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Wyoming #2
Ominous
Someone is watching. . .
New York Times bestselling authors Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush, and Rosalind Noonan join together in a gripping novel of suspense, as a long-guarded secret plunges three friends into a new nightmare.
NO WARNING
In the photograph, three teenaged girls splash in the river on a sweltering summer evening. Shiloh, Kat, and Ruth are unaware of the man who spies on them from the woods. They have no idea how their lives will be changed by the brutal violence that follows and the vow of secrecy they take.
CAN PREPARE YOU
Fifteen years later, Ruth and Shiloh have both returned to Prairie Creek, Wyoming, where Kat is deputy sheriff. Though they ve tried to leave their shared past behind, each has the feeling that someone is lurking in the shadows. When a local girl vanishes, Kat is convinced there s a connection to that long ago night. But as the friends unite to find the missing teenager, a killer sends a chilling message.
FOR A KILLER S VENGEANCE
He s still there. And he hasn t forgotten. For so long he s made do with other victims, but they can t compare to the ones who got away. The ones who keep searching for him, blind to the terrifying truth that they are not the hunters, but his prey . . ."
New York Times bestselling authors Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush, and Rosalind Noonan join together in a gripping novel of suspense, as a long-guarded secret plunges three friends into a new nightmare.
NO WARNING
In the photograph, three teenaged girls splash in the river on a sweltering summer evening. Shiloh, Kat, and Ruth are unaware of the man who spies on them from the woods. They have no idea how their lives will be changed by the brutal violence that follows and the vow of secrecy they take.
CAN PREPARE YOU
Fifteen years later, Ruth and Shiloh have both returned to Prairie Creek, Wyoming, where Kat is deputy sheriff. Though they ve tried to leave their shared past behind, each has the feeling that someone is lurking in the shadows. When a local girl vanishes, Kat is convinced there s a connection to that long ago night. But as the friends unite to find the missing teenager, a killer sends a chilling message.
FOR A KILLER S VENGEANCE
He s still there. And he hasn t forgotten. For so long he s made do with other victims, but they can t compare to the ones who got away. The ones who keep searching for him, blind to the terrifying truth that they are not the hunters, but his prey . . ."
448 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published July 25, 2017
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About the author
Lisa Jackson
271 books9,583 followersLisa 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.
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.
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June 22, 2017
3.5 STARS
Fifteen years ago three teenage girls went skinny dipping. One was a detective's daughter, one was a minister's daughter, and one was a wild child. Someone was watching them. Someone attacked them. Two girls ran, and the third was assaulted. Luckily they all escaped with their lives. They made a pact to never tell anyone what happened.
All three girls left town as soon as they possibly good. Not all of them told anyone they were leaving. Several girls had disappeared and never seen again.
Today ... all three of these girls have returned to their hometown for one reason or another. They've all tried to leave the past behind, but the past has a way of catching up to them. Each of them receive a copy of a picture taken 15 years earlier .... when they were skinny dipping. Only one person could have taken that picture.
HE is watching ... waiting for the opportunity to grab each one of them. They hurt him when they got away ... they denied him what he wanted most. Now he wants vengeance.
WARNING: EXPLICIT SEX, BONDAGE, RAPE, VIOLENCE
This was a typical Jackson/Bush story line. It's well written, with lots of characters and red herrings. Ever after romance is in abundance. The hunt for the rapist is what kept me reading. The ending wasn't that big of a surprise except for the bad guy's identity.
Many thanks to the authors / Kensington Books - Zebra / Netgalley for the advance digital copy of OMINOUS. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.
Fifteen years ago three teenage girls went skinny dipping. One was a detective's daughter, one was a minister's daughter, and one was a wild child. Someone was watching them. Someone attacked them. Two girls ran, and the third was assaulted. Luckily they all escaped with their lives. They made a pact to never tell anyone what happened.
All three girls left town as soon as they possibly good. Not all of them told anyone they were leaving. Several girls had disappeared and never seen again.
Today ... all three of these girls have returned to their hometown for one reason or another. They've all tried to leave the past behind, but the past has a way of catching up to them. Each of them receive a copy of a picture taken 15 years earlier .... when they were skinny dipping. Only one person could have taken that picture.
HE is watching ... waiting for the opportunity to grab each one of them. They hurt him when they got away ... they denied him what he wanted most. Now he wants vengeance.
WARNING: EXPLICIT SEX, BONDAGE, RAPE, VIOLENCE
This was a typical Jackson/Bush story line. It's well written, with lots of characters and red herrings. Ever after romance is in abundance. The hunt for the rapist is what kept me reading. The ending wasn't that big of a surprise except for the bad guy's identity.
Many thanks to the authors / Kensington Books - Zebra / Netgalley for the advance digital copy of OMINOUS. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.
June 20, 2017
The prologue in this book really pulled me into the lives of Ruth, Shiloh and Kat. Although the first part of the book dragged a bit, it did pick up and then it was really good.
I like the suspense of who the sexual predator was and that there were a number of options for suspects. I actually missed who it was which doesn't usually happen - not sure how I missed it.
From a romance standpoint, all three main characters have a love interest but each of the romances are significantly different and how their stories were woven into the suspense plot was well done.
This was the second book in the Wyoming series. I haven't read book #1, but this book worked as a stand alone.
I really enjoyed this read and would recommend it.
I like the suspense of who the sexual predator was and that there were a number of options for suspects. I actually missed who it was which doesn't usually happen - not sure how I missed it.
From a romance standpoint, all three main characters have a love interest but each of the romances are significantly different and how their stories were woven into the suspense plot was well done.
This was the second book in the Wyoming series. I haven't read book #1, but this book worked as a stand alone.
I really enjoyed this read and would recommend it.
July 20, 2017
Three teenage friends , Kat , Shiloh and Ruth, went skinny dipping in the night fifteen years ago. Someone was hiding in the bushes watching them. He finally appears in a ski mask and attacks Ruth. Kat and Shiloh run back to save her and manage to injure the attacker before escaping. Under Ruth’s insistence they decide to keep the assault a secret and move on with their lives.
After fifteen years they are together in their hometown under different circumstances. Ruth is a psychologist, Shiloh comes back to take care of her stepsister after her mom’s death and Kat is a local detective. Seeing all of them together the attacker sends a copy of a picture taken on that fateful night. He is watching them, waiting for an opportunity to exact revenge and to capture the one that got away.
I didn’t realize this was a second book in the Wyoming series. There were some references to people I guess from the first book but it can be read as a stand-alone. It’s a well written book with lots of colorful characters and an abundance of suspects.
Many thanks to Kensington Books/Zebra & NetGalley for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest and fair review.
This and more reviews at https://chloesbooksblog.wordpress.com/
After fifteen years they are together in their hometown under different circumstances. Ruth is a psychologist, Shiloh comes back to take care of her stepsister after her mom’s death and Kat is a local detective. Seeing all of them together the attacker sends a copy of a picture taken on that fateful night. He is watching them, waiting for an opportunity to exact revenge and to capture the one that got away.
I didn’t realize this was a second book in the Wyoming series. There were some references to people I guess from the first book but it can be read as a stand-alone. It’s a well written book with lots of colorful characters and an abundance of suspects.
Many thanks to Kensington Books/Zebra & NetGalley for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest and fair review.
This and more reviews at https://chloesbooksblog.wordpress.com/
June 9, 2018
“Ominous” a chilling murder -mystery begins fifteen years in the past when three girls- Shiloh, Ruth and Kat-skinny dipping in a river one hot summer evening are accosted by the man spying on them. Although two run away they return to save their friend who’s being raped by a masked man with a “wide girth, furry skin and thick hands. Vowing secrecy as his victim was a minister’s daughter, the violence they faced in the woods changes them forever.
Years later Shiloh Silva returns to Prairie Creek, Wyoming where Kat Starr is the deputy sheriff. Running away from the town after the rape and a confrontation with her abusive stepfather she returns after his death and that of her estranged mother. Having never met her stepsister Morgan she’s forced to take on a co-parenting role with Bear Tate, the foreman at the Kincaid ranch and the son of her mother’s husband Larimer. Forced to face the trauma of her ordeal, divorced with a daughter and as a psychologist Ruth McFerron also returns to town determined to start a helpline for the troubled making a connection with her two former friends after a teenager goes missing and the killer sends them each a memory from the past.
Longing to bring the killer to justice, Kat starts an investigation that not only reveals the truth of four cold cases in the town’s past, forces the girls to reveal their secret but unleashes a sexual predator who begins targeting each one of them again.
Fast-paced and action-packed intensity and suspense mount when the sex offender after continually despoiling the teenage girl he kidnaps, in a rage of vengeance sends Shiloh, Ruth and Kat a photograph of the traumatic night in their past with a promise that he will get even with them. Emotionally- tense and filled with graphic depictions of sexual assaults the story heats up when Kat, Shiloh, Bear and Morgan stumble onto the body of one of the teens kidnapped fifteen years before and Ruth gets a call from one of the abducted girls who escaped.
Told from Shiloh, Ruth and Kat’s perspectives the mood is filled with uncertainty, fear and the determination to find a killer profiled by not only the psychologist but by Kat’s father whose list of suspects include a thief and con man; a womanizing wildcatter; and a notorious bad boy. Diluting the violence is the hot romances that develop between Shiloh and Bear Tate; Ruth and Egan Starr; as well as a one-night stand that has lasting consequences for Kat and Blair Kincaid.
Bringing the plot to life are a host of complex, and compelling characters like Shiloh Silva once a blonde tomboy with a hot temper who’s turned into a hardworker with strong sense of responsibility; feisty, independent and smart Kat Starr a female cop in a biased community; and Ruth McFerron overprotective mother and advocate for helping traumatized women like her teenage self. Each infuse the depth of this well-developed plot with passion, power and high-tension.
I thoroughly enjoyed “Ominous” a thrilling second book in the "Wyoming" series which can be read as a standalone novel although I intend to follow up with the first book “Sinister”.
Years later Shiloh Silva returns to Prairie Creek, Wyoming where Kat Starr is the deputy sheriff. Running away from the town after the rape and a confrontation with her abusive stepfather she returns after his death and that of her estranged mother. Having never met her stepsister Morgan she’s forced to take on a co-parenting role with Bear Tate, the foreman at the Kincaid ranch and the son of her mother’s husband Larimer. Forced to face the trauma of her ordeal, divorced with a daughter and as a psychologist Ruth McFerron also returns to town determined to start a helpline for the troubled making a connection with her two former friends after a teenager goes missing and the killer sends them each a memory from the past.
Longing to bring the killer to justice, Kat starts an investigation that not only reveals the truth of four cold cases in the town’s past, forces the girls to reveal their secret but unleashes a sexual predator who begins targeting each one of them again.
Fast-paced and action-packed intensity and suspense mount when the sex offender after continually despoiling the teenage girl he kidnaps, in a rage of vengeance sends Shiloh, Ruth and Kat a photograph of the traumatic night in their past with a promise that he will get even with them. Emotionally- tense and filled with graphic depictions of sexual assaults the story heats up when Kat, Shiloh, Bear and Morgan stumble onto the body of one of the teens kidnapped fifteen years before and Ruth gets a call from one of the abducted girls who escaped.
Told from Shiloh, Ruth and Kat’s perspectives the mood is filled with uncertainty, fear and the determination to find a killer profiled by not only the psychologist but by Kat’s father whose list of suspects include a thief and con man; a womanizing wildcatter; and a notorious bad boy. Diluting the violence is the hot romances that develop between Shiloh and Bear Tate; Ruth and Egan Starr; as well as a one-night stand that has lasting consequences for Kat and Blair Kincaid.
Bringing the plot to life are a host of complex, and compelling characters like Shiloh Silva once a blonde tomboy with a hot temper who’s turned into a hardworker with strong sense of responsibility; feisty, independent and smart Kat Starr a female cop in a biased community; and Ruth McFerron overprotective mother and advocate for helping traumatized women like her teenage self. Each infuse the depth of this well-developed plot with passion, power and high-tension.
I thoroughly enjoyed “Ominous” a thrilling second book in the "Wyoming" series which can be read as a standalone novel although I intend to follow up with the first book “Sinister”.
October 16, 2017
Fifteen years has past since that terrifying night when Ruth, Shiloh and Kat had snuck out and were attack by an unseen man whom they would never forget. During that time other girls had disappeared but were presumed runaways. However, Kat's father who worked as detective in a mountainous town in Wyoming thought something Ominous was going on.
The girls never reported the attack because of Ruth's family. The young daughter of the pastor of an upcoming church. The girls were haunted by what had happened. Two of them left town shortly after high school and Kat followed her father's footsteps.
Fifteen years later, the girls come back with different agendas. Ruth to help women from abusive relationships and raise her daughter in a small town and to come to terms to what had happened to her 15 years ago. Shiloh has come back with her mother's urging to know the half sister she never knew.
Each women has come back with big expectations and a reminder of what happened. A picture of the girls that the attacker took is now taunting them. With another young woman's disappearance, can then find the attacker before another woman is found dead.
This is one that I didn't love but I didn't hate. The crass of the attacker was for shock value but it only turned me off. The 3 friends had no real connection expect for the attack and it was prevalent in the narration as well. It lacked real character depth for me. I do like the who done it!
A Special Thank You to Kensington and Netgalley for the ARC and the opportunity to post an honest review.
The girls never reported the attack because of Ruth's family. The young daughter of the pastor of an upcoming church. The girls were haunted by what had happened. Two of them left town shortly after high school and Kat followed her father's footsteps.
Fifteen years later, the girls come back with different agendas. Ruth to help women from abusive relationships and raise her daughter in a small town and to come to terms to what had happened to her 15 years ago. Shiloh has come back with her mother's urging to know the half sister she never knew.
Each women has come back with big expectations and a reminder of what happened. A picture of the girls that the attacker took is now taunting them. With another young woman's disappearance, can then find the attacker before another woman is found dead.
This is one that I didn't love but I didn't hate. The crass of the attacker was for shock value but it only turned me off. The 3 friends had no real connection expect for the attack and it was prevalent in the narration as well. It lacked real character depth for me. I do like the who done it!
A Special Thank You to Kensington and Netgalley for the ARC and the opportunity to post an honest review.
August 10, 2017
I've seen these multi-author collaborations before, but never tried one. However, this latest venture between Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush, and Rosalind Noonan looked good, so I decided to branch out. I have to say, I'm pretty glad I did.
"Ominous" provides the suspense, romance and mystery we've come to love from these authors, all in one volume. I greatly enjoyed it.
FYI: this novel contains multiple, graphic sexual assaults. If this is a triggering topic for you, you probably want to choose another book.
The novel centers around three girls, who, one summer night 15 years ago, decided to sneak out of their homes and go skinny-dipping at a local lake. However, things go terribly wrong when they are attacked - and through mutual agreement they decide never to talk about that night again. However, in the present day, all three have returned to the small Wyoming town where they grew up. And it shortly becomes apparent that their attacker is back as well, and ready to start up again.
I really enjoyed this book. It had all of the elements of a romantic suspense novel from Jackson or Bush that I've come to love. Plenty of suspects kept me guessing throughout the book as well. I didn't guess the ending. And let me tell you - the villain in this book is bad. Like, really, really creepy/scary/awful. I was really creeped out during his "scenes."
The romances were also on point as well. I was routing for each of the couples, and was happy with their scenes. They felt real and genuine, which is the key in this genre.
My only complaint would be that it with three main characters and three romances, there were a lot of characters squeezed into the book. I wish we had more time with each of them! But that's the nature of anthologies.
Overall, I really liked this book and would try another multi-author effort involving these authors. Any fan of these authors will enjoy it.
"Ominous" provides the suspense, romance and mystery we've come to love from these authors, all in one volume. I greatly enjoyed it.
FYI: this novel contains multiple, graphic sexual assaults. If this is a triggering topic for you, you probably want to choose another book.
The novel centers around three girls, who, one summer night 15 years ago, decided to sneak out of their homes and go skinny-dipping at a local lake. However, things go terribly wrong when they are attacked - and through mutual agreement they decide never to talk about that night again. However, in the present day, all three have returned to the small Wyoming town where they grew up. And it shortly becomes apparent that their attacker is back as well, and ready to start up again.
I really enjoyed this book. It had all of the elements of a romantic suspense novel from Jackson or Bush that I've come to love. Plenty of suspects kept me guessing throughout the book as well. I didn't guess the ending. And let me tell you - the villain in this book is bad. Like, really, really creepy/scary/awful. I was really creeped out during his "scenes."
The romances were also on point as well. I was routing for each of the couples, and was happy with their scenes. They felt real and genuine, which is the key in this genre.
My only complaint would be that it with three main characters and three romances, there were a lot of characters squeezed into the book. I wish we had more time with each of them! But that's the nature of anthologies.
Overall, I really liked this book and would try another multi-author effort involving these authors. Any fan of these authors will enjoy it.
July 10, 2021
This book started strong and then just devolved into ridiculous. It dragged on far longer than it needed to and all three of the female leads' romances were completely unnecessary and really not given any proper time to develop or be interesting, except maybe Shiloh's which was given way more time than the other two. Kat's was the worst bc it showed up way too damn late in the book that i actually eye rolled about having to care about yet another character introduced and given his own pov.
The 'imma protect my woman' vibe from all the love interests, especially Blair, was cringey beyond reason. These are women in their thirties for crying out loud, yet more often than not they still acted like and were treated like teens.
The list of suspects was ridiculous, and honestly just felt like every god damn cliché possible was given to make these men The Worst. And so many of them that the authors wrote Ruth having a whole conversation about how many nut jobs live in this community to explain away all the threatening men Ruth meets in the span of a few days. The final reveal was disappointing as hell as the book just sort of pulled a new character up out of nowhere really, and used everyone prior as red herrings.
The damning moment that completely ruined this book for me though was Ruth equating her rapist and attacker to that of the villain in Disney's Frozen when 'explaining' it to her daughter. It was such a gross moment. Sorry, but um Hans from Frozen is not a rapist. It was a sick comparison to make, and left a bad taste in my mouth.
The 'imma protect my woman' vibe from all the love interests, especially Blair, was cringey beyond reason. These are women in their thirties for crying out loud, yet more often than not they still acted like and were treated like teens.
The list of suspects was ridiculous, and honestly just felt like every god damn cliché possible was given to make these men The Worst. And so many of them that the authors wrote Ruth having a whole conversation about how many nut jobs live in this community to explain away all the threatening men Ruth meets in the span of a few days. The final reveal was disappointing as hell as the book just sort of pulled a new character up out of nowhere really, and used everyone prior as red herrings.
The damning moment that completely ruined this book for me though was Ruth equating her rapist and attacker to that of the villain in Disney's Frozen when 'explaining' it to her daughter. It was such a gross moment. Sorry, but um Hans from Frozen is not a rapist. It was a sick comparison to make, and left a bad taste in my mouth.
August 14, 2018
Three teenagers, Kat, Shiloh and Ruth, have stolen from their homes in the middle of the night to go skinny dipping; but evil lurks around them. One of the girls, a preacher’s daughter swears she sees someone or something lurking in the darkened shadows. The others discard her fears until as they stand nude on a dock and a camera flash captured them. That is only the beginning of the terror that will follow these girls over the next fifteen years of their lives…
When circumstances bring the three girls and the terrible secret they have been hiding back to the small town; these girls must open up their souls to the public to save others the torment that has followed them……………
Can someone they all know be a monster?
When circumstances bring the three girls and the terrible secret they have been hiding back to the small town; these girls must open up their souls to the public to save others the torment that has followed them……………
Can someone they all know be a monster?
May 25, 2017
Three school friends decide to skinny dip in a lake after dark, even though there have been some girls go missing in their small town. They see what they think is a lighter flick on deep in the dark and scramble to get out of the water and run. Suddenly a thick figure appears and catches one of the girls, Ruth, a preacher's daughter. As he is attacking her, the other two return and fight him off enough to get away. Ruth demands that they tell no one which they do not. Fifteen years later, two of the girls who left town return and one girl, Kat, is now deputy sheriff. Keeping their promise, no one tells about the horrible night so many years ago. But. Things start happening. A body is found and a new girl goes missing. The body is discovered to be one of the teens who disappeared 15 years ago, but only recently died. Kat, Ruth, and Shiloh all receive a picture taken at the lake of them skinny dipping. Threatening notes appear. Love interests are stirred in the mix. The whole town is involved in the hunt for the girl, and Ruth is pressured to allow her story to be told. This is a decent but sometimes frustrating plot. Several people are suspect. Hopefully the truth will out before more bodies are found.
October 30, 2017
Three incredible authors collaborating to create one fantastic thriller. Women who were friends since they were teens, grown up now with their own lives, are back in the same town. It seems their attacker has never left and is out for revenge. I was kept guessing the entire time. You just can't beat great page-turning suspense. I love reading them in the colder months.
July 27, 2017
Really good engaging book. These two authors did a great job writing together.
July 25, 2017
GNab I received a free electronic copy of this novel from Netgalley, Lisa Jackson, and Zebra Books in exchange for an honest review. Thank you all for sharing your hard work with me.
This is the second of the series Wyoming, written by Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush, and Rosalind Noonan. Ominous is, however, completely stand alone. Keeping secrets never pays off in the end. You might save yourself some embarrassment and shame but the persons usually most rewarded by secrets are those perpetrators of sin and shame. And this is a lesson well told by these three New York Times best selling authors. Thank you ladies, for an excellent beach read this summer. I will be watching for more novels set in Wyoming, this most beautiful summer retreat.
pub date July 25, 2017
Zebra
This is the second of the series Wyoming, written by Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush, and Rosalind Noonan. Ominous is, however, completely stand alone. Keeping secrets never pays off in the end. You might save yourself some embarrassment and shame but the persons usually most rewarded by secrets are those perpetrators of sin and shame. And this is a lesson well told by these three New York Times best selling authors. Thank you ladies, for an excellent beach read this summer. I will be watching for more novels set in Wyoming, this most beautiful summer retreat.
pub date July 25, 2017
Zebra
May 27, 2021
I dunno. A thriller-romance novel?
So this awful thing happens to 3 teens. They keep it secret and go their separate ways. 15 years later they meet up. We're shown how each has changed. Then each one finds love. Finally they catch the guy that did the awful thing. Sprinkled throughout is passionate sex . Not my cup of tea.
So this awful thing happens to 3 teens. They keep it secret and go their separate ways. 15 years later they meet up. We're shown how each has changed. Then each one finds love. Finally they catch the guy that did the awful thing. Sprinkled throughout is passionate sex . Not my cup of tea.
December 9, 2017
Did not finish -- loved the three heroines, but the suspense plot was slow and stupid, and I got sick and tired of hearing how every cowboy in town was an unshaven, pawing predator!
June 25, 2017
3.5 stars. Teenagers Shiloh, Katrina, and Ruthie sneak out one night to skinny dip in the lake, not realizing that a peeping predator is watching and coming for them. Shiloh and Katrina manage to get away from him but Ruthie does not. The two girls come back for her, but the guy has already assaulted her. The three of them barely get away with their lives without seeing his face. Shiloh immediately leaves the area while Katrina and Ruthie go off to college. None of them ever told anyone else what happened.
Fifteen years later, Shiloh's mother dies and she comes home to take care of her kid sister. Ruthie, now a psychologist, moves back to town and Katrina is a local police detective. The body of a girl who went missing prior to their attack is found and another young girl goes missing. Shiloh receives a photo of the three of them skinny dipping and they all realize a monster still lurks around town and he is coming for them again.
I've read many Lisa Jackson books and this one feels like it had more romance for all of the characters than some of her other novels. I think this may be part of this Wyoming series. The scenes where the rapist watches are creepy and the hair raised on the back of my neck too.
Fifteen years later, Shiloh's mother dies and she comes home to take care of her kid sister. Ruthie, now a psychologist, moves back to town and Katrina is a local police detective. The body of a girl who went missing prior to their attack is found and another young girl goes missing. Shiloh receives a photo of the three of them skinny dipping and they all realize a monster still lurks around town and he is coming for them again.
I've read many Lisa Jackson books and this one feels like it had more romance for all of the characters than some of her other novels. I think this may be part of this Wyoming series. The scenes where the rapist watches are creepy and the hair raised on the back of my neck too.
October 17, 2024
This book needs fucking trigger warnings good god.
All the people who said they could read it in one night? I don’t even know what to say. This book made me ill to read with how evil the man and the in depth descriptions made me vomit.
Plus people said the ending was great? Really? No. As well the whole thing with Shiloh (one of the “main characters” who wasn’t even that main of a character) dating her stepbrother while they raise there stepsister was.. just no. The only character I liked in this book was Ruth, she had a *real* progress. The rest I could care less.
I’m a mess after reading this book and I need a shower to rid this evil off me. I wouldn’t read this book personally and I want to burn it.
All the people who said they could read it in one night? I don’t even know what to say. This book made me ill to read with how evil the man and the in depth descriptions made me vomit.
Plus people said the ending was great? Really? No. As well the whole thing with Shiloh (one of the “main characters” who wasn’t even that main of a character) dating her stepbrother while they raise there stepsister was.. just no. The only character I liked in this book was Ruth, she had a *real* progress. The rest I could care less.
I’m a mess after reading this book and I need a shower to rid this evil off me. I wouldn’t read this book personally and I want to burn it.
August 4, 2017
The three authors did an amazing job of writing and putting this story together. All the characters held my attention through the entire book. With so many suspects in here the authors did a great job of keeping the reader guessing until the very end.
Definitely recommend this book to fellow readers.
I have read several of Lisa Jackson's books over the years and I've also read a couple books by Nancy Bush, but I never knew until this book that Lisa and Nancy are sisters.
Kudos to Rosalind Noonan, also, for your co-writing with the sisters in this book.
Definitely recommend this book to fellow readers.
I have read several of Lisa Jackson's books over the years and I've also read a couple books by Nancy Bush, but I never knew until this book that Lisa and Nancy are sisters.
Kudos to Rosalind Noonan, also, for your co-writing with the sisters in this book.
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February 5, 2019Omg. I was thoroughly disappointed in this Lisa Jackson book. I can't even give it a star 1st quarter of the book was soooooo good but than it's like Lisa stopped writhing and Nancy Bush Rosalind Noonan started writing. This was awful. It turned from a stalker rape entrapment story into a cowboy love story total different writhing. Absolutely hated this book had to put it way couldn't finish it.
Lisa please get rid of these other writers and do what you do best. Give us the murder mystery we love so much about you.
Lisa please get rid of these other writers and do what you do best. Give us the murder mystery we love so much about you.
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October 31, 2017Multiple POV. Graphic sex and violence. Part mystery, part romance. A lot of different characters. No one individual drives the story. The majority of the male characters are truly awful people. While the ending is "happy" and "justice" is served, it's an intensely bleak outlook on human behavior. This is not a book for anyone bothered by men committing horrific acts of violence toward women on the page. The characters are engaging and the story unfolds with a series of twists.
September 19, 2020
I am surprised I am giving this book 4 Stars? The overall story is pretty good except for so much SEXUAL Content.. There are 3 authors on the writing of this book and I know It's not Lisa Jackson.. I have a ton of Lisa Jackson books that I have read, and it's not that way at all...
June 14, 2018
This book grabbed me from the first page. Very well written mystery and each section flowed smoothly into the next. wonderful writing
August 29, 2017
3.5 Pretty good romantic suspense.
June 13, 2021
This was binge worthy!! Loved the thriller mystery.
September 18, 2017
I enjoy they creativity of the author. This book is difficult to read because of the subject matter, but it's a great thriller and mystery.
Three girls, a rebellious night out, a horrific event, and a vow of silence. For fifteen years they've kept this secret but now it's time to come clean. Fifteen years lives have been forever altered and no one knows why or who.
Finally back together after fifteen years and learning that they weren't the only ones keeping secrets. A girl had been abducted and another found dead. The secrets must come out so the police can find the new abducted girl.
This has sexual violence and rape triggers, don't read this is you have trouble.
I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Three girls, a rebellious night out, a horrific event, and a vow of silence. For fifteen years they've kept this secret but now it's time to come clean. Fifteen years lives have been forever altered and no one knows why or who.
Finally back together after fifteen years and learning that they weren't the only ones keeping secrets. A girl had been abducted and another found dead. The secrets must come out so the police can find the new abducted girl.
This has sexual violence and rape triggers, don't read this is you have trouble.
I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
February 23, 2025
Way better than the first book in the series. The initial story of the three girls drew me in. I enjoyed seeing them all find their way back to Prairie Creek years later to solve the mystery.
January 4, 2020
Klappentext:
Fünfzehn Jahre sind Shiloh, Kat und Ruth vor ihrer Vergangenheit geflohen. Die drei Highschool-Freundinnen wurden damals beim Baden am See von einem Vergewaltiger überrascht, dem sie mit Mühe und Not entkamen. Als die drei Frauen nun wieder in ihrer alten Heimat in Prairie Creek, Wyoming, vereint sind, verschwindet ein junges Mädchen. Kurz darauf wird eine Frauenleiche gefunden. Gleichzeitig bekommen die drei Frauen unheilvolle Post: ein Schwarz-Weiß-Foto, das sie an jenem schicksalshaften Abend nackt am See zeigt. In ihnen keimt ein schrecklicher Verdacht...
Meine Meinung:
Das Buch ist in vier Teile unterteilt. Im ersten Teil geht es um das Zusammentreffen von Ruth, Kat und Shiloh mit ihrem Peiniger am See. Hier wird genau geschildert, was damals passiert ist. Jedoch hätte ich gerne noch mehr über das Leben der Drei nach diesem Angriff gelesen. Das wird zwar nach und nach in der Geschichte kurz erwähnt, was für mich aber ruhig noch etwas mehr Raum einnehmen hätte können.
Der zweite Teil wird aus Shilohs Sicht erzählt, der dritte aus Ruths und der vierte aus Kats und es gibt auch noch einen kurzen Epilog. Außerdem gibt es immer wieder kurze Abschnitte aus der Sicht des Vergewaltigers sowie auch von deren Opfern. Diese Passagen haben mir auch gut gefallen, da es die Spannung etwas hochgehalten hat und man überlegt hat wer der Mann wohl sein könnte, obwohl er doch sehr viel über sein hartes Glied nachgedacht hat, das hätte man nicht in jedes Mal erwähnen müssen. Besonders die Abschnitte aus Sicht der Opfer haben mich sehr mitgerissen, ich habe richtig mitgefiebert und auch mitgelitten.
Die drei Protagonistinnen Ruth, Kat und Shiloh haben mir auch gut gefallen. Jede von ihnen hat eine gute Entwicklung vollzogen, obwohl das wahrscheinlich noch besser zur Geltung gekommen wäre, wenn man noch mehr von ihrem Leben nach dem Angriff gewusst hätte. Aber jeder Teil war auf seine Art interessant und auch spannend, auch wenn es auch etwas langatmigere Stellen gab.
Das Ende kam dann doch ziemlich abrupt für meinen Geschmack. Der Showdown kam dann auf auf ca. 20 Seiten und dann kam schon der Epilog. Das fand ich etwas schade, da hätte man bestimmt noch etwas mehr herausholen können.
Im Großen und Ganzen hat mir dieser Thriller gut gefallen und ich habe mich gut unterhalten gefühlt. Jedoch gab es kaum Wendungen, die mich überraschen konnten und das Ende kam leider auch etwas zu schnell. Ich würde solide 3 Sterne bis 3,5 Sterne vergeben.
Fünfzehn Jahre sind Shiloh, Kat und Ruth vor ihrer Vergangenheit geflohen. Die drei Highschool-Freundinnen wurden damals beim Baden am See von einem Vergewaltiger überrascht, dem sie mit Mühe und Not entkamen. Als die drei Frauen nun wieder in ihrer alten Heimat in Prairie Creek, Wyoming, vereint sind, verschwindet ein junges Mädchen. Kurz darauf wird eine Frauenleiche gefunden. Gleichzeitig bekommen die drei Frauen unheilvolle Post: ein Schwarz-Weiß-Foto, das sie an jenem schicksalshaften Abend nackt am See zeigt. In ihnen keimt ein schrecklicher Verdacht...
Meine Meinung:
Das Buch ist in vier Teile unterteilt. Im ersten Teil geht es um das Zusammentreffen von Ruth, Kat und Shiloh mit ihrem Peiniger am See. Hier wird genau geschildert, was damals passiert ist. Jedoch hätte ich gerne noch mehr über das Leben der Drei nach diesem Angriff gelesen. Das wird zwar nach und nach in der Geschichte kurz erwähnt, was für mich aber ruhig noch etwas mehr Raum einnehmen hätte können.
Der zweite Teil wird aus Shilohs Sicht erzählt, der dritte aus Ruths und der vierte aus Kats und es gibt auch noch einen kurzen Epilog. Außerdem gibt es immer wieder kurze Abschnitte aus der Sicht des Vergewaltigers sowie auch von deren Opfern. Diese Passagen haben mir auch gut gefallen, da es die Spannung etwas hochgehalten hat und man überlegt hat wer der Mann wohl sein könnte, obwohl er doch sehr viel über sein hartes Glied nachgedacht hat, das hätte man nicht in jedes Mal erwähnen müssen. Besonders die Abschnitte aus Sicht der Opfer haben mich sehr mitgerissen, ich habe richtig mitgefiebert und auch mitgelitten.
Die drei Protagonistinnen Ruth, Kat und Shiloh haben mir auch gut gefallen. Jede von ihnen hat eine gute Entwicklung vollzogen, obwohl das wahrscheinlich noch besser zur Geltung gekommen wäre, wenn man noch mehr von ihrem Leben nach dem Angriff gewusst hätte. Aber jeder Teil war auf seine Art interessant und auch spannend, auch wenn es auch etwas langatmigere Stellen gab.
Das Ende kam dann doch ziemlich abrupt für meinen Geschmack. Der Showdown kam dann auf auf ca. 20 Seiten und dann kam schon der Epilog. Das fand ich etwas schade, da hätte man bestimmt noch etwas mehr herausholen können.
Im Großen und Ganzen hat mir dieser Thriller gut gefallen und ich habe mich gut unterhalten gefühlt. Jedoch gab es kaum Wendungen, die mich überraschen konnten und das Ende kam leider auch etwas zu schnell. Ich würde solide 3 Sterne bis 3,5 Sterne vergeben.
August 11, 2017
The book starts off with a "grab you in" beginning. A seemingly harmless skinny dip turns into a nightmare for three girls.
We continue fifteen years later when they all are back in town and a girl disappears like others have throughout the years.
It was a well written book with lots of action and suspense. There were so many options as to who was kidnapping girls, I really was unsure. Makes a book more fun to read that way. Definitely an exciting mystery!
* I was provided with an Arc from the publisher and NetGalley. It was my decision to read and review this book.
We continue fifteen years later when they all are back in town and a girl disappears like others have throughout the years.
It was a well written book with lots of action and suspense. There were so many options as to who was kidnapping girls, I really was unsure. Makes a book more fun to read that way. Definitely an exciting mystery!
* I was provided with an Arc from the publisher and NetGalley. It was my decision to read and review this book.
March 13, 2018
Somewhere between 2 and 3 stars ... this book was nuts. Not my usual sort at all, but it held my interest during a day of air travel (which I do not care for and craved the distraction). I have not read any other books from these three authors, so I cannot say if this is a mashup of their styles/voices or if it favors one of them.
The story line caught my interest and the first two chapters (15 Years Ago...) were an incredible adrenaline rush, like a pulpy slasher movie that I couldn't read fast enough. Then the time jump to present, and the reintroduction of the three teens as young women. And for as much as we were supposed to believe them as strong, independent women who learned from their teenage horror, there were several 'too stupid to live' moments that left me going, huh? Is that really a good idea, considering what happened to you and what is happening to other women around you? And then the insta-love within a few pages of each meeting a man.
What really got me on this mystery was how deep the lead was buried. When the bad guy was finally revealed, I actually stopped, looked up, and said "Who?" to myself. I then skimmed back over the text to figure out when he had been introduced, who he was, and why he was even a suspect. I'm still not sure on all of those points. There were several characters introduced in the last section of the book who didn't have much to do with the plot - I realize now this is the second book in a series, so I'm wondering if those families (Dillenger's) were central to that book?
In short, a mile a minute nuts mystery that kept me from worrying the plane I was in was going to crash. I'd read another from these authors (or at least Jackson) if ever I want another deep distraction with plenty of pulp.
The story line caught my interest and the first two chapters (15 Years Ago...) were an incredible adrenaline rush, like a pulpy slasher movie that I couldn't read fast enough. Then the time jump to present, and the reintroduction of the three teens as young women. And for as much as we were supposed to believe them as strong, independent women who learned from their teenage horror, there were several 'too stupid to live' moments that left me going, huh? Is that really a good idea, considering what happened to you and what is happening to other women around you? And then the insta-love within a few pages of each meeting a man.
What really got me on this mystery was how deep the lead was buried. When the bad guy was finally revealed, I actually stopped, looked up, and said "Who?" to myself. I then skimmed back over the text to figure out when he had been introduced, who he was, and why he was even a suspect. I'm still not sure on all of those points. There were several characters introduced in the last section of the book who didn't have much to do with the plot - I realize now this is the second book in a series, so I'm wondering if those families (Dillenger's) were central to that book?
In short, a mile a minute nuts mystery that kept me from worrying the plane I was in was going to crash. I'd read another from these authors (or at least Jackson) if ever I want another deep distraction with plenty of pulp.
July 22, 2017
To begin with, I have to say I strongly disagree with the book cover. "Scariest novel of the year" this was not. At least not for me. In fact I found myself putting this book down quite a lot. I just couldn't stay invested - which was very disappointing given how interesting the book sounded.
The characters were a little too one dimensional for my tastes, and the plot seemed too thin for what the reader was promised. Honestly, if not for bad luck, I doubt the killed would have been caught considering a retired police officer, and two of the three girls in the photograph (neither of them police officers) were running around questioning suspects and witnesses. I also didn't care much for how the book was written when it came to the "current" events. We get a snippet of Shiloh's new life and her budding relationship with her half sister and step brother, then we get bounced over to Ruth as she worries about her daughter, then finally we land on Kat and spend the rest of the novel with her. While Ruth is mentioned to an extent, Shiloh fairly disappears from the pages, popping in randomly to accuse Kat (who is a detective) of "freezing her out" of the investigation. Well yeah, that is how its supposed to work.
In the end, while I am sure this story may still appeal to those who enjoy psychological thrillers, this one just wasn't for me.
DISCLAIMER: I received a complimentary copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review. This has not affected my review in any way. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are 100% my own.
The characters were a little too one dimensional for my tastes, and the plot seemed too thin for what the reader was promised. Honestly, if not for bad luck, I doubt the killed would have been caught considering a retired police officer, and two of the three girls in the photograph (neither of them police officers) were running around questioning suspects and witnesses. I also didn't care much for how the book was written when it came to the "current" events. We get a snippet of Shiloh's new life and her budding relationship with her half sister and step brother, then we get bounced over to Ruth as she worries about her daughter, then finally we land on Kat and spend the rest of the novel with her. While Ruth is mentioned to an extent, Shiloh fairly disappears from the pages, popping in randomly to accuse Kat (who is a detective) of "freezing her out" of the investigation. Well yeah, that is how its supposed to work.
In the end, while I am sure this story may still appeal to those who enjoy psychological thrillers, this one just wasn't for me.
DISCLAIMER: I received a complimentary copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review. This has not affected my review in any way. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are 100% my own.
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