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Cold Ridge
A New York Times Bestseller Carine Winters accepts the job of photographing Sterling Rancourt's historic Boston home knowing she's taking a risk -- she could run into Tyler North, the man who all but left Carine at the altar a year ago. Then Carine finds a body in Rancourt's house -- and the prime suspect in the murder is Tyler North's best friend. Tyler goes to see his friend Manny, expecting him to ask for help. Instead, Manny urges Tyler to protect Carine, to take her back to Cold Ridge, away from the temptations to meddle in a murder investigation. Available only in Core 6 & 7
438 pages, Hardcover
First published January 12, 2003
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Carla Neggers
143 books1,608 followersCarla Neggers is the New York Times bestselling author of the Sharpe & Donovan series featuring Boston-based FBI agents Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan, and the popular Swift River Valley series set in the small, fictional New England town of Knights Bridge. With many bestsellers to her credit, Carla loves to write now as much as she did when she climbed a tree at age eleven with a pad and pen and spun stories perched on her favorite branch.
A native New Englander, Carla and her husband divide their time between their hilltop home in Vermont, a sofa bed at their kids' places in Boston and various inns, hotels and hideaways on their travels, frequently to Ireland.
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A native New Englander, Carla and her husband divide their time between their hilltop home in Vermont, a sofa bed at their kids' places in Boston and various inns, hotels and hideaways on their travels, frequently to Ireland.
Find out more and sign up for Carla's newsletter at CarlaNeggers.com.
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February 25, 2022
My first Carla Neggers, I wish I loved it more.
The mystery kept me intrigued and want to know who was behind the shooting at Cold Ridge, New Hampshire, and why. Carine Winters, a photographer, was testing her new camera. She's in the woods when shots were aimed at her location. Not a hunter. She tries to escape and was chased by the shooter(s). Tyler North, a childhood friend and a local was on the mountain with his two pararescue buddies and they came to her rescue. Months later, Carine took a freelance job in Boston and saw a body at the mansion she was photographing. Looks like trouble is following her. She returns to the mountains with Tyler
I like how Neggers writes about the outdoors. I can feel the crisp cold air of Cold Ridge/ White Mountain. I also learn a bit about pararescuers. The pace was mostly fine. I don't normally read romantic suspense with a military angle so I wouldn't mind trying the next one.
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The mystery kept me intrigued and want to know who was behind the shooting at Cold Ridge, New Hampshire, and why. Carine Winters, a photographer, was testing her new camera. She's in the woods when shots were aimed at her location. Not a hunter. She tries to escape and was chased by the shooter(s). Tyler North, a childhood friend and a local was on the mountain with his two pararescue buddies and they came to her rescue. Months later, Carine took a freelance job in Boston and saw a body at the mansion she was photographing. Looks like trouble is following her. She returns to the mountains with Tyler
I like how Neggers writes about the outdoors. I can feel the crisp cold air of Cold Ridge/ White Mountain. I also learn a bit about pararescuers. The pace was mostly fine. I don't normally read romantic suspense with a military angle so I wouldn't mind trying the next one.
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November 28, 2017
I had read the novella that CN wrote prior to this book so I decided to continue with the series. I loved this first book. Good mystery, suspense ,romance and family dedication.
February 10, 2017
If you are looking for romance combined with mystery, look no further than Carla's excellent books. Here, Carine returns to photograph a historic home in the city where her ex-fiance Tyler broke her heart, only to become embroiled in the dangerous mystery of who killed Tyler's best friend. Phenomenal!
September 18, 2011
This book left me both wanting more and wanting less. I wanted more character development. I didn't feel connected to them at all and their motivations were often unclear. Carine, the female lead, was described as this independent, strong willed woman, yet her behavior and actions often said the opposite. The plot was interesting but slow and none of the action - suspense or romance - had enough substance to really hold my interest.
What I wanted less of was the unnecessary description. We're given pages of information on the scenery. We're given lots of detail on the process of becoming a pararescuer and the required skills. None of this was particularly fascinating to me and it often repeated throughout the book. The characters inner thoughts are often repeated as well, as they continually contemplate each other and the issues around them.
Overall, this is a good read, though easily forgettable.
What I wanted less of was the unnecessary description. We're given pages of information on the scenery. We're given lots of detail on the process of becoming a pararescuer and the required skills. None of this was particularly fascinating to me and it often repeated throughout the book. The characters inner thoughts are often repeated as well, as they continually contemplate each other and the issues around them.
Overall, this is a good read, though easily forgettable.
December 31, 2016
2.5 stars
It could have been so much better
Some of the character building, like the background about Antonia, made it seem like this was a spin off of another series. It seemed like a lot of background was missing--character development lacking for the main characters.
Cold Ridge was a struggle for me to finish, and I will not continue with the rest of the series.
It could have been so much better
Some of the character building, like the background about Antonia, made it seem like this was a spin off of another series. It seemed like a lot of background was missing--character development lacking for the main characters.
Cold Ridge was a struggle for me to finish, and I will not continue with the rest of the series.
March 15, 2012
This one was just meh for me. I didn't really care for Carine, so many times she crossed into TSTL territory. Tyler wasn't much better, his actions annoyed. Gus was funny, but then most crotchety old men are. The whole mystery part was boring for me. The only good thing it did was bring together all the friends.
March 3, 2019
I found this filed under Romance in the library. This is as much a romance as Catherine Coulter's FBI series. This is a mystery/thriller with lots of action. There is also romance but the plot turns more on the mystery and action than on the romance. Fast moving and well plotted this is a compelling read that kept me up most of the night. I highly recommend it.
March 7, 2019
Meh... couldn't get into it. But I hung in there and finished. The last couple of chapters were better, hence the 3 stars rather than the possible 2 stars.
May 17, 2011
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. The characters were flawed but well written. I enjoyed that none of them had a perfect life or had all the answers. It makes it easier to like them when they are more relateable.
Carine has a nice life that's quiet and peaceful. She and her siblings were raised by an uncle after her parents tragic deaths. Her uncle is overprotective, as is her brother and sister, but they all mean well.
Carine stumbles into something that has people shooting at her, she doesn't even know anything. But three men come to her rescue, one of them is a life long friend, Tyler, that was the typical boy growing up. They had no use for each other than to torment. Things change when he finds her zigzaggin from bullets in the mountains.
A year later, he walks away from their engagement one week shy of the wedding. Carine is devasted. Surrounded by memories of Ty, she moves to Boston to 'take a break'. While there, she finds a dead body and everything goes south. Ty comes back into play when a mutual friend calls him to protect Carine.
The chase takes them back to the mountains they both love...but it doesn't stay peaceful and safe.
Ty is sexy and endearing. Carine is spunky and likeable. There is, of course, the happy ending I love!
I recommend this book to those that like action, romance and a happy ending.
Carine has a nice life that's quiet and peaceful. She and her siblings were raised by an uncle after her parents tragic deaths. Her uncle is overprotective, as is her brother and sister, but they all mean well.
Carine stumbles into something that has people shooting at her, she doesn't even know anything. But three men come to her rescue, one of them is a life long friend, Tyler, that was the typical boy growing up. They had no use for each other than to torment. Things change when he finds her zigzaggin from bullets in the mountains.
A year later, he walks away from their engagement one week shy of the wedding. Carine is devasted. Surrounded by memories of Ty, she moves to Boston to 'take a break'. While there, she finds a dead body and everything goes south. Ty comes back into play when a mutual friend calls him to protect Carine.
The chase takes them back to the mountains they both love...but it doesn't stay peaceful and safe.
Ty is sexy and endearing. Carine is spunky and likeable. There is, of course, the happy ending I love!
I recommend this book to those that like action, romance and a happy ending.
July 18, 2016
The book starts off with a bang, literally, when photographer, Corine Winters, is out hiking in the New Hampshire mountains and someone starts shooting at her. Ty, Corine's childhood friend, along with his fellow pararescuemen, come to the rescue and romance quickly blooms between Corine and Ty. Then, a year later, after a broken engagement, Corine moves to Boston where she finds a dead body in a house she was hired to photograph.
From there the action fizzles out til the very end where there is some action when the murderer is revealed (which was predictable). Most of the book revolves around the men in Corine's life dictating where she should live and how she should live her life, and Corine and Ty rehashing their broken engagement. It becomes irritating. Corine, herself, isn't that great. She is suppose to be a mature, independent woman, but ends up coming off as completely immature and weak. The rekindled romance between Corine and Ty just doesn't feel right and the ending left me feeling unsatisfied.
From there the action fizzles out til the very end where there is some action when the murderer is revealed (which was predictable). Most of the book revolves around the men in Corine's life dictating where she should live and how she should live her life, and Corine and Ty rehashing their broken engagement. It becomes irritating. Corine, herself, isn't that great. She is suppose to be a mature, independent woman, but ends up coming off as completely immature and weak. The rekindled romance between Corine and Ty just doesn't feel right and the ending left me feeling unsatisfied.
May 6, 2015
Several mysteries turned up in the first couple of chapters. Who shot at Carine while she was out photographing nature and why? Why did her fiancee Tyler leave her a week before the wedding? Who killed the security assistant right before Carine found him? What is Manny's involvement in the murder? How did the head of security lose 2 fingers? The secrets all seem to lie in Carine's hometown of Cold Ridge. I liked this book and want to continue reading more by Carla Neggers.
January 20, 2020
This was just OK. If I had read this one first I might have stopped the series but this is a series that seems fine to read out of order. So I've read a couple of the later ones and liked them. This one had no real plot to me. The 2 main characters aren't even the center of the action most of the time. They are mostly thinking and talking about the trouble other characters are in and hiking.
July 1, 2008
romantic suspense, always a good read ny her.
March 29, 2022
Sorry to say that this romantic suspense story did not work for me, either as a romance or as a suspense novel. The story moves slowly and with way too much exposition for more than half the book. The two primary characters, Carine and Ty, seemed detached from authentic feelings for each other, but even so, they are quick to reconnect sexually. There are multiple additional characters with frequent switching of viewpoints from one to another. Regretfully, these other characters also have little depth, and more than one seems pretty neurotic. The mystery behind the crime wasn’t explored in a meaningful way. The author did manage to create some truly suspenseful scenes near the end, but this didn’t save the entire work. Actually, the best written aspect of this book was the setting, a detailed description of the New Hampshire mountains where much of the story takes place.
August 17, 2022
Carine Winter is climbing her beloved Cold Ridge mountains when she stops to take a series of photos of a beautiful old cabin and soon finds herself a target for a shooter. Saved by her brother’s best friend, Tyler, a pararescuer, they soon start a love affair that ends badly.
In need of space, Carine leaves the mountain and goes to Boston, accepting a job photographing the renovation of a historic home, but ends up finding a dead body in the library- and the prime suspect is Tyler’s best friend.
This is a slow burn suspense with a renewal of Carine and Tyler’s relationship leading the way. I’ve read many Carla Neggars mysteries and enjoy her way of incorporating the setting into the story, so that it becomes an important character in its own right.
A great read!
In need of space, Carine leaves the mountain and goes to Boston, accepting a job photographing the renovation of a historic home, but ends up finding a dead body in the library- and the prime suspect is Tyler’s best friend.
This is a slow burn suspense with a renewal of Carine and Tyler’s relationship leading the way. I’ve read many Carla Neggars mysteries and enjoy her way of incorporating the setting into the story, so that it becomes an important character in its own right.
A great read!
March 26, 2024
I liked this book when I first read it over 20 years ago and I liked it this time. After 20 years it was like a new read in that I did not remember who the bad guy was.
This time I was more critical. Ty was active military. How did he get so much leave time? He seemed to always be around and for a long period of time.
To me, the book did not actually end. What happened to Jodie and Sterling? Even though they did nothing illegal, they were not exactly good people. There should have been an epilogue about Ty and Carine. How and when did they get married? Where did they live? etc.
This time I was more critical. Ty was active military. How did he get so much leave time? He seemed to always be around and for a long period of time.
To me, the book did not actually end. What happened to Jodie and Sterling? Even though they did nothing illegal, they were not exactly good people. There should have been an epilogue about Ty and Carine. How and when did they get married? Where did they live? etc.
November 10, 2017
Carine had her heart broken by Tyler North, and due to a horrifying turn of events it seems he is the only one who can help her and protect her from a killer. Can Carine trust Tyler enough to let him?
This is a wonderfully written book that kept me up until 3 AM. I couldn't put it down. The characters are interesting, entertaining and very believable. The novel has a plenty of suspense and romance and keeps its biggest secrets until the end. This is a great read.
This is a wonderfully written book that kept me up until 3 AM. I couldn't put it down. The characters are interesting, entertaining and very believable. The novel has a plenty of suspense and romance and keeps its biggest secrets until the end. This is a great read.
December 12, 2019
I liked this book. I would have given a higher rating if the beginning of the book was better explained and better set up. Although there was a bride that was nearly left at the alter, it did not show the love and passion between these two. It made it difficult to accept the love story that came after.
The murder mystery was well done and although hard to believe it all started with what appeared to be an insignificant event, it was the catalyst of almost all that came after.
The murder mystery was well done and although hard to believe it all started with what appeared to be an insignificant event, it was the catalyst of almost all that came after.
February 10, 2020
I had mixed feelings about this one, the mystery and suspense were great and I even liked the main and secondary characters. I just really didn't like the way the main characters interacted with one another most of the time - relationship wise. Also, I really wish the bonus story hadn't been at the end of the book, it was a prequel pretty much and the whole plot is spoiled in the first few pages of Cold Ridge. I love her writing and I'll be reading the next one regardless.
January 30, 2022
A decent thriller.
The plot summary was simple but nevertheless, it was not a boring read. Carla's way of writing was easy to read and follow. But I should say that it was a bit of a drag for 376 pages. There weren't any twists like I had expected and the conclusion was predictable.
Overall, not a boring book but also not a great one. I would recommend this to someone who is looking to pass time and does not have any other books to read.
The plot summary was simple but nevertheless, it was not a boring read. Carla's way of writing was easy to read and follow. But I should say that it was a bit of a drag for 376 pages. There weren't any twists like I had expected and the conclusion was predictable.
Overall, not a boring book but also not a great one. I would recommend this to someone who is looking to pass time and does not have any other books to read.
April 1, 2021
this is my first Carla Neggers book and I LOVED it :) I am so looking forward to reading this whole series omgoodness.....It's got a little bit of this a little bit of that and a whole lot of GOOD. Set between New Hampshire in the mountains and Boston/Washington D.C. with enough giggles tossed in to keep you reading Cold Ridge is an easy quick fun read.
October 4, 2018
COLD RIDGE : SHELTER ISLAND
Very good romantic suspense thriller, quite a bit of action.
But the best was the interaction between Ty and Carine- good characters-very easy to care about them. The novella included in this book was also very good- about Antonia and Hank.
Very good romantic suspense thriller, quite a bit of action.
But the best was the interaction between Ty and Carine- good characters-very easy to care about them. The novella included in this book was also very good- about Antonia and Hank.
October 30, 2020
Enjoyed the read
The stories kept me reading due to the suspense and the interesting characters. The teaser setup in thee last section had me wanting to read that book.
A.J. Fotheringham
The stories kept me reading due to the suspense and the interesting characters. The teaser setup in thee last section had me wanting to read that book.
A.J. Fotheringham
January 11, 2022
Read the first 6 chapters but I just can’t get into the story and writing. Skipped to the last couple of chapters and I still understood what happened. This is my first book of this author, and probably my last.
July 7, 2025
Pleasantly Surprised. I don't usually like "Romance" books, but this suspense filled novel, even with the Romance included, caught my attention immediately and I couldn't put it down. Excellent book. I will look for more of her books.
February 18, 2017
This was an excellent read. I thoroughly enjoyed both stories!
May 23, 2017
Very good.
It held my interest. It didn't hold it that I didn't want to put it down. She is a great writer.
It held my interest. It didn't hold it that I didn't want to put it down. She is a great writer.
June 7, 2017
This was a good read. I want to find some more of Carla Neggers books to try as this is the first I have ever read.
August 12, 2017
interesting characters
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