knew who the killer was at about the halfway point and left a couple too many threads just hanging out there at the end. Fun Read but nothing I am going to read again. ( )

Coming off "Angels Fall" this just couldn't even compare. I was so bored at the beginning. Way too much description and thoughts. I don't feel we needed so much background. I did enjoy the romance between Cade/Tory and Faith/Wade. I actually think Faith was a very complex character. I was disappointed there was no conclusion to the Margaret situation. Not with her kids or with how hateful she was to Tory. I had been suspicious of the actual killer but then thought he would have been too young. Him as the killer just wasn't believable to me which ruined the reveal. I actually think the judge would have been perfect since Margaret was so close to him. It would have been true irony since she blamed Tory for Hope's death. The psychic parts were interesting to me. ( )

Tory Bodeen se crió en Carolina del Sur, en una casa humilde que su padre gobernaba como puño férreo y cinturón de cuero, y en la que sus sueños y talento no tenían cabída. Pero contaba con Hope, que vivía en la lujosa casa vecina y cuya amistad permitía a Tory sobrellevar su situación familiar.
Sin embargo, tras el brutal asesinato de Hope, que nunca fue resuelto, la vida de Tory cambió para siempre. Ahora, transcurridos los años, cuando regresa a su pueblo natal con la esperanza de volverse a instalar y abrir una tienda de modas, se propone poner fin de una vez por todas a las visiones del pasado que la acosan, al tiempo que retoma la vieja amistad con el hermano de Hope, ambos unidos por el mismo sentimiento de pérdida.
Pero no va a ser fácil convivir con tan drámaticos y escalofriantes recuerdos, maxime cuando el asesino aun continua suelto.

Better than average Nora Roberts offering. I particularly like it that the hero is an organic cotton farmer. I'm thinking about donating this to the WMRC Library's fiction collection for that very reason. ( )

Maybe this is an unfair review? It's not that the book is as terrible as all that -- the mystery/thriller plot was kind of interesting, and the writing was decent, if veering off into the purple at times. But the romance plots were amazingly annoying, and confirmed for me that mainstream romance is just not my thing. The romantic lead came across as a total jerk, "winning" the heroine by tactics that are absolutely creepy. He follows her around, shows up uninvited, never takes no for an answer, and basically stalks her. And she likes it. Ugh. ( )