I am by no means a prude and have no trouble reading or listening to sex scenes but when you aren't even out of the first chapter and the author has mentioned "throbbing cock" I'm pretty much done. Then sexual contact between a mother and a son that finishes it for me buh-bye ( )

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I read this book in one sitting...I just couldn't stop. This is the second book I've read by White, and I know that I'm going to have to find all her books.

I fell in love with Olivia from the beginning. Her strength, determination...she's a wonderful character. The book is about the survivor of a serial killer, the life she is fighting to build, and the connections she doesn't realize she has. The book has a very fast pace, one that keeps you moving from one chapter to the next. There are some slow parts, but they are spaced out enough, that it doesn't take away from the story.
As a warning, there are graphic, disturbing scenes, mostly as flash backs. It is about a serial killer after all, and White has a way with words that makes you feel like you are hearing the accounts first hand.
If you are in to crime novels and don't mind a little horror, this book is definitely for you! ( )

“Survival is a journey. It is the quest that underlies all stories. No matter the geography, or culture, or era, in one form or another, the story of survival is the same story we listen to, riveted, around the flames of the hunter’s fire. Or hear from the mouth of the astronaut returned from a burning spaceship, or from the woman who trumped cancer. We listen in the hopes of learning what magic they used to conquer a great beast, to deliver a decisive victory, to make it alone down the peaks of Everest alive . . .”



Wow, what a ride! This was probably the most suspenseful novel I’ve read this year so far.

Basically, it’s a story about survival: Olivia West, sole survivor of the “Watt Lake Killer” who died in prison, works anonymously on Broken Bar Ranch as its manager when a body is discovered. The victim’s remains have been put on display in the same way the dead killer used to do and weird things – coincidences? – begin to happen on Broken Bar Ranch.

A cop who worked on the side-lines of the original Watt Lake case – now dying from cancer – never believed the real killer had been apprehended and, thus, he’s out with his young daughter, Tori, to catch the right guy this time...



It’s hard to find fault with a book that’s as engaging and exciting as this one. Of course, it’s not high literature but it’s nearly perfect for what it is. At times, it shows that before this book, White wrote “romantic suspense” books for about ten years, e. g. when our heroine, Olivia, gets all excited reading:



“She was turned on by the masculine beauty of his prose, the clean, muscular sentences that bespoke a latent empathy in the author.”



Uhm... Right. This does read a bit weird to me but it’s easy to overlook because at no point does this book get boring: Frequent switches of perspectives and places take place but I always knew exactly what was going on which is a big plus for me. The backstory of the Watt Lake killer is told by means of a book written by Tori’s late mother and makes for chilling interludes.

Just like Tori...

“Tori’s vision was blurring, and she could hear her father’s deep, rhythmic snores coming from the other room. But she was unable to put her e-reader down.”

… this book kept me glued to my Kindle.



Highly recommended to anyone who likes to read a good thriller!



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**WARNING: A plot surrounding a serial killer but worth every bit the read**

SENSUALITY RATING: YES Profanity; YES violent sexual encounter

GENRE: Fiction; Contemporary; Thriller

SETTING: Canada; Broken Bar Ranch

CENTRAL FEMALE CHARACTER: OLIVIA – a survivor; a manager; attractive.

CENTRAL MALE CHARACTER: COLE – getting off the bottle; needs to be forgiven

SYNOPSIS: Olivia was the only one that survived being captured by the serial killer. She has settled into a new life UNTIL symbols of her first capture start to appear in various places around the ranch that she manages. Gage, a retired Mountie, knows that they never got the real killer. He and his daughter Tori had lost wife/mother 6 months ago. Tori blames herself. Cole returns home to see his dying father. He has carried the burden of what happened to his mother and brother ever since the accident.

WHAT I LIKED: The plot was totally realistic. Realistic events and setting.

WHAT I DID NOT LIKE: Kept me on the edge of my seat. What is there “not” to like?

OVERALL RATING: (5) stars because very realistic. Always keep your doors locked. ( )