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Dear Ms. Novak:
I liked the first book in this series, Trust Me, and I’ll definitely read the last book in this trilogy but the second entry, Stop Me, had issues that were difficult for me to overcome. The suspense part of the book was very good but the romance felt forced.
Jasmine Stratford receives a box with a bracelet that once belonged to her younger sister, taken from the family sixteen years ago. In the box was a note that said “Stop Me.” Jasmine decides to go to New Orleans on the basis of the cancellation stamp on the package to search for more clues about her sister’s disappearance. Once there, Jasmine learns of Romain Fornier and his daughter’s abduction, sexual assault and ultimate murder. Fornier, a former military man, had shot his daughter’s abuser when it looked like the pedophile was going to get off on a technicality.
He spent a few years in prison and once released, went into social isolation. You did a good job, in just a chapter or so, of setting up Fornier as a man cut off from the world. Then I am confronted …
This is my first Novak book and I am happy to say it won’t be my last. I’ve been fortunate to read some good romantic suspense released this month and yours was right up there with the best of them.
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