Suspicions: A Twist of FateTears of Pride

by Lisa Jackson

Deception has many faces…

A Twist of Fate

When Kane Webster buys First Puget Bank, he knows he is buying trouble. Someone is embezzling funds, and the evidence points to the one woman he can't have. Kane never expected to feel such an intense attraction to Erin O'Toole—or to fall in love with her.

After her divorce, Erin has no desire to get involved with anyone, especially not her new boss. But she can't resist Kane Webster. Soon she's swept into a passionate affair with a man she barely knows…a man she already loves. But when she discovers Kane's suspicions, she must decide—can she stay with a man who suspects her of criminal intent?

Tears of Pride

Sheila Lindstrom is reeling from the aftermath of the devastating fire that claimed the life of her father and all but destroyed Cascade Valley Winery, the family's pride and joy. Without the insurance proceeds needed to rebuild the winery, Sheila risks losing everything to corporate monolith Wilder Investments.

When she confronts company president Noah Wilder, an undeniable attraction hits both of them with the force of a tidal wave. Will mistrust and deceit undermine this volatile union—or will love rise from the ashes?

Genres: Romance, Romantic Suspense, Contemporary

480 pages, Paperback

First published December 18, 2012

About the author

Lisa Jackson is the number-one New York Times bestselling author of over ninety-five novels, including the Rick Bentz and Reuben Montoya Series, the Pescoli and Alvarez Series, the Savannah series, and numerous stand alone novels. She also is the co-author of One Last Breath, Last Girl Standing, and the Colony Series, written with her sister and bestselling author Nancy Bush, as well as the collaborative novels Sinister and Ominous, written with Nancy Bush and Rosalind Noonan. There are over thirty million copies of her novels in print and her writing has been translated into twenty languages.

Before she became a nationally bestselling author, she was a mother struggling to keep food on the table by writing novels, hoping against hope that someone would pay her for them. Today, neck deep in murder, her books appear on The New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly national bestseller lists.

With dozens of bestsellers to her name, Lisa Jackson is a master of taking readers to the edge of sanity—and back—in novels that buzz with dangerous secrets and deadly passions. She continues to be fascinated by the minds and motives of both her killers and their pursuers—the personal, the professional, and the downright twisted. As she builds the puzzle of relationships, actions, clues, lies, and personal histories that haunt her protagonists, she must also confront the fear and terror faced by her victims and the harsh and enduring truth that, in the real world, terror and madness touch far too many lives and families.

Visit http://www.LisaJackson.com where you can find a Media Kit with photos and more information.

Reviews

[Bobbie Fisher · Rating 1 out of 5]

Didn’t finish the second story because it was exactly like the first one with different character names. Who falls in love at first sight & has sex immediately after meeting? Well, it is fiction. I enjoy reading Ms Jackson’s mystery/suspense fiction, but this was definitely not worth reading

[Holli · Rating 1 out of 5]

Just too racy for me

[Conni Harness · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good read if your preference is romance. The title fooled me, I thought I was reading suspense. But it was well written, good resolution at conclusion, that's all good. Hey #goodreads correct the page count, this book is well over 400 pages,not 12!!!

[Julie C-F · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought this is more from mystery genre but it was more of a romance book.

[Joyce · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kind of hokey. Both books were hard to believe. Romance just doesn't go that fast.

[Carolyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

So sorry this book was so boring and dull. I like this author but she is much too "one tracked" on the one. I could not get thru the second part at all.

[Angela]

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[Mary]

I love Lisa Jackson. But this was silly and awful.

[Martha Stellmach · Rating 3 out of 5]

Two romances in one!! Kind of fun!

[Melanie Chabrol- · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a 2 parter book with 2 different characters/scenarios, but definitely the title made sense.

Lisa Jackson has a way of tying love at first sight into this one,
A TWIST OF FATE.... Kane Webster buys Puget Bank and he knows there is trouble there, trying to find out who is embezzling funds he is trying to be professional as possible and get down to business until he meets the most beautiful girl on earth Erin, she has no desire to be with men, after all she has a bad track record of bad luck, but she cannot resist her new boss, knowing it is supposed to be professional they still meet and get together. Then they find out whom was the embezzler and they feel he had an accomplice and Kane thinks it is Erin is he really getting to know her because he is suspicious of her being involved or is it really love? gave this one a 4

TEARS OF PRIDE....
Sheila Lindstrom was always close to her father and after a devasting fire that killed her father in the fire, the insurance company thinks it was arson, all she ever grew up knowing about was the winery. Cascade has a great reputation. after meeting Jeff her ex, husband so quickly she has never dated and all she wants to do is keep the family name and make sure she makes her dad proud. she also has to think of Emily, her 8 y.o daughter. When she goes to Seattle she meets up with acting company president and the chemistry they first shared was undeniable. Who is telling the correct story? their get together is it part of the report or is it reality. either wau I think it was SUSPICOUS of what they really wanted. Will she and Noah get together or will it just be a charade?

[Carolyn E · Rating 4 out of 5]

Suspicions is a resurrection of two stories that were written by Lisa Jackson for Harlequin Books in 1983 and 1984. The basic stories were good; I enjoyed them. However, there were really too many "steamy" sexual encounters for my taste. In both of these stories, there was too much emphasis on the sexual relationships between the main characters, and not enough emphasis on the basic story. I probably would have enjoyed them more if I had read the book instead of trying to listen to it on CD.

[Nikki · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are 2 typical Harlequin romances in this book. There are times when that is just what you need to read, but this wasn't one of those times. The first one was very unbelievable. I work in a bank and there is no way that any management person would ever put himself in the position this guy did. The second one was better.

[Emily Higgins · Rating 2 out of 5]

2 novels written in the early ''80's. The male/female relationships are awkward in that the men take it for granted that the women will give in to their sexual demands with little resistance. There is not much "romance" to the stories. Lisa Jackson's later novels are much better than this.

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Two short stories-would rather have had o e longer one.

[Kerrie (Layton) Box · Rating 4 out of 5]

good book had some twist and turns I did not see coming. I always like to read her books when I need light read but keeps me quessing

[Bonniepowell55 · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was a love story rather than the thrillers that Lisa Jackson normally writes. It was a good story but not what I was expecting.

[Purple Osprey · Rating 2 out of 5]

This must be computer generated, there is no other explanation.
And both stories are identical.

[Harlequin Books]

Category: Suspense

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

While this was released in 2013, it is 2 books that were published in the 1980s.