Echo Springs #1
Leisl Leighton
Reviewed by Helen
I really enjoy a good romantic suspense and this is the start of a series, set in a small country town Echo Springs, close to Dubbo in New South Wales, and when Erika Hanson gets a worrying text message from her brother Peter and then no answers back Erika decides that it is time to return to Echo Springs her home town, the town she left sixteen years ago and this is going to open up a lot of heartache for her will she be strong enough to cope?
Erika ran away when she was sixteen after struggling to live with her grandmother after the death of her parents in an horrific accident that left her scared mentally, you see Erika is extremely bright and needed to be helped not put down, she had a best friend in Hartley Cooper who seemed to understand her, but she needed to go and now she is back worried about her brother and Hartley Cooper is now a policeman and he informs her that her brother has been killed in a drug lab explosion and Erika is now forensic pathologist, she goes all out to prove her brother innocent.
Hartley is shocked when he discovers Erika in the interview room at the police station, she left him broken hearted years before and he has not heard anything about her since and now it looks like they will be working together to uncover the truth about her brother Peter and get to the bottom of what is going on in the quiet town, but can Hartley keep his feelings to himself and protect Erika.
This is a fast paced story which had me turning the pages firstly with Erika and Hartley getting closer and Erika finally coming to terms with her emotions and what caused her to run from her cruel grandmother, she has become a strong woman who is confident in herself even if she speaks without thinking at times, and Hartley what a caring hero he is the love he shows Erika had me smiling and then the murders, the drugs, the investigation is heating up with danger everywhere. I really enjoyed this one thank you MS Leighton for a fabulous story and a great HEA, now to read book 2
4/5 stars for a great story
Published
September 4th 2018
by Escape Publishing
