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Cold Case at Camden Crossing
IN RITA HERRON'S COLD CASE AT CAMDEN CROSSING, THE OLD SAYING IS THE SMALLER THE TOWN, THE BIGGER THE SECRETS People in town believe Tawny-Lynn Boulder is the only reason the Camden Cross case went unsolved. She survived the bus accident that left several dead and two missing, but the severe trauma left her with amnesia. So when she returns to her family's ranch after seven years, Sherrif Chaz Camden presses her to help locate the girls who were never found-including his own sister. But someone in town is threatening to kill Tawny-Lynn to keep the case closed. Now she must trust that the sexy sheriff she once loved will protect her and show this murderer that in Camden, accidents don't happen…justice does.
220 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 19, 2013
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Rita Herron
321 books938 followersUSA Today Bestselling and award-winning author Rita Herron fell in love with books at the ripe age of eight when she read her first Trixie Belden mystery. But she didn’t think real people grew up to be writers, so she became a teacher instead. Now she writes so she doesn’t have to get a real job.
With over ninety books to her credit, she’s penned romantic suspense, romantic comedy and YA novels, but she especially likes writing dark romantic suspense and crime fiction set in small southern towns.
For more on. Rita and her titles, visit her at www.ritaherron.com. You can also find her on www.Facebook/ritaherron.com and Twitter.com/ritaherron.
With over ninety books to her credit, she’s penned romantic suspense, romantic comedy and YA novels, but she especially likes writing dark romantic suspense and crime fiction set in small southern towns.
For more on. Rita and her titles, visit her at www.ritaherron.com. You can also find her on www.Facebook/ritaherron.com and Twitter.com/ritaherron.
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December 22, 2014
Excellent book, I got so involved that I could not put it down. Tawny isn't happy about coming back to Camden Crossing, but someone has to deal with the ranch after her father's death. She left town as soon as she graduated from high school, unable to deal with the way people treated her after the accident. She was the only survivor, but thanks to a concussion and the trauma, she has no memory of the day the accident happened. All she knows is that her sister and one other girl are missing and everyone blames her for not remembering what she may have seen.
The first person she saw when she arrived was Chaz Camden, who is now the sheriff. Besides being the brother of her sister's best friend and the other missing girl, he was also the boy she'd had a crush on. She immediately notices the changes in him, and how sexy he has become. She's attracted to him, but can't forget the way that his family treated her after the accident. All she wants to do is get the property ready to sell and leave town. There's an unpleasant surprise waiting for her inside the house - a threatening message, written in blood. Then, on her way back to town from getting cleaning supplies, someone runs her off the road.
Chaz is stunned by the changes in Tawny. She's no longer the skinny kid that he remembers tagging along behind their sisters. When several members of the town want him to force her to leave town, he stands up for her, reminding them that she was a victim also. Chaz's own father is one of the most vocal, blaming Tawny for not helping find his daughter. On his way home from work that evening he finds Tawny's jeep in the ditch. He's disturbed to hear what happened and even more disturbed when he found the threats at her house. He's determined to find out who is behind them.
From here things just get more intense as both Tawny and Chaz turn their minds to investigating just what happened. At first, every question they get answered just brings up more questions. Then the attacks on Tawny become physical and more dangerous. Somebody clearly doesn't want her digging and they don't want her to have a chance to remember. Then one question starts a chain of events that brings answers no one expected and one I definitely didn't see coming. That wasn't even the end of it, as there was one more twist that I halfway suspected, but didn't want to believe.
The relationship that developed between Tawny and Chaz was one that did not go smoothly. Though he stood up for her, there were times that Chaz wondered if Tawny knew more than she was saying, but then he would feel guilty for thinking it. For the most part his protectiveness and the attraction he felt for her were his overriding feelings, to the point where he started to wonder if she would be willing to stay. He did have one bad point where he backslid and made accusations that he shouldn't have, but realized it once he cooled off. Tawny also found herself falling for Chaz, but couldn't see herself ever living in a town where so many hated her. At the end, Chaz realized the depth of his feelings when he nearly lost her. I loved seeing the way things worked out for them.
The first person she saw when she arrived was Chaz Camden, who is now the sheriff. Besides being the brother of her sister's best friend and the other missing girl, he was also the boy she'd had a crush on. She immediately notices the changes in him, and how sexy he has become. She's attracted to him, but can't forget the way that his family treated her after the accident. All she wants to do is get the property ready to sell and leave town. There's an unpleasant surprise waiting for her inside the house - a threatening message, written in blood. Then, on her way back to town from getting cleaning supplies, someone runs her off the road.
Chaz is stunned by the changes in Tawny. She's no longer the skinny kid that he remembers tagging along behind their sisters. When several members of the town want him to force her to leave town, he stands up for her, reminding them that she was a victim also. Chaz's own father is one of the most vocal, blaming Tawny for not helping find his daughter. On his way home from work that evening he finds Tawny's jeep in the ditch. He's disturbed to hear what happened and even more disturbed when he found the threats at her house. He's determined to find out who is behind them.
From here things just get more intense as both Tawny and Chaz turn their minds to investigating just what happened. At first, every question they get answered just brings up more questions. Then the attacks on Tawny become physical and more dangerous. Somebody clearly doesn't want her digging and they don't want her to have a chance to remember. Then one question starts a chain of events that brings answers no one expected and one I definitely didn't see coming. That wasn't even the end of it, as there was one more twist that I halfway suspected, but didn't want to believe.
The relationship that developed between Tawny and Chaz was one that did not go smoothly. Though he stood up for her, there were times that Chaz wondered if Tawny knew more than she was saying, but then he would feel guilty for thinking it. For the most part his protectiveness and the attraction he felt for her were his overriding feelings, to the point where he started to wonder if she would be willing to stay. He did have one bad point where he backslid and made accusations that he shouldn't have, but realized it once he cooled off. Tawny also found herself falling for Chaz, but couldn't see herself ever living in a town where so many hated her. At the end, Chaz realized the depth of his feelings when he nearly lost her. I loved seeing the way things worked out for them.
October 22, 2019
Tawny Lynn Boulder left town 7 years ago when she was the only girl on her soccer team that came out of the bus accident alive. Three girls on the team were killed and two were missing. Ruth and Peyton were the missing ones. Tawny Lynn had amnesia and the town blamed her for them not being able to find the missing girls. They figured if her memory came back then she would be able to tell them who took them. Apparently the killer thinks so too. Because now that Tawny Lynn is back in town someone has been trying to kill her or scare her out of town.
Tawny Lynn has come home because her father has passed away and he blames her for her sister Peyton being gone. She is going to clean up her dads house and sell it and leave town. She doesn't want to stay in a town that blames her for the missing girls.
Chaz is the new sheriff now and he believes in justice for all. He knows that Tawny Lynn was not treated fair and he tries to help her. He is set on finding who killed his sister Ruth and Tawny Lynn's sister Peyton.
A great book that you just can't put down I read the whole book in one setting, telling myself I will go to bed after the next chapter, then the next and so on until I was done. Awesome book well written and an emotional read. Job well done Rita Herron
Tawny Lynn has come home because her father has passed away and he blames her for her sister Peyton being gone. She is going to clean up her dads house and sell it and leave town. She doesn't want to stay in a town that blames her for the missing girls.
Chaz is the new sheriff now and he believes in justice for all. He knows that Tawny Lynn was not treated fair and he tries to help her. He is set on finding who killed his sister Ruth and Tawny Lynn's sister Peyton.
A great book that you just can't put down I read the whole book in one setting, telling myself I will go to bed after the next chapter, then the next and so on until I was done. Awesome book well written and an emotional read. Job well done Rita Herron
December 4, 2013
I don't usually read series romance, but it was Thanksgiving and I needed something to read at my folks's house. Meh. The suspense plot was OK, but two twenty-somethings falling into insta-love (and really, it happened in like 2 days! after just a handful of short conversations and one night of sex. Really???) doesn't really satisfy me. And the idea that almost everyone in the town hated the heroine for not being able to remember the accident strained credulity.
I had also forgotten how DRAMATIC the language is in the series books. People don't have normal reactions to things. Much of it is overblown. For example: the hero can't just be normally appalled at the actions of the villain; he has to be SOOOO ANGRY that he can barely restrain himself from punching the guy out. (etc. etc. etc.)
I had also forgotten how DRAMATIC the language is in the series books. People don't have normal reactions to things. Much of it is overblown. For example: the hero can't just be normally appalled at the actions of the villain; he has to be SOOOO ANGRY that he can barely restrain himself from punching the guy out. (etc. etc. etc.)
March 30, 2017
Sorry this a quick one:
One girl is dying every year. No one knows if it's a serial killer or they are related. But the closer yhey are getting to their reunion, more girls are dying and put in purposeful places to be found!
I was intrigued by this book and story caught my attention of these being cold cases - it was one I couldn't stop reading it's definitely one to read along with the series!!
One girl is dying every year. No one knows if it's a serial killer or they are related. But the closer yhey are getting to their reunion, more girls are dying and put in purposeful places to be found!
I was intrigued by this book and story caught my attention of these being cold cases - it was one I couldn't stop reading it's definitely one to read along with the series!!
August 15, 2019
Wow what a roller-coaster
Storyline was great, lots of twists, turns, suspense, and surprises. Characters and story developed nicely. Truth, justice, and friendship prevailed.
Storyline was great, lots of twists, turns, suspense, and surprises. Characters and story developed nicely. Truth, justice, and friendship prevailed.
December 26, 2019
Wow
Rita Herron always delivers the goods.She grabs hold of you from the very first page and doesn't let go until the very last one.Please keep them coming.
Rita Herron always delivers the goods.She grabs hold of you from the very first page and doesn't let go until the very last one.Please keep them coming.
September 22, 2016
Maybe I'm just not as good a person as I like to think I am, but there is NO WAY I'd even consider living in a town that treated me as poorly as they treated the main character (the sole survivor of a terrible school bus accident when she was a girl). I understand why she had to return temporarily; I would've done that. But I don't care if the man I fell in love with could trace his family back to that town for generations; I'd have to tell him that he could only be with me if he moved. So I guess that was one of my biggest problems with the book.
I found the characters interesting, although I didn't love how Chaz, as the sheriff and love interest, had no problem resorting to his - and the town's - past behavior of placing blame and then judging people before he had proof of his suspicions. Whatever happened to protecting the innocent and innocent until proven guilty?
Maybe I wouldn't have been so sensitive to this before all of the footage lately about black people being killed by cops all over the place (and yes, I know there are good cops out there; that's not my point). Now, when I read about a cop who is quick to judgement, I don't quite see him the same way. This is no longer the world of Keifer Sutherland's "24", where Machiavellian attitudes are praised. I totally would've given this at least one more star if I'd read it, say, two years ago.
I found the characters interesting, although I didn't love how Chaz, as the sheriff and love interest, had no problem resorting to his - and the town's - past behavior of placing blame and then judging people before he had proof of his suspicions. Whatever happened to protecting the innocent and innocent until proven guilty?
Maybe I wouldn't have been so sensitive to this before all of the footage lately about black people being killed by cops all over the place (and yes, I know there are good cops out there; that's not my point). Now, when I read about a cop who is quick to judgement, I don't quite see him the same way. This is no longer the world of Keifer Sutherland's "24", where Machiavellian attitudes are praised. I totally would've given this at least one more star if I'd read it, say, two years ago.
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December 13, 2013
In Herron’s romantic intrigue novel, seven years ago Tawny-Lynn Boulder survived a fatal bus accident that killed three students and the bus driver, leaving two others missing and unaccounted for. The severe amnesia inflicted by a head injury left her unable to fill in any of the blanks left to solve the case. When her father passes away, Tawny-Lynn inherits the family ranch and returns to Camden Crossing to sell the property since the town’s people blamed her for the lack of closure with the case, there is no love lost and staying isn’t an option. But when Sheriff Chaz Camden presses her to remember details in an attempt to locate the two missing girls—Chaz’s sister as well as hers—someone in town surfaces determined to eliminate her. Chaz is forced to protect her and neither of them is able to resist the desire when it sparks.
A fast-paced, hard-to-put-down read that will surprise you at the end!
A fast-paced, hard-to-put-down read that will surprise you at the end!
December 21, 2013
Rita Herron did it again. Cold Case at Camden Crossing was a nonstop, fast paced and very suspenseful romantic novel. From beginning to the end it contained lots of twists and turns.
Tawny-Lynn comes back after years away from Camden Crossing and a horrific school bus accident that left a few people dead and 2 girls missing. She has no memory of that day and the accident. The people at Camden Crossing blame her for it being unsolved and never finding the girls.
Chaz Camden is the Sherriff of Camden Crossing and the only one who doesn’t blame her. Someone wants her gone and is willing to do anything to make her leave. Can Chaz keep Tawny-Lynn safe and help her remember in time?
A great whodunit! It had me guessing throughout, never figuring tit out. It had me at the edge of my seat and was very hard to put down.
Tawny-Lynn comes back after years away from Camden Crossing and a horrific school bus accident that left a few people dead and 2 girls missing. She has no memory of that day and the accident. The people at Camden Crossing blame her for it being unsolved and never finding the girls.
Chaz Camden is the Sherriff of Camden Crossing and the only one who doesn’t blame her. Someone wants her gone and is willing to do anything to make her leave. Can Chaz keep Tawny-Lynn safe and help her remember in time?
A great whodunit! It had me guessing throughout, never figuring tit out. It had me at the edge of my seat and was very hard to put down.
February 24, 2014
Tawny-Lynn was in a horrible school bus accident that left her fellow softball team members dead and her sister Peyton and Peyton's best friend missing. She has no memory of what happened and the people in Camden Crossing blame her for not helping solve the case. She returns to sell her father's property and leave as quickly as possible. Chaz Camden' sister went missing the night of the accident and he's been trying to figure out what happened ever since. Chaz believes Tawny-Lynn may hold in the answers. The two soon find out someone is determined to keep what happened that night a secret and both faces some dangers.
It was a typical Harlequin Intrigue book and I enjoyed it. I had to say I found the main female character's name a little annoying but other than that a quick and sweet read.
November 9, 2016
This was a good mystery and an engaging read. Quite welcome after the terrible Dana Marton Intrigue book I read! It kind of reminded me what a Point Horror book from the 90s would be like if the characters were adults! It was utterly ridiculous the way practically the whole town hated Tawny-Lynn (it makes no sense when you think about it), but I was able to look past that because this had lots of good twists and turns. Rita Herron is an author you can rely on!
January 23, 2015
An ultimate inhibitor yet her ultimate curse. Can she return without having the town come at her with pitch forks and ropes? Can she survive long enough to deal with the past haunting her every decision? When some one makes and attempt o make her go away, you wonder why and how far hey will go to get her to leave.
Good read, recommended
Good read, recommended
January 26, 2016
I don't read intrigue books often (like one every couple of years) so it was a bit different for me and I enjoyed the story (I never guess the killer). Would read the next in the series for sure. Wasn't 100% convinced of the relationship though... They only saw each other a handful of times before confessing their love...
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December 29, 2014"Herron hands out the kind of years-long mystery, shattered characters and small-town mores that readers will eagerly gobble down in one sitting." RT Book Reviews, rated 4 stars
March 8, 2014
Great book. Keeps your attention through-out as you play whodunit. A few inconsistencies but I seem to notice those things.
September 10, 2014
Sexy and suspenceful.
November 15, 2016
Great mystery, better then most harlequins out there. Once I started I couldn't put it down.
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