Secrets in a Small Town

By: Nicole Stiling

Narrated by: Hollis Elizabeth

Town manager Savannah Castillo has everything under control, just the way she likes it. But when she starts to receive unsolicited gifts and messages from a stranger, her life turns to chaos. Against her better judgment, Savannah accepts Deputy Chief Mackenzie Blake’s help in the investigation and is more than a little annoyed when Mackenzie suggests herself as a part-time, live-in bodyguard.

Savannah isn’t Mackenzie’s favorite person. She’s rude and entitled, and she always has to have the last word. Always. But when she and her daughter, Eliana, need help, protecting them becomes more than just a job. Mackenzie’s mission is to find the person harassing them before they cause real harm. Savannah’s fleeting and incredibly sexy smiles don’t make the task any easier, and there’s no time for distractions.

Not when someone waits in the shadows, watching and preparing to strike.

©2019 Nicole Stiling (P)2019 Bold Strokes Books Inc.

Really enjoyed this story

This is my first read of this author, but Hollis Elizabeth is one of my favorite narrators so I grabbed it. I really enjoyed this story and would have given it five stars except that, despite several false trails that leave the reader guessing about the bad guy, it was hard to believe the insistence of the cop that she was an excellent investigator when she failed several times to ask obvious questions or thoroughly gather information. Still, the characters are well developed and their back-and-forth fun to watch.

A solid read.

I was entertained and able to follow the storyline easily. definitely worth a credit.

Implausible

I had just listened to a later book by this author, “The heart of the storm”, which was pretty good. The older book was implausible and contrived. I also liked this narrator better on the later story, but found the voices annoying on this story.

Fan Fiction

I enjoyed the book, but quickly realized it was a OUAT fan fiction I had read a few years ago.

Nice Listen!

ok if I could I'd rate this I'd give it an overall score of 4.25 Stars. I enjoyed listening to it and it held my interest, but it was missing something for me. Maybe a little more emotion in the book would have made me feel more love for it or some better (and more detailed) sex scenes would have definitely helped :) it was good to hear Hollis Elizabeth again!