The Studio

by Judith Erwin

Commander Matt Emerson, son of a navy admiral, enrolls his five daughters in ballet classes at Kaci Connelly's dance studio in Florida. His wife has mysteriously disappeared at his last post in Viriginia, and he transferred to Florida to remove his children from the gossip and speculation about their mother. Matt is a suspect in his wife's disappearance and has no alibi.

Kaci, a former ballerina, is still in recovery for the trauma of a horrendous tragedy that ended her performing career years before meeting the Emersons. She is a devoted teacher, who becomes attached to the motherless girls while subconsciously becoming attracted to their handsome father.

When Matt exchanges his labor for extra classes for his daughters, creating close contact with Kaci, he finds himself becoming more and more attracted to the pretty dance instructor.

While all the girls are grieving for their mother, the oldest, a talented young teen, is the most disturbed and harbors a belief that her father was responsible for her mother's disappearance.

The stakes increase when the remains of Matt's wife are found on Federal parkland in North Carolina, and the FBI targets Matt.

Readers will be intrigued by Matt's plight to prove his innocence and win the love, respect, and trust of his children, and by Kaci's struggle when falling in love with a murder suspect.

Genres: Contemporary

342 pages, Paperback

Published November 19, 2019

About the author

Winner of a 2020 FAPA President's Book Award Gold Medal, and a 2020 Reader's Favorite Book Awards Finalist Seal, Judith Erwin is a retired attorney and freelance writer.

She is the author of ten published novels in the crime-solving mystery, romance, romantic suspense, and women's fiction genres.

Reviews

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[Carol · Rating 2 out of 5]

Slogged thru this

Way too much unnecessary dialog and info which didn't move the story forward. Skipped quite a bit. Also, the main characters were not very relevant to the story itself. I kept reading just to find out who done it!

[sherry a heyward · Rating 4 out of 5]

WOW!!

I truly enjoyed this read! I must admit I was tempted to go to the end because it was taking took long for me. I was good and waited til the end but it was hard! Well written in my eyes.

[Gerri Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kaci is woman who lost her child and it's killing her. And you have a Commander in the U.S. Navy, Matt with a missing wife ad 5 daughters who are missing their mom. Between the unhappiness and the police thinking he killed his wife, there is lots of suspense to this book. When the two characters meet you will enjoy this book even more.

[Ellen White · Rating 5 out of 5]

Captivating to the end, Matt and Keri’s lives unfolding a nightmare and how was it ever going to end. With five daughters the range of emotion and understanding for each was hard, impossible for some. The light was taking ballet lesson, that too took a sideline, when things became public.
Great story, loved the role and how he handled Matt was Jake a no nonsense PI.

[yaneke sailsman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great

Great storyline. Suspense was on point. Characters real and flow of book good. Good read. Could not put book down

[Patty]

DNF