BOOK REVIEW- Mountain Murder by Nichole Severn

  

Whispering Pines Ranch was supposed to be safe. Now it's a crime scene. Lance Whitcher lost everything when he came home from his last tour. After hitting rock bottom, he made the choice to find help at a vet recovery center in the middle of the Colorado mountains. But he never expected to become a bodyguard. Losing a patient forced Audrey Perrogni out of her trauma therapy practice and to confront her own needs for once. Whispering Pines promised healing, but finding a body in the middle of the woods wasn’t part of the plan. As a killer closes in, the past threatens to take control. And Audrey and Lance have no choice but to trust one another to survive.  

 

A story that has a very dramatic start and as scary as that was, I liked that.  It doesn't hurt that both Audrey and Lance are really interesting people going through emotional times.  

The danger to Audrey is real and the killer is way more secretive and skilled than they expected.  Lance has the skills and the desire to protect Audrey but he just isn't sure that he's dependable enough.  Dependable meaning that because of his past, he fears falling into dangerous flashbacks where friends become the enemy.  And there are times when that is a valid concern. 

I liked the friendship between Audrey and Lance that turns into a careful romance.  And how the community that they are living in rallies around them. 

The action at the end holds quite the dangerous, surprise twist heading to a dramatic ending. 

 

 “I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”