returns to Vantage Harbor,
California on the death of her aunt, Lucy finds herself in a
untenable situation and turns to Mason for help.
Lucy has created a life for herself as a forsenic
genealogist, She finds it fascinating tracking down the
heirs to fortunes or disproving the claims that happen
whenever someone wealthy dies.
Lucy spent summers with her aunt in Summer River until
after the summer where Mason rescued her from a party she
was not enjoying. She is surprised when her aunt leaves
everything to her. At first, Lucy is determined to update
the house and return to her life.
She encounters Mason in his uncle's hardware store and he
volunteers to help her with the awful fireplace in the
living room. When a skeleton is discovered, life in Summer
River goes from tense to downright weird.
Mason has always had an overdeveloped sense of
responsibility. A case he was involved in left him with a
need to reassess his life. He returns to his uncle's home
and hardware store to ground himself.
When Lucy Sheridan walks in, his life takes an interesting
turn. Lucy is looking for help with the fireplace and he
sees an attractive young woman to whom he is strongly
attracted. The more time he spends around her, his
attraction grows. When bodies start turning up around her,
Mason has no choice but to help resolve the mysteries that
surround the events of her last summer in Summer River.
It's been a long time since Ms. Krentz wrote a straight
forward romantic suspense without some paranormal elements.
I always pick up a Krentz novel with certain expectations
and she didn't disappoint me. A strong, uncommunicative
hero; a modern straight forward heroine and mysterious
events all combine to an eminently readable book. While
RIVER ROAD won't replace my top Krentz favorites, it will
join the ranks of the Krentz novels that I will enjoy
reading again and again. Lucy and Mason are a great couple
who fall in love amid unusual circumstances.
SUMMARY
From the New York Times–bestselling author of
Dream Eyes and Copper Beach, a
brand-new quintessential Jayne Ann Krentz romance. It’s been thirteen years since Lucy Sheridan was in Summer
River. The last time she visited her aunt Sara there, as a
teenager, she’d been sent home suddenly after being dragged
out of a wild party—by the guy she had a crush on, just to
make it more embarrassing. Obviously Mason Fletcher—only a
few years older but somehow a lot more of a grown-up—was the
overprotective type who thought he had to come to her
rescue. Now, returning after her aunt’s fatal car accident, Lucy is
learning there was more to the story than she realized at
the time. Mason had saved her from a very nasty crime that
night—and soon afterward, Tristan, the cold-blooded rich kid
who’d targeted her, disappeared mysteriously, his body never
found. A lot has changed in thirteen years. Lucy now works for a
private investigation firm as a forensic genealogist, while
Mason has quit the police force to run a successful security
firm with his brother—though he still knows his way around a
wrench when he fills in at his uncle’s local hardware store.
Even Summer River has changed, from a sleepy farm town into
a trendy upscale spot in California’s wine country. But
Mason is still a protector at heart, a serious (and
seriously attractive) man. And when he and Lucy make a
shocking discovery inside Sara’s house, and some of
Tristan’s old friends start acting suspicious, Mason’s
quietly fierce instincts kick into gear. He saved Lucy once,
and he’ll save her again. But this time, she insists on
playing a role in her own rescue . . .
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