When millionaire Paul Wheeler is murdered in an attempted robbery in an elevator at a plush hotel, the consequences ripple out. Derek Mitchell, a renowned and high-priced defense attorney, is hired to protect the interests of Paul's family. His supposed mistress is also a possible suspect.

But Derek has a connection with Julie Rutledge, the supposed mistress, the compromises his defense of Paul's brother, sister-in-law and nephew Creighton. Julie seduced Derek on an airplane coming back from France in the hopes of compromising him.

When Derek learns who Julie is and after taking a strong dislike to Creighton, Derek switches sides, drops the Wheelers, and agrees to defend Julie despite not knowing if he can believe her when she says she had nothing to do with Paul's death.

This twisty story has Julie keeping a lot of secrets but not nearly as many as Creighton. Creighton is an apparent golden boy who lives a charmed life and is obsessed with movies. He is also a complete psychopath which he has almost hidden from the world.

As Derek and his investigator probe into Creighton's life, the hidden things begin to be revealed. However, it is a near thing keeping him from completing his murderous plans.

This one was a complete page-turner filled with action, danger, twists and turns. ( )

There were a couple nice twists within this fast moving mystery romance but on the whole, too much romantic passion and not enough passionate mystery. The killer is as annoying as he is evil and obviously guilty from the get go. His habit of spouting movie quotes wears thin really fast—especially since the lines chosen are mostly over-played before appearing in the story (first line quoted is the box of chocolates line from Forest Gump—knew I was in trouble at that point). Every description feels like it is mundanely described twice as if that will make it more vivid instead of just using a clean fresh description. Maybe she’s just padding her word count. There are attempts to make you question who the killer is, but since the only other viable option presented is the romantic female lead, and you just know a happy ending is coming, so that limits the options really to one. I was practically praying for the irrational insertion of someone else just to make it interesting. The initial meeting and hook up of the romantic leads turns out to have occurred for such a ludicrous reason that I was angry for the rest of the book. Also frustrating that two adults who are supposedly at the top of their respective professional worlds (ace defense attorney and art gallery owner) seem to have the emotional maturity of twelve year olds. Especially frustrating is the male lead. Supposed to be the most sought after defense attorney in the country—which would seem to indicate a certain sharpness of mind—who loses any analytical ability the moment any distraction occurs. The conclusion does gather some steam…but by then I was just pushing through to finish it. Maybe I was creating my own steam. ( )

I really liked this book. she is becoming a favorite author! ( )

I really liked this book. she is becoming a favorite author! ( )

Very good, suspenseful thriller. A very surprise ending. ( )