Kill Me Again (Secrets of Shadow Falls, 2)

Veteran romantic suspense author Shayne intrigues readers once again with her latest compelling read, complete with a handsome author and a woman with a painful past. Olivia Dupree is living a quiet life in a small Vermont town where she works as a local college professor and lives with her faithful companion, her dog Freddy. But when she finally gets the opportunity to meet her favorite author at a local book signing, she is thrilled. When the author never shows up at the book signing and is found injured and unconscious, Olivia is surprised that he has amnesia. Author Aaron Westhaven is every bit as good-looking and charismatic as Olivia anticipated. As the pair fights their attraction for one another, Olivia fears that her life may be in danger as her mysterious past collides with her present idyllic life. As Aaron and Olivia try to discover who might have wished both of them harm, they grow increasingly closer to one another even as Aaron learns some unwelcome truths about himself. Sizzling romance fills the pages even as the mystery and intrigue escalate. Intense suspense is filled with captivating twists and turns which will keep readers glued to the pages until the explosive conclusion.

The first thing I want to say is be still my heart. For a minute, I had forgotten that Olivia was in the previous book, but once I got my mind on track and the action started happening, I was hooked. The story was awesome. I don't need to talk so much about the plot because others have and will. What I need to talk about are my feelings while reading the book. My heart started racing the minute Olivia walked into the hospital room and didn't stop until nearly the end. When I say the end, I mean that last four or five pages. To say that I'm waiting for book 3 would be serious understatement. Bring it on Ms. Shayne.

In Shadow Falls, Vermont two joy riding teenagers Samuel Overton and Kyle Becker find a wounded man in a field. He is rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment, but has no idea who he is as he suffers from amnesia due to his trauma. He did carry a business card of English professor Olivia Dupree in his pocket so the police call her to come to the hospital to see if she can identify him. Olivia cannot, but wonders if the amnesiac could be reclusive author Aaron Westhaven, whom she was to meet for the first time. They share a philosophy that life is a string of disappointments that is best run alone. After leaving the ailing hunk at the hospital, someone attacks Olivia in her home; more frightening is the name she hears, a name she has not heard anyone call her in sixteen years. Olivia and the man with no memory flee as unknown adversaries stalk them though she wonders if it is her or his past that has them on the run. Though amnesia is an anciently used technique, Maggie Shayne turns it into a strong feature of the latest Secrets of Shadow Falls romantic suspense (see Killing Me Softly and Kiss Me, Kill Me). Fast-paced from the moment the lead couple meets in the hospital and never slowing down, readers will wonder whose past has caught up with the protagonists. With a super twist, readers will fully enjoy this tense thriller. Harriet Klausner