BOOK REVIEW- The Girl Who Wouldn't Stay Dead (Harlequin Intrigue Book 1816) by Cassie Miles

    After more than one attempt is made on her life








an old friend steps in as her protector...


























Emily Benton-Riggs would be dead if her best friend hadn’t shown up in time. Someone doesn’t want her to inherit her ex-husband’s Aspen estate, and now attorney Connor Gallagher won’t let the widowed art dealer out of his sight. Emily has always had powerful feelings for Connor. As they give in to the desire flaring between them, she suddenly has the best reason of all to fight for her life.
AMAZON  5 STARS

What a great story..I loved every minute of it.  It kept me on the edge of my seat throughout.  It had really enjoyable main characters, PLENTY of action and surprises and more than enough bad guys or girls to fill in the suspect list.  Of course there were also some pretty good "good guys and gals" as well.  There is also a touch of romance as well. 
Emily had quite the difficult life but she had managed to make some successes in it too.  She had made solid friends and could number Conner as one of them.   Of course although he had honored hs best friend's marriage to Emily he still has loved her from a far for quite some time.  Emily's ex, Jamison was someone that Conner had begun to suspect wasn't quite on the level in some of his business dealings.  And when Conner began to ask questions, Jamison changed lawyers.  It doesn't take too long after Jamison's death to find out he had a lot of stuff going on.  
Emily had been faithful throughout her marriage but did have a moment or two of attraction to Conner while still married.   Neither one of them acted on it but did become friends.  And that friendship does strengthen as they both try to figure out who is trying to kill Emily and why.  Conner proves himself on her side time and again, even though a time or two he does make a minor mistake or two. Emily has had to be self sufficient/independent and will not put up with being out of the loop when it comes to knowing what's going on. 
I really appreciated the cast of characters list at the beginning of the book.  There is a dramatic end to the story with several additional twists.  Like I said, what a great story!