I prefer romantic mayhem, whether it is mystery, suspense, thriller, or action/adventure. If I had to choose, I'd rather not have the villain POV because I like to try and figure it out myself. If I knew who the villain is, I can't help but think the two characters are dummies. There's more eye-rolling of how STOOPID they are. So now, I guess strictly speaking, I don't like romantic suspense because I spend more time making fun of the too-stupid-to-die characters. But in romantic mystery, I can try to match wits with them. Too bad the industry classifies romantic mystery as romantic suspense. My latest book is definitely romantic mystery, but there was no category for it.
That said, I loved What's in a Name, and I figured out who the baddie was before Blake and Kelly did. :)
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