Wednesday, September 15, 2010

The Deadliest Sin-Caroline Richards

The Deadliest Sin
Caroline Richards
Kensington Brava, Sep 1 2010, $14.00
ISBN: 9780758242754

Although a spinster Julia Woolcott remains disturbed by her horrific past. She hopes to one day confront her adversary but for now uses photography as a means to forget while hiding behind the rustic haven her Aunt Meredith created for her because a man she does not know wants her dead.

When the chance to face her foe occurs, she jumps at it. Julia attends a house party in which she knows he will be there too. Julia and obsessed sad adventurer Alexander Strathmore meet. They are attracted to one another, but like her he is fixated on his goal of finding the map that displays the source of the Nile as the means of redemption for his ambition betraying another. That is the only reason he attends the house party. As Julia and Alexander argue, neither is aware of a maniac manipulating both of them, but each soon believes inside their personal psyche that together they are emotionally much stronger than apart.

This is a dark romantic suspense starring two flawed individuals with major psychological issues. The adventurer and the spinster make a daring duet but do they dare to love as neither feels they have earned the right for this feeling. Although some of Julia’s emotional issues are somewhat discarded without solution but fans will relish this exciting thriller with a diabolical villain whose machinations to separate the pair leave Julia and Alexander at risk if they fail to unite.

Harriet Klausner

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