The Truth about Elyssa

I loved this book from the first page to the last. Very satisfying and enjoyable read with all the elements I look for in a romantic suspense novel. Fast-paced and taut suspense, unique and engaging characters. Very entertaining!

At last! A heroine who isn't red-haired, feisty, and too beautiful to live. A hero who isn't rude, swaggering, or self-absorbed. Elyssa and Brett are two wonderful, caring people who deserve to overcome the traumas of their pasts and find happiness with each other.Lorna Michaels has written a compelling mystery plot wrapped around the can't-be-but-must-be romance of a strong, sensitive hero and a determined, loving heroine. The characters are people you know, good people you root for. The dialogue is fresh, forward-moving, and often funny. The sex scenes are delicious!

TV newswoman Elyssa Jarmon's life if changed after a car wreck in which her friend Randy Barber is killed. She's started a new career and is rebuilding her life when she meets sexy Dr. Brett Cameron. That same day she's given information suggesting the wreck that ended Randy's lfe and her career wasn't an accident. Elyssa can't remember anything that happened after she got into Randy's car. Now she begins a quest to find out the truth. As she and Brett become involved, he warns her away from her investigation, but she won't be swayed. As a killer stalks her, she's also falling in love...with a man who has his own secrets. This book is a blend of romance and suspense that keeps you reading page after page to learn The Truth About Elyssa.

The moment TV news reporter Elyssa Jarmon accepts a ride home from her friend, Randy Barber, her life is never the same. A Chevy tails Randy's Toyota, and rams it from behind, sending it hurling down an embankment. Her fellow reporter is dying. Elyssa scrambles from the wreckage to seek help only to stare into the face of the killer, who then tries to finish what he started.Two weeks later, Elyssa opens her eyes to discover herself in a hospital recovering from a car accident. Randy is dead. She has a broken collarbone, a concussion, her face is scared and her memory of that night is a total blank.Sixteen months later, with her face no longer perfect, Elyssa's TV news career is finished. Dressed as a clown, she now entertains children in the cancer unit of a hospital, where she meets Dr. Brett Cameron. A man who will not let her hide behind clown makeup. A man who wants her, just as she is, from the moment he sees her.After talking to Randy's widow, Elyssa wonders what big story her reporter friend might have been working on. What if his death wasn't accidental? She wants to remember everything.Elyssa sets out to find out what really happened the night Randy died. And she soon discovers that the closer she gets to remembering that night and the truth, the closer the same people that took Randy's life are to silencing her as well.This book is fast paced suspense wrapped around solving a murder and uncovering a big story. Sandwiched between the pages is the wonderful, warm, growing love of Elyssa and Brett, two wounded souls who deserve and find happiness. And the lessons each must learn in order to let go of the past and reach out for love. Murder, amnesia, intrigue, suspense, conflict, and a happy romantic ending--just what a reader enjoys.