Second Chance Colton
Marie Ferrarella
Harlequin Romantic Suspense, Oct 1 2015, $5.50
ISBN: 9780373279371
After a stint with the Marines, Ryan Colton returned home to
become a homicide detective with the Tulsa Police Department. He becomes very concerned when a vandal
commits several acts at his family’s Lucky C Ranch that recently escalated to
dangerous levels with a fire and a house invasion that led to the beating of
his still in a coma mom.
TPD Forensic Lab Chief Susie Howard informs Ryan that a stable
break-in contained DNA evidence that points to his sister Greta as the culprit. Angry and disbelieving of Susie’s assertion,
Ryan challenges her contention, but retesting affirms her initial finding. Recalling a decade ago to when he and Susie
were in love, but Ryan abandoned her when he deployed. Still believing he did the honorable thing by
the woman he will always love, Ryan and Susie were stunned when she joined TPD
four years ago. Forensics at the
bunkhouse murder scene of ranch hand Kurt Rodgers also names Greta as the only
suspect. As the former lovers
investigate the homicide and vandalism that increasingly means arresting Greta;
each realizes they remain in love with the other.
The fifth Coltons of Oklahoma (see The Temptation of Dr. Colton by
Karen Whiddon and Protecting the Colton Bride by Elle James) is a gripping
second chance at love police procedural.
Although Ryan’s failure to recuse himself from a case involving his
sibling seems unlikely especially in a big city police department and readers
will suspect early on what truly happened; Marie Ferrarella provides a tense
romantic suspense.
Harriet Klausner
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