OMG ! What and intense and riveting read this was! " I was on the seat of my pants the entire time until the end." Omg ! I am still reeling for this book even after reading it.

Talk about complicated characters "well", this one was loaded with them as they were all mysterious and dangerous and all held mind blowing secrets.

I cannot explain how much I loved this story as it was complicated and intriguing and mysterious and one that you knew eventually would turn into one heck of a complex love triangle. There were parts unraveling throughout the story I did not see coming.All the characters simply amazing,The plot itself was a little unnerving but, drew you in from the very first pages so much so you could not put it down."The ending omg ! what a shocker and had there been another book I would have picked it up a dove right back in again and would have huddle under the covers in bed and not come out until that book was finished too."I can't wait to see what happens next.The story mind boggling at times it was a bit confusing but, when turned the pages and the story start unfolding the players all started making sense.

Final thoughts

"This is the best romantic suspense read for us so far for 2020! " "We didn't want the story to end!"

• Let's start of by saying the more that we read by this author the more we fall in love with her works as she creates these amazing characters that suck you right in from the onset of their stories and we can't help but, fall and love with the characters that she gave us to read about.This story took us on one heck of a joyride and we loved every bit of it.
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• This story was dark and dangerous full of twists and turns and some really big surprises but, most of all it was hot as he**.One women two men where they could not be any different yet one in the same but,one has a conscience and the others is questionable. I loved Brede,Aden and Blair as all of their stories are heart wrenching and some more then others but, one women is bound to easy some of their pain.
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• Two men compete for one women but, only one wants to win her virginity and the other her heart and one he can't live without.The story was gripping and captivating and kept you glued to the pages the entire time but, it was also filled will abuse,murder,deception ,erotic sexual play and a whole lot of chemistry and one that was highly emotional that the reader could not help feel their pain as it was so heart wrenching to hear all that they have survived."We loved it!"
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• I got to say that we loved that Blair was a women of strength and one to admire for all the trials she survived and Brede was the bad boy biker for hire that I fell head of heels for from the onset of the story and was rooting team Brede all the way!
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• A recommended read to all as you won't be able to put it down as I sure as heck wasn't able to ! 
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• grins..

* Water from My Heart Charles Martin
Favorite #1 Best Overall Fiction Book of 2015
Movie-Worthy, 10 Stars  

*Concussion  Jeanne Marie Laskas
#1 Best Non-Fiction of 2015,
Best Sports Medicine/Football
Memoir & Biography, Best Book- Movie Adaptation

*Pretty Girls  Karin Slaughter
Best Crime Thriller  "Slaughter at her Finest"

*Pretty Baby  Mary Kubica 
Best Hypnotic Psychological  Suspense Thriller

*Wherever There Is Light  Peter Golden
Best Book -to -Big Screen Adaptation

*Descent   Tim Johnston
Best High-Wire Literary Thriller

*The Nightingale  Kristin Hannah
Best Historical Fiction (Sisters)

*Ashley Bell  Dean Koontz
Best Mystical Literary Fiction

*The Secret Wisdom of the Earth   Christopher Scotton
Best Coming -of- Age Debut

*The Bone Tree  Greg Iles
Best Modern Southern Trilogy

*The Guilty  David Baldacci
Best Audiobook (tie), Best of the Will Robie Series
Best Double-Twist Climax

*Memory Man  David Baldacci
Best Audiobook (tie), Best Baldacci Novel to date,
Best new series (Amos Decker)

*The Crossing  Michael Connelly
Best Audiobook (tie), Best Collaboration: Haller/ Bosch, Welliver /Connelly

*The Daylight Marriage Hedi Pitlor
 Best Psychological Family Drama
Ideal Book-Film Adaptation

*The Mistake I Made  Paula Daly
Best Domestic Indecent, Proposal Suspense
Cover Love

*Constant Fear  Daniel Palmer
Best Audiobook (tie), Best Father/Son Action,
Adventure Suspense Thriller

*Broken Promise  Linwood Barclay
Best Cliffhanger Mystery Thriller Suspense Series

 *Follow You Home  Mark Edwards
Best Horror Suspense Thriller

*Trauma  Michael Palmer, Daniel Palmer
 Best Medical Suspense Thriller

*Life or Death  Michael Robotham
Best Tour de Force of Crime Writing 
Exceptional-Masterful

*Trust No One  Paul Cleave
Best Clever Character Development, Best Twisted
Dark Humor, Best Male Protagonist (Alzheimer’s)

*Woman of the Dead Bernhard Aichner
Best Female Vigilante Justice

*Lavina  Mary Marcus
Best Southern Gothic, infused
with music, history, injustice

*The Pocket Wife  Susan Crawford
Best Eye-Catching Cover, Best psycho-
contemporary debut (Bipolar)

*Pretending to Dance  Diane Chamberlain
Best emotionally driven exploration of
family, lies, secrets & moral dilemma (MS)

* The Letter  Kathryn Hughes
Best Audiobook (tie), Best Historical Romance Fiction

*The Forever Bridge  T. Greenwood
Best Literary Suspense Fiction

*Center of Gravity  Laura McNeill
Best Southern Domestic Psycho-Suspense

*Friction Sandra Brown
 Best Romantic Suspense

*Hades Candice Fox
Best Standout International Crime Thriller Debut Series

*See Me  Nicholas Sparks
Best Storyline Made for Hollywood

*The Ones We Trust  Kimberly Belle
Best Contemporary Conspiracy Suspense

*I’ll Never Let You Go  Mary Burton 
Best Flawed Law Enforcement Family
"Morgans of Nashville "

*The Lake House  Kate Morton
Best Unsolved Multi-Generational Family Mystery

*Wonderland  Jennifer Hillier 
Best Thriller Cover, Best Halloween Whodunit

*Losing Faith  Adam Mitzner
Best Legal Thriller meets
psychological game of power

*Shady Cross James Hankins
Best Ex-Con Kidnapper in a Mystery Crime Thriller

*Under Color of Law  Sylvie Fox
Best Witty Suspense Legal Crime Political Series

*The Bullet  Mary Louise Kelly
(tie) Best Audiobook, Best Action Thriller &
Female Protagonist

*The Short Drop  Matt FitzSimmons
Best Debut Political Crime Techno Thriller

*Inside the O’Briens  Lisa Genova
Best Medical/Domestic, Family Drama (HD)

*The Wednesday Group   Sylvia True
Best Women's Contemporary Psychological Fiction Debut

*Before the Storm  Leslie Tentler
Best New Romantic Suspense Series

*Under a Dark Summer Sky   Vanessa Lafaye
Best Southern Historical Fiction Debut  (Florida Keys)
love, racial & social tensions

*Passing Through Perfect  Bette Lee Crosby
Best Southern Fiction, Best Southern Storyteller

*The Promise of Home Darcie Chan
 Best Women's Fiction/Suspense Series

*Tox-Sick  (NF)  Suzanne Somers
Best Health, Wellness, Fitness, Alternative Medicine

*MJ: The Genius of Michael Jackson (NF) Steve Knopper
Best Celebrity Biography -King of Pop

*Where I Am (NF) Billy Graham
Best Spiritual/Inspirational

*Deliciously Ella  Ella Woodward (NF) 
Best Organic Plant-Based, Gluten-Free
Vegetarian Debut Cookbook

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About this author:

Iris Johansen is a New York Times bestselling author. She began her writing after her children left home for college. She first achieved success in the early 1980s writing category romances. In 1991, Johansen began writing suspense historical romance novels, starting with the publication of The Wind Dancer. In 1996 Johansen switched genres, turning to crime fiction, with which she has had great success. She had seventeen consecutive New York Times bestsellers as of November 2006.

She lives in Georgia and is married. Her son, Roy Johansen, is an Edgar Award-winning screenwriter and novelist. Her daughter, Tamara, serves as her research assistantbook synopsis:

Eve Duncan is the most sought-after artist in the field of forensic sculpting. Dedicated to her work ever since her daughter Bonnie was taken and killed at the age of seven, Eve feels a sense of duty to those whose lives were lost and whose bones are now in her hands. When a sheriff in California contacts her with a request for help on the reconstruction of the skull of a nine-year-old girl whose body has been buried for eight years, his intensity and investment in the case puzzle her. But when the ghost of the girl begins communicating with her, Eve finds herself wrapped up in the case more intensely than she could have ever imagined. Not since Bonnie has Eve had such an experience, and suddenly she finds herself determined to solve the murder and help the little girl find peace. Except that the killer is still out there, and he knows Eve is on the case. And he won’t rest until anything and anyone that could reveal his identity is eliminated

what did I think of the cover: I love it, there's something about the cover that just pulled me in to it that made mw what to pick up the book.

What did I think of the main characters: I instantly felled in love with Eve Duncan  and her boyfriend  Joe Quinn, loved how it seemed to me that they know what each other was thinking, and how no matter what happened in this story they was there for each other.

What did I think of the story:

First I want to say thinks to Iris Johansen  and her publishers as well to  my Goodreads group Mysteries & Crime Thrillers, and to their blog MCT , for letting me request an ACR of this great book in a change for my honest opinion. So with that said let's get on to what I thought: What can I say OMG I loved it even though its the first time I've ever read any thing by Iris Johansen and even though this is book 19 of the Eve Duncan series ,I'm still glad that I decided to pick it up, because for a while now I've be think about picking up this series but at the same time I was also afraid that I might not like it, but when I found out that my goodreads group Mysteries & Crime Thrillers had copies of this ARC to request I went head and requested it, and once again I have to say that I'm glad I did, there was something about this story that had me form the start, it just kept pulling me into the story, loved how it has a touch of the supernatural that made parts of the story feel unearthly, but that's just some of the stuff that kept me coming back to it, because I had to find out what happen, who killed the little girl and why, and I loved reading about Eve's job, because this is the first book I've read that the main character worked in the field of forensic sculpting and that even kept me coming back for more, it made everything more real .What can I say everything about this book had my hooked from the star, it just wouldn't let me stop reading, it was, awesome, amazing, and stunning at the same time, and when a book it like that it keeps me coming back for more of that series, which means as soon I can I'll be picking up book one to this really great series.