I had to go out and get the second installment ofBrenda Novak’s Stillwater trilogy almost as soon as I finished the first book. The end is a cliffhanger and I wanted to know what happens next. My anxiety had already been built up from Book #1. And I was not disappointed.
In the previous book, we learn a lot about Clay Montgomery, Grace’s older brother. Clay has sacrificed his own life to keep living on and watch over the family farm/home. He guards the farm with a rifle and he has good aim. He is big loveable, handsome and emotionally-withdrawn. This of course makes him a magnet for the women of Stillwater. Clay always has someone in his bed if he wants it.
At the end of the book #1, we are introduced to Allie McCormick, a cold-case detective from the big city of Chicago. In this book, we find out that she has come home to Stillwater to live with her parents a while after a bitter divorce. We also find out that she is going to dig her teeth into the coldest case ever–the disappearance of the Reverend Lee Barker, Clay’s stepfather.
This book centers more around Clay and of course Allie’s blooming relationship. Clay is faced with getting involved with a woman who he cares about just as much as he cares about protecting his family’s secret. Or getting her involved in something he knows goes against her training as a detective.
Allie is in law enforcement and she is faced with loving Clay or staying true to her duty as an officer of the law and betraying the man she loves.
Again, I will not give up any secrets but this was a great read as well. The pages turned themselves!
This gets 4 tattered pages!
