Every Move She Makes

What a great book. I have never read a book by this author before but I will now look into her other books. I got very caught up in the characters and stayed up too late many a night to find out what happens. Reed is a great bad boy and makes for a steamy read.

This is one of the best books I've ever read. It's right up there with my favorite book, "Slow Heat In Heaven" by Sandra Brown. If you liked "SHIH" you're gonna adore this one. If you like your books to have suspense, fabulous sensuality and be a great love story then this is for you. What a story Ms. Barton has come up with. ...All of the secondary characters are well developed too. This book is set in the South and that is another thing that is interesting to me. These seem like real people. I bought this book in hard cover because it was a keeper to be treasured. ...

Every Move She Makes is another romantic murder mystery by Beverly Barton, the premiere author of "The Protectors" series. Reed Conway has just been released from serving 15 years for the murder of his stepfather. Now that he is out, it is time to go back to his hometown to find the real killer. The years spent in prison have not been easy for Reed, but he is a survivor.Ella Porter, the daughter of the man who sent Reed to prison, is a thirty year old judge. As a shy teenager, she had a crush on Reed, the star athlete who was also "a bad boy". Unknown to her, Reed was aware of her in high school, but did not attempt to date her. Angered by his conviction, Reed sent Ella a few letters before he went to prison which frightened her when he described his desire for her. After Reed is released, more suggestive letters are sent to Ella - did Reed send them? Ella doesn't know what to think - does Reed want to hurt her or does he feel the electricity for her that she feels for him?Besides Reed and Ella's relationship, there are secondary characters that make this a well-rounded and complete story. The question is who framed Reed and there are many suspects which makes the book exciting to the very last page.If you have read another Beverly Barton book, Lone Wolf's Lady, the hero from that book, Luke, also was sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit and he and the heroine work together to solve the mystery. This book also has several "steamy" scenes.

When Spring Creek, Alabama's worst bad boy finally makes parole after fifteen years of imprisonment, someone's eager to send Reed Conway back to those steel bars. Indeed, perhaps the same someone who framed him for the murder of his abusive stepfather, Junior Blalock, in the first place. While everyone in town knew the evil intent of his stepfather, Reed was one who badly beat the older man, and it was his knife found at the murder scene with only his fingerprints.Judge Ella Porter was only a teenager when Reed was convicted. Her father was a DA then, moving onto becoming a senator while she now presides in Spring Creek's court. Shortly following Reed's release, Ella receives sexually titillating, anonymous letters richly reminiscent of the letters Reed sent her to taunt her father fifteen years ago. Despite Reed's prostrations of innocence, when letters escalate into danger, the whole town seems determined to convict Reed a second time. As Ella and Reed join forces to discover the true killer, they find themselves drawn together in firey passion. Obviously, someone watches EVERY MOVE SHE MAKES, and will stop at nothing to keep Reed from uncovering the truth behind his conviction. Southern small town corruption and secrets come to light in Beverly Barton's EVERY MOVE SHE MAKES, revealing the hidden passions of love and murder. Intricately plotted, Barton presents a risk cast of suspects, from a senator to a mechanic, cutting across economics and politics a blistering combination. As tension builds between Ella and Reed, they find themselves torn between past and present, truth and lies, danger and passion. Very highly recommended.

After fifteen years of being locked up in the Donaldson Correctional Facility for the murder of his odious stepfather, a crime he insists he never committed, the state of Alabama frees Reed Conway. Upon returning to his hometown of Spring Creek, his mother and his shy stepsister warmly welcome him. His mother works as a housekeeper to the in-laws of Senator Webb Porter, who resided on the bench when Reed was convicted of murder. Webb's wife Carolyn is very upset with the parole of Reed. Webb's daughter, Judge Ella Porter, receives an unsigned "love letter" that is similar to the ones Reed sent her fifteen years ago. Ella confronts Reed, but he insists he did not write nor send the letter and that the two he sent her fifteen years ago were out of rage at her father. Ella and Reed fall in love even as an unknown assailant begins a campaign of terror to frighten her so she will turn to her father so he can insure Reed returns to prison. EVERY MOVE SHE MAKES is a breathless regional romantic suspense novel with two star-crossed lovers having no chance of making it together due to a shared past and an unknown villain. The story line is crisp, but employs a questionable twist to keep the villain out of the mind's of the reader though in plain sight. Still, sub-genre fans will enjoy Beverly Barton's exciting tale that never slows down for a moment.Harriet Klausner