Small - Town Secrets

by Linda Randall Wisdom

Small-Town Secrets by Linda Randall Wisdom released on Jan 25, 2002 is available now for purchase.

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 1, 2002

About the author

See also Linda Wisdom

When I sold to Silhouette books on my wedding anniversary in 1979 I didn't expect to get this far. I love what I do and can't imagine doing anything else. I'm married living with Katie, a white mini Schnauzer who considers herself the center of our world, Hunter, a Yorkie mix who's a real mama's boy, Olivia my darling diva chihuahua, Dutch, our easy going happy go lucky terrier mix, Syd, our Panama Nape parrot, and Florence, our demented tortoise. We live in Southern California near San Diego in a town that's provided fodder for some of my stories. Once upon a time, I could say that when we moved here there were three romance writers. Now there is only me and to date I have not been considered a suspect. More romance authors have moved in and are safe and sound...so far.

A lot of my backlist books are now available for your Kindle and in print along with new novellas featuring the first witches in the Hex series along with my second love, romantic suspense books. And more books coming!

My Hex series are the books of my heart. The ones I've wanted to write for a long time and so glad to see out there. Many readers are confused by the two Demon titles and different cover looks. They're a part of the Hex series, still the disgraced witches from the Witches Academy, just with a different look. And yes, more Hex books will be coming!

There are times I think I enjoy writing the creatures more than the characters. And probably why my Fluff and Puff bunny slippers tend to never be where I left them! That's more than easy to do since they're tattooed on one ankle and Horace is tattooed on the other.

I'm very thankful for my readers for sticking to me.

I can also be found at www.lindawisdom.com, www.facebook.com/lindawisdom with a Facebook street team called Hexy Haven and http://linda-wisdom.blogspot.com

Reviews

[Saly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book and I especially enjoyed reading about a heroine who had a great marriage and also raised two step-kids and her own son. The teenagers were portrayed realistically and were like her own children. I also appreciated reading about a female cop who had a dog for a partner. The book starts when the heroine is still married, her husband is FBI and she works as a cop but stopping a drugged teenager results in her being shot and her husband's death, roughly a year later she has moved with her kids trying to build a new life.

The hero Cole runs the town newspaper but before that he was a famous investigative journalist and from the start he takes an interest in the heroine, when he shouldn't. He was married once but his work led to divorce and made him take more chances at work and a woman with kids is not the ideal woman to date, but he can't help himself. He also needs her help professionally, he suspects the senior citizens in town are being killed and there is a cover-up.

To be honest I enjoyed the mystery and even the romance. The heroine came across as a mature 35 year old woman who juggled many caps and she isn't sure she wants to date again or even fall in love, so the hero has to give chase. I loved how the hero told her it wasn't casual between them and how professional the heroine was. Even her son David was great. All in all I enjoyed the book, the characters seemed real and mature.

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

The mystery was dragged out too long then poof settled in a few pages. Nice epilogue.
Lots of steam affected my rating negatively.