Dead End

The mystery is a bit weak, but this book was very character driven, and I really liked that. Sam and Brette, and Eric and Hank, and even the minor characters of Tucker and Sally, were perfect in their imperfections. Brette gets involved in the disappearance of a local woman through a Halloween prank, and with her surly neighbor, Sam, through another disappearance. Hank, her son's best friend, and almost her own son, vanishes, then re-appears a few days later, but too late to fix a tragedy. Sam, who didnt want to get involved with anyone or anything is dragged into the mess, and in the meantime, his past is revealed to the gossipy and close-minded small town. Still, he can't resist Brette, or her son. The missing woman takes a back seat to Sam and Brette's relationship difficulties, as they try to work things out. It is a tender, stormy, and intense love story with strong characters. A must read!!!

I had purchased this book and it was just sitting in my bag waiting to be read, and waiting. It was one that sounded good, but I had other better ones to read. Then I read Lost, by Helen Myers! --One word KEEPER! After I read that I tore my house apart looking for the bag that had this book. I love her character development, they are very natural. If you like Erica Spindler, Kay Hooper, and wish Iris Johanson had more romance here you go. Helen Myers. I am now in search of many more of her books. The one thing I have found that always works w/the story but does not happen in real life is the convenient death factor. The people that definately die are always the ones you think to yourself, "The protaganists life would be so much better if ______ would just die" but I guess that is why it is fiction. Too bad life is not that neat! Don't wait, buy this one!!

Helen has done it again. She's given her fans a top-notch suspense story complete with multi-dimensional characters and a realistic view into life in rural East Texas. Fresh dialogue, peppered with a good dose of humor, shows why she's a rising star in romantic suspense. She gave this reader a well developed plot, loads of sexual tension and plenty of twists and turns along the way. A burning desire to learn what happened to Tracie Pugh kept me turning the pages! I'd recommend it to anyone who loves a good suspense.

Helen Myers takes her readers back to the Piney Woods of East Texas in her latest release, Dead End, a spine-tingling, sensual suspensful tale that will have you sighing and clutching at your heart, all at the same time! For lovers of this genre, Myers' story presents intense intrigue and complex character development that is tight and well-developed. Her main characters, supermom Brette and the mysterious, yet good-hearted Sam are ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances which they handle admirably. Her secondary characters are fully developed as well, and readers will find themselves cheering on the good ones, and hissing at the goofy and evil ones.For mothers of teenaged boys, this one will leave you breathless and making sure you know where your kids are! Another winner from a gifted writer.

In Wood County, Texas, rural postal carrier Brette Barry learns that Hank Jamison, the best friend of her thirteen- year-old-son Eric, is missing. After talking with Hank's mother, the strange Sally, she calls the police. To everyone's surprise, high school shop teacher and resident hermit Sam Knight offers to assist on the search for the missing adolescent.After Hank returns home, Brette finds out that Tracie Pugh is missing and that Sam apparently was the last person to see her alive. The police wonder if foul play occurred and they hone in on Sam. Brette who has already questioned Sam's motives during the Hank search, wonders too if he did something to Tracie even as she finds herself falling in love with him.DEAD END is an exciting romantic suspense drama that works because the audience questions Sam's motives and actions even while knowing he is the lead protagonist. The story line is fast-paced as the cast struggles with anger and frustration as they deal with a missing person. Brette is a warm intrepid heroine who readers will agree is supermom. Best selling Helen R. Myers turns up the heat with this emotionally taut thriller.Harriet Klausner