Sudden Second Chance

Target: Timberline #2

by Carol Ericson

A man with too many secrets. A woman with everything to lose.

As if the Timberline Trio cold case isn't nightmarish enough for FBI agent Duke Harper, he runs into the TV reporter who loved and betrayed him—beautiful Beth St. Regis. Duke quickly concludes she's not after a sensational story. She's there to solve the haunting mystery of who she really is. But all her questions unleash a killer, and Duke steps up to protect her when she becomes a target. Despite their bitter past, Duke finds he's still attracted to Beth, and maybe they deserve a second chance. First, though, he has to keep Beth alive—and from discovering the shocking truth about her past…

Genres: Romantic Suspense, Mystery, Harlequin, Romance, Fiction

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published August 22, 2016

About the author

Best-selling, award-winning romance author, Carol Ericson, has written more than 65 books, mostly romantic suspense for Harlequin Intrigue. Also indie pubbed, Carol is working on a spicy popstar romcom series about five members of a boyband. A California girl and graduate of UCLA, Carol lives near the beach with her husband and their giant dog. For more information about Carol’s books, please visit her website at www.authorcarolericson.com and follow her on Instagram @author.carol.ericson

Reviews

[Phylis Carpenter · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the second book in the Timberline series which still has the town on edge twenty five years later. Three children known as the Timberline Trio turned up missing at different times and have never been heard from again.

Beth thinks she may be one of them. Heather Brice was taken from her home and she keeps getting flashbacks of a forest and a stuffed frog. She has a TV show that she does cold cases on. She comes back with the pretense that she is going to do a show her. Which she will if she can find enough information to do it.

A really good book that I just could not put down. Had to go and get the last two books to finish this series.

[brenda janowiecki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Duke and Beth run into each other while investigating a cold case for three abducted children. Beth has a personal agenda for working this case that includes her unknown childhood and something pulling her towards Timberline. The locals are less then helpful and don’t apppreciate any bad publicity their town will receive from digging up this case. Can they solve this 25 year old cold case?

[CorrieGM · Rating 4 out of 5]

Spannend verhaal over een vrouw die op zoek is naar haar verleden. Dat had ze beter niet kunnen doen... De dader had ik niet verwacht, dat is altijd fijn.Het is ook een romannetje, maar dat is veel minder belangrijk dan het detectiveverhaal.

[Diana McVicker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it!!!

[Virginia Campbell · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Sudden Second Chance” is Book 2 in author Carol Ericson’s Washington State-set “Target: Timberline” series. FBI agent Duke Harper’s abusive childhood had left him with trust issues, and the betrayal by the beautiful woman he had loved had left him with embittered emotions. Working on a cold case kidnapping that was now possibly tied to a current, similar crime, Duke is taken aback when his former lover, Beth St. Regis, appears in the area to cover the story for her “Cold Case Chronicles” TV show. Seeing Beth again stirs unwanted longing in Duke, but he hasn’t forgiven her for breaking his heart and his trust. Beth has never stopped caring for Duke, but she didn’t get to tell him what really happened when their relationship fell apart. She also has a very deep personal secret that was too devastating to share. Beth is really in Timberline to solve the mystery of her adoption, but someone definitely does not want her to bring the truth to light. When she becomes a target, Duke goes into full protector mode, and he finds the wall between them beginning to crumble. As Duke and Beth grow closer, the attraction between goes from cinders of the past to flames of undeniable desire. If they can keep each other alive, will they get their second chance at romance? When all secrets have been uncovered, can trust be rebuilt along with a new start toward a happy life together? If you enjoy romantic suspense where the story keeps building, then you will the “Target: Timberline” series from author Carol Ericson.

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[JL Coy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sudden Second Chance

This second book in the Target: Timberline series is as good as the first: Single Father Sheriff. We get more of the back story about the Timberline Trio kidnappings from 25 years earlier and it ties into this story seamlessly.

Beth St. Regis, television reporter has come to Timberline under the pretext that she is going to investigate the cold case of the Timberline Trio, which have been brought to attention again after three more children were kidnapped by one of the Trio’s family members. Beth has an entirely different reason for being there, but the television show is good cover for her own investigation into who she really is.

Duke Harper, FBI agent has been assigned a case in Timberline to dig into drug trafficking. He and Beth crossed paths a few years earlier, but not long enough for him to forget that the beautiful woman betrayed him. He is determined that she won’t get to him again. However, when Beth’s questions get the attention of someone that doesn’t want her digging into her past, Duke steps in to protect her. With their feelings heating up, both Duke and Beth think they might have a second chance.

Carol Ericson develops great characters – both good and bad as well as a great mystery with plenty of interesting twists. I found this book hard to put down – I wanted to read it end to end in one sitting.

I was given this book for an honest review, which this is. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a good mystery/romance.

[Valri Western · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this second book in the series! Carol always knows how to bring the reader into the location, the storyline and click with the characters right away so you feel a connection and want to continue reading the book from the first page. In this book, Beth feels she might be connected as a victim to a long ago crime in a small town in the Northwest. She keeps having flashes of memories. Now that she's a TV reality host about cold cases, she chooses to go to this town and check it out on her own, using the "crime" as her cover. Never in a million years does she expect that the FBI has sent her former boyfriend, Duke, there also to tie up some loose ends on the same cold case! When someone starts targeting HER, she and Duke don't understand why. Beth and Duke begin to investigate, all the while getting close again. I did NOT expect the ending that the book had!!!! I highly recommend this book! The action and storyline will keep you turning pages constantly! It would help if you read the first book in the series but you don't absolutely have to!

[Belinda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beth has come to Timberline on the premise she is looking in to the Timberline Trio for her Cold Case show she has...While out scouting in the woods she thinks someone is after her. She pepper sprays who turns out to be her ex Duke that she betrayed...He works for the FBI..they both have secrets from each other..Beth's being she thinks she is one of the famous Trio children..Duke is hiding that he is trying to see if she really is..Weird things start happening..She thinks they are going against the Shaman she saw...She finds a cabin that is drawing here in..Her and Duke go there to see what they can find..they find pics one of which turns out to be her mom....Beth meets her dad too and you won't believe who he is and what he has to do with all the stuff going on....A page turner

[Maureen Hubley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Can't wait for the next book in the series. Great story.

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[Jody · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick easy read. Unfortunately I guessed the bad guy right off...boo. Would have liked to have seen a little more character building but what you got wasn't bad.

[Ash · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was ok type.

[Coral · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Pam]

Beth is a cold-case reporter who meets up with Duke, the old flame she betrayed. Beth is on a quest to find her birth family but it soon becomes extremely dangerous. This is a story with many twists and turns and kept me gripped to the dramatic finale.