After ten years of looking over her shoulder, Jillian
Carter is tired of running. When she saw
a crime committed the night of her High School graduation, Jillian was young
and scared, and when instinct told her to flee, she did. Now she’s finally ready to go back home to
right a wrong and finally put the past behind her.
Young as he had been when they were together, Colton
Brady had loved Jillian Carter with all of his being. He could never understand her sudden
disappearance, and he certainly could never forget the girl he had wanted to
spend the rest of his life with. He even became a cop for the sole purpose of finding her, but Jillian had changed her identity and ultimately had been too good at hiding. Her
friends, Alexia and Serena, seem convinced that something had scared Jillian
badly enough to get her on the first bus out of town, and that whatever it was
had recently put all of their lives in danger.
When Jillian is attacked at the airport mere minutes
after arriving home, Colton can’t help but concede that whatever she saw,
someone clearly wants to silence her; but when Jillian accuses Colton’s uncle of
murder, will family honour take precedence over claims of his High School
sweetheart?
As they work together to discover the truth (Jillian
believes Senator Frank Hoffman guilty of murder, Colton works to prove his
innocence), it soon becomes clear that their long ago love is not in the past
at all; but with an even bigger secret Jillian has been keeping for ten years,
could Colton ever forgive her and give their rekindled love a chance?
When A Secret Kills
by Lynette Eason is the third and
final instalment of the Deadly Reunions series. After ten years of running, hiding and
learning to take care of herself, Jillian Carter is finally ready to come home
and face her demons; especially with her secret risking the lives of her best
friends, Alexia and Serena. With recent
attempts on both of their lives, Jillian knows the time for the truth is at
hand. She expects danger, she expects
opposition, but what she does not expect is for the love of her life to pick her
up at the airport. After running away
without so much as a goodbye, Jillian doesn’t know what to expect from Colton,
but one thing is certain; they have unfinished business.
Colton won’t believe his uncle is guilty of murder, as
Jillian claims. He agrees to help her
discover the truth of that long ago night, if only to prove his uncle’s
innocence. With attempt upon attempt on
Jillian’s life, Colton admits that she knows something that someone is willing to kill for, but when attempts
are made on his own life Colton’s faith in his uncle’s innocence is
strengthened. His uncle would never see
him harmed… would he?
When A Secret Kills is a fast paced, action packed read, even more intense
than its predecessors. Jillian is
literally running for her life from the very first page, and the danger
continues throughout the novel. There is
a ten year old mystery to be solved, and danger mounts as the puzzle pieces
start to come together.
It was great to finally meet Jillian and as a character she
did not disappoint. She’s tough as nails
yet has a very believable vulnerability about her. I enjoyed the interaction between Jillian and
Colton, but just wish there was more interaction between the three ladies of
the novels. For best friends these three
spend hardly any time together after finally being reunited after years
apart. It would have been nice to
finally see the three of them together. I
wish Serena and Alexia had bigger roles in this novel, but as it is their men
seemed to play a bigger part.
While both Jillian and Colton are believers, there is
much less focus on faith than the previous two books, something I sorely
missed. The majority of this book was
more action than religious fiction. Even
so, When a Secret Kills is by no means a disappointment, rather a very
satisfying conclusion to the trilogy.
Product information:
Title: When A Secret Kills
Author: Lynette Eason
Pages: 352
Publisher: Revell
Year: 2013
ISBN:
0800720091
ISBN13: 9780800720094
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