BOOK REVIEW- ALWAYS A SUSPECT

BOOK REVIEW- ALWAYS A SUSPECT-  After the deaths of two husbands and a fiancé, Claire Saint-Ange is branded the Widow Spider in her coastal Maine town. Tormented by threatening phone calls and desperate to prove her innocence, Claire hires a P.I. But her attraction to the rugged investigator poses an even greater threat. She can’t risk losing someone she cares about… not again. Never again.   Two tragic losses cause federal agent Michael Quinn to submit his resignation, but he’s forced into one last gig—spend Christmas investigating the widow’s connection to her last husband’s drug smuggling. Uncovering this lovely, mysterious woman’s darkest secrets should be just an assignment, but her gentle soul and passion break down his walls and make him long to believe in her innocence.  The frozen Maine landscape, deadly attacks, and shocking revelations test Claire and Michael at every turn—but it's the blazing desire between them that threatens their very lives.   AMAZON

The attraction between the MC's is almost immediate.  Even though "Quinn's" mind battles that attachment.  Everything points to her being the Widow Spider, not an innocent. But as time goes on, more mysteries, more attacks manifest.  Its confusing for both of them because nothing seems to fit together, they just can't connect the dots.   The whole town hated her, snubbed her, supected her, accused her. With very little real proof against her.  There was an exception or two but the hatred was well demonstrated.  There were plenty of twists and turns and people with their own agenda's in this story.   It did start out kind of slow in the beginning, and I wasn't sure if I was going to like that but I'm glad I continued because it was pretty good.
I wanted to talk about one of Quinn's supporters in the story.  Cruz is Quinn's swaggering,  handsome but good hearted friend and partner.  He adds to the story in the times that he shows up.   He likes women and they like him and he has a good sense of humor.  He also backs Quinn as much as he can.
I liked the addition of french but even better the meaning explained in the story as you read along.  Some authors that I have read don't always do that.    In addition there is sharing of their differing cultures, especially during Christmas.
It looks like Cruz gets his own story, which is good because he wasn't in this book all that much. There is an Excerpt of his story in "Never Surrender" (Book 1 of the TASK FORCE EAGLE series)


I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.