The one of the best parts of WILD HEARTS is the opening scene that sets up the plot and immediately captures your imagination and interest. The reason why I say imagination is that's what it takes to keep up with this fast paced romance/murder mystery that gets more twisted with each page. And that's exactly what Sharon Sala set out to do in the first book of her Secrets And Lies trilogy. Set us all up.
WILD HEARTS takes you on a path that seems to have a myriad of detours as we are enmeshed into a current day murder mystery. What the reader knows -- thanks to Sharon Sala setting the stage quite amazingly -- is that there is a link or clue to this murder. We know there is a link -- but we are as blind to the culprit as the local law enforcement. There is an evil force at work in Mystic West Virginia which seems almost ridiculous to contemplate considering the close-knit family oriented community.
Hints abound in WILD HEARTS but we are conveniently distracted by a series of random -- or are they -- events that keep putting Dallas in harm's way. Dallas's father was found hanged from the rafters -- love it. Her old beau Trey's mother was the unlucky person who discovered the body. Trey and Dallas had a love match from when they were kids. But Dallas had dreams to follow that did not include staying in Mystic and did not include Trey. Walking away from Trey had been difficult and now that Dallas is back to bury her father she fully comprehends what she left behind. Truth be told she wasn't all that enamored with her new life. Spending time with Trey and becoming a part of this wonderful community definitely has Dallas reexamining her options.
As Chief of Police Trey becomes more involved with Dallas's return than he had planned. He was fully aware that her return home was temporary. As soon as Dallas buries her father and settles his estate she clearly stated her intent. Trey can't help being impressed with the courage and strength Dallas exhibits in the face of danger. He is also having great difficulty facing the fact that once again the woman who has his heart will be walking away from any sort of relationship.
Trey wants a future with Dallas. His goal is more than to just keep her safe -- he wants to keep her in Mystic.
WILD HEARTS is the first in the series that promises to be one of the best by Sharon Sala whose mysteries are legendary. I can only imagine what she has up her sleeve for the next two books.
Past Sins Cast a Long Shadow Dallas Phillips refuses to believe her father committed suicide, even though things were tough on his farm and he was deeply in debt. When she hears he'd told a neighbor about an upcoming windfall, she grows suspicious, and her suspicion only deepens when she realizes someone is lurking in the nearby mountains after dark. For help, she turns to Trey Jakes, local police chief—and her former lover. As they begin to investigate, another mystery comes to light. Trey's mother is beginning to remember events from thirty years ago, something shadowy that happened in the mountains, and Dallas's father was there, too. Is what happened that night connected to his "suicide"? As they search for the truth, Trey and Dallas struggle to fight their attraction, but they may not be able to fend off another force—a killer who's more than willing to kill again to make sure old secrets stay buried.
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