Echo
Lake
Carla
Neggers
Mira, Jan 27 2015, $7.99
ISBN: 9780778317432
Former diplomat Vic Scarlatti retires to Knights Bridge. He hires Sloan & Sons Construction to
renovate his historical home that overlooks Echo Lake. Ignoring the objections of her overly
protective five brothers Heather Sloan leads the restoration. Additionally due to unnerving incidents, Vic
asks his friend Diplomatic Security Service agent Brody Hancock to investigate
if someone threatens him; while his doubting protégé expands that to protecting
his former mentor though that means going home to a place he swore as a teen
never to return.
Adding to Brody’s infuriation at being back in his birth town is
constantly running into the Sloan siblings who he loathed when he last resided
here. However more exasperating is
seeing Heather almost every day as Brody is very attracted to her; she
reciprocates but doubts he has any staying interest in her.
The fourth Swift River Valley romantic mystery (see Cider Brook,
That Night On Thistle Lane and Secrets of the Lost Summer) is a pleasant second
chance (loose definition) at love starring two total opposites. The wintry Massachusetts background is
picturesque as the audience will believe they are chasing Vic’s canine in the
snow alongside underdressed for the weather Heather. However, the appealing novel also feels
overly busy with too many albeit well-written subplots distracting from the
fabulous main storyline.
Harriet Klausner
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