Once I started reading this novella, I didn't want to put it down until I had finished. It is the second in this series, but I did not have any problem reading the book. There did not seem to be any information that I was missing in order to enjoy the story.

This story was non-stop action right from the beginning. Zane and Stevie work together in the police department which has been quite busy in this little town. They are called on Christmas Day when a dead body is found at the local motel and before long they are trying to solve two different murders that are possibly linked. The first is a local girl and someone has already confessed to that murder. The link is a computer USB that shows the same man putting the body of a young woman in the back of his truck, who looks like the woman who was found dead in the hotel. After one more murder, Zane and Stevie are not much closer to the truth.

There is also romance in the story with Stevie and Zane being a couple. The relationship between the pair worked well. I never felt that anything was forced or sappy. The excitment in this story really built until the very end and I was almost holding my breath before it was over.

I would highly recommend this novella to others. This is the first time that I have read any of Kendra Elliot's work but I plan to look for her books in the future.

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. ( )

Christmas morning takes a gruesome turn in Solitude, Oregon when police chief Zane Duncan receives a call. A young woman's body has been found in a motel room. This is the second body found within a week. The problem? The killer of the first young woman is already in custody.

It seems that the small town has more than one killer loose and it's only a matter of time before more bodies turn up. Will Chief Duncan find the second killer before it is too late?

I really enjoyed this novella from Kendra Elliot. This is the second novella in the Rogue Winter series. I really hope there are more to come!

I received this book courtesy of Good Reads First Reads Giveaway. ( )

Great book

This was a fast and good read. I hope there are more in this series of books. I liked the characters and the plot. ( )

Interesting idea, pretty good murder mystery

The occasional scenes animated with GIFs is an interesting addition to the story. The small town murder mystery plot was fairly well written, though it took a bit too long for Zane to put the pieces together in one particular instance. ( But I won't say more. Spoilers.) ( )

Melinda Leigh and Kendra Elliot team up again to bring us more of the Taylor family and the trouble that keeps coming to Rogue River.

Its been 7 months and Stevie has still not 100% committed relationship wise to Zane. The two are called out to a murder at a hotel of a young girl and realize that the killer they had arrested for another murder (from Melinda's book) either had committed more murders than they thought or there was another killer out there. Through out the investigation and interviewing of witness and suspects they come to realize there are a lot of shady and bad things going on in there sleepy little town.

As with the other books in this series the mystery/murder/suspense that starts in Melinda's book isnt fully solved/concluded until Kendra's (or vice versa).

I've enjoyed all the books from these two author's separately for years and was excited when they teamed up to write the Rogue River series and even more excited to see they were going to team up again to give us more of Carly Taylor and Seth (Melinda) and Stevie Taylor and Zane (Kendra) along with a new murder/mystery to be solved.

(ps.. its so hard to write separate reviews for these two books as they are closely connected. Bottom line I really liked both books and hope we get more stories from these two about the Taylor family) ( )