I found Emma to be a good female lead. She is strong, smart, and likable. Even when she was being threatened, Emma was never truly afraid. In fact, she had spunk about her. Which I liked a lot. In regards to Connor, who doesn't love a good strong man that is easy on the eyes. Emma keeps Connor on his toes. Yet, when it came to the romance, it was "fine". It was not earth shattering or fog up your glasses type of hot but Connor and Emma did have sparks. The scenes were quick and short. As if the author did not want the romance between Emma and Connor to get too much in the way of the overall story. A quick read. I did enjoy this book but not as much as the first one. ( )

This was a super romantic suspense that started with Emma being lured back to the little town she had left 20 years earlier after her father had assassinated the U.S. President. Her mother moved her and her twin away changed their names and gave them a quiet, normal life. But when Emma started to get newspaper clippings about the shooting, she wanted to find out why they were being sent and by who. So when she got a job offer from the Public Defenders office in the small town, she accepted it right away. Little did she know, she would be walking into a dangerous situation.

When Conner met Emma, he was immediately attracted to her, even though she was not the least bit friendly to him. She's was really quite snippy. You see, she was annoyed that he hadn't told her that he was the sheriff. Even though he wanted to get to know Emma, she wasn't making it easy on him. Factoring in his bad feelings about relationships because of his cheating wife and subsequent divorce, this relationship did not start off well.

Emma was a very smart woman and a terrific lawyer. She knew the law so well that she was able to get her clients off in such a way that she made it look easy. For her, it was. She was kind to people that most thought of as losers. She could see their potential and gave them a chance to make their lives better.

I didn't want to put this intriguing mystery down. With all the surprising twists, I hated for it to end. But the ending was great leaving me surprised to find out who the villain was. The only thing that bothered me about this story was that it took so long to find out why she left New York and went to Florida.

I was lucky to have won this book in a giveaway and highly recommend it. ( )