Hidden Intent

by C.J. Urban

Julie Townsend’s world is turned upside down after her parents’ tragic death. Now sole guardian of her younger brother at only twenty-three, and desperate for a change, she takes an offer too good to refuse—a house to live in for free in a small town.

Things take a dangerous turn when she discovers a diary full of secrets concerning her cousin’s murder. When Julie begins to investigate, she realizes she’s in too deep—and may soon be the next victim.


**Acclaim for Hidden Intent**

"C.J. Urban is the real deal and a bright light in the world of romantic suspense. With refreshingly developed characters, a sweet romance, and a helluva good mystery, C.J. Urban's debut novel, Hidden Intent, will leave your breathless and tearing through the pages. Bravo."

―J.R. Rain, #1 bestselling author of Moon Dance and The Lost Ark

Genres: Mystery

121 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 24, 2014

About the author

C.J. Urban lives in Southern California and comes from a family of authors. She graduated from Cal State Fullerton with a degree in psychology. You can contact her on Facebook or visit her website at www.cjurban.com.

Reviews

[Mandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

If I knew how short this book was, I would have dedicated more time into reading it faster but I have just been so exhausted after work and the holidays; but anyway, this book was a pretty nice & quick read! I got super excited at the chapter where the romance began because it already contained suspense & thrill & then they threw romance?! Ohmygosh haha I was so excited, even though it wasn't the romance I really wanted (sorry I'm not sorry that I'm a lady perv :P) Moving on -- This book is about a young girl, Julie & her younger brother, Sam, whose parents had died in a terrible accident (I don't remember them every explaining HOW their parents died?!) and Julie, whose 22-23, was the sole guardian of her brother & they moved into their cousins old house. Julie's cousin, Tara, had been murdered 20 years ago and Julie was determined that Tara's killer was still out there fee, and the guy that was convicted, was wrongfully convicted.

When I read others review for this book, some said that it was so obvious who the killer was, so I figured the most obvious person was Skye (Julie's man candy) I thought he was going to trick her into falling in love with him and turn out to be a twisted psycho murderer but joke was on me because that was not the case. I just finished this book last night but I have no idea why Tara's murder (I won't spoil that much) had it in for her?! I mean, whatever, I won't rant about that because I don't want to spoil too much.


The book was enjoyable, I would just change 2 things;
-The grammar; Sometimes Skye's name would be spelled SKYE and one or so sentence's it was SKY…wth?? I personally don't like that name for a guy anyway, it sounds more like a girls name, but whatever; also, towards the end of Chapter 15 (there was also a previous chapter with the same mistake) the sentence read, "…..eyes was trained on her." Was?? I'm pretty sure it would be WERE. Another chapter needed to replace the word 'WAS' with 'WERE' come on!
-This is my personal pet peeve, but it was right after Julie & Skye had their first kiss/heated make out session and Skye didn't want to leave her house (do to a suspicious someone who might have been spying on her) and he had offered to stay on her couch and Julie had asked "You would do that for me?" and his response was what was so stupid to me! "Baby, I'd do anything for you" WHAT?! okay, first, I'm not one to call MY boyfriend "Baby" - I'm not in high school anymore, and I find it so weird; second, that was a little TOO fast for puppy names like that! UGH it just bothered me so much!! Like, hell no, nuh uh!!!

Other that those, I enjoyed the book, I really did like the suspense and thrills of Julie's little investigation.

[Kimberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a pretty good book, I was very distracted by the misspelling of Skye.. one sentence it was spelled Sky the next it was spelled Skye.. just annoying! Other than that it was a pretty good book, kept my interest and wanted to continue reading.

[Erika · Rating 1 out of 5]

Really bad. Clues to a 20 year old mystery, that apparently was never actually investigated, just fell into their laps. Two novices solved the thing in 3 or so days. The timeline didn't quite make sense to me. Totally dumb.

[Sherri · Rating 4 out of 5]

OVERALL PRETTY GOOD BOOK! Two parts were real predictable and Skye's name was spelled Sky without the E a few times. I will read more from this author in the future.

[Katya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Despite one-dimensional characters and a pretty predictable plot, there's still enough drama here to keep you turning the pages.

[Diane T. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not bad but there was nothing there to elevate it to the next level. I felt like I had read this same story time and time again. Predictable characters and plot line.

[Linda Delahunt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really like this book.

[K. · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting short story. Not bad. Could have been a little more developed but I enjoyed the quick read

[Misty Shaw · Rating 1 out of 5]

Don't waste your time.

Awful! Plot goes nowhere. The characters are annoying. Reads like a child wrote it. Even for free not worth it!