Firefly Run

by Trish Milburn

Shelly Myers has finally rebuilt her life two years after her new husband, a Dallas police detective, was gunned down on the church steps minutes after they’d said, “I do.” She returned to her beloved Smoky Mountains in Tennessee to help her parents run their cabin rental and river rafting business — and to heal.

Now, the murderer she helped send to death row has been released because of bungled evidence, and Troy’s partner, Detective Reed Tanner, has arrived on her doorstep to protect her from Eddie Victor, who has sworn to kill them both. Reed is determined to protect Shelly like he didn’t protect Troy, but he’s not prepared for how attracted he is to her or the fact that Shelly obviously feels the same way toward him.

Genres: Romance, Romantic Suspense, Suspense, Fiction

234 pages, Paperback

First published November 27, 2011

About the author

Trish Milburn is the author of more than 50 romance and young adult novels, a huge fan of Asian dramas and K-pop music, prefers Marvel over D.C. (except Wonder Woman is awesome), and loves road trips and visiting national and state parks, and of course is an avid reader with a never-ending to-be-read pile.

Learn more about Trish on her website, www.trishmilburn.com -- where you'll also find links to her social media. She's most active on Twitter @TrishMilburn. Also, her WordoftheK.com is dedicated to her books set in Korea as well as posts about various aspects of the Korean entertainment industry, Korean culture, etc.

Have a question? Be sure to check out the Goodreads option to ask about my books, K-pop, K-dramas, or writing.

Reviews

[The Book Worm · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book. It's very well achieved, both from the suspense and from the emotional point of view. Shelly and Reed are wonderful main characters, each dealing in a different way with the demons in their past. Seeing them overcome the sadness that came with the violent death of Troy (Shelly's husband and Reed's partner and long time best friend) and the guilt that they both feel when they realize their are attracted to each other, was both heartwarming and gratifying.

Once or twice I felt the plot was moving a bit too slow, though those slower moments are cleverly constructed in a way that makes you doubt whether there's really something wrong - the same way Shelly doubts Eddie (the man she helped convict of Troy's death and who is now out of jail based on a technicality) is actually coming after her.

I did think the end a bit rushed, with several unresolved details - which is something I find common in most of Trish Milburn's novels. Still, if you love romantic suspense Firefly Run is a great book for you.

[Melissa Herman]

Excellent Read!!

[Carrie Hinkel-Gill · Rating 2 out of 5]

Book 2: In Harm's Way Collection

I found it extremely easy to set this story down and walk away from it to do something else. Yes, this story had a beginning, middle and an end, but the rest of it (including the characters) left plenty to be desired.

My biggest complaint: too much, "tell," and not enough, "show."
I'm not just talking about the sex scenes either, though those were pretty vanilla for the most part.

For being touted as a, "suspense," novel, I didn't find it suspenseful nor thrilling. In fact, by the end the term "very Disney" popped into my head as I felt the author seemed too shy or afraid to go dark with the story.

Which leads into my second complaint: Eddie Victor.
The author could have done so much more with this character and created a more complex plot and ultimately a thrilling and suspenseful story, however, she chose to neuter him, thus keeping the story very vanilla. Very weak and vanilla bad guy. Not very scary at all, and didn't really add any excitement to the storyline.

Not to mention the fact that all of the characters seemed flat to me and the story itself just wasn't strong enough to make up for what the characters lack.

And that is the crux of why this story was barely, "ok." This book was packaged with stories intended to be, "suspense," and, "thrillers," but completely missed the mark. Of course, I didn't really buy the romance part of the story either.

So why did I waste my time and finish it? Well, I was hoping there would be something redeemable about it by the end, but I didn't really find anything to redeem it for me.

[Tia · Rating 4 out of 5]

This novel was one of the types that when it finished, it feels good in your soul. There really isn't much to complain about, the emotions were there. The characters were well written and then ending was great. I wished for a little bit more background on the characters but for an action/adventure romance, it was a good read for sure.

[M.J. Fredrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful suspense, wonderful conflict (a woman falls in love with her dead husband's partner after her husband is killed on their wedding day). My third favorite Trish Milburn book, after Living in Color and White Witch.

[Caitlin Sheehan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was another Kindle freebie and I loved it. It was a very easy read and it was so easy to get lost in the plot and invested in the main characters. I don't know about everyone else, but I've loved almost all of the free e-books that I've gotten so far.

[E · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another Kindle freebie, but I really enjoyed this one! Fast moving thriller in the Smoky Mountains.

[Rasana Atreya · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a pleasurable, fast-paced read. I definitely recommend it. The characters were wonderful, I was rooting for them, wanting thing to work out for them.

[Gayla Glass · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read. Quick and easy with loveable characters and a good storyline. I finished the book in one sitting.

[Marilyn Boswell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the book very much. Easy to read and follow. Set in an area that I've been to so could relate to descriptions.

[Della · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute but predictable. A nice easy read for the weekend.

[Kayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

Firefly Run was the first of Trish Milburn's adult novels that I read. I loved it. The only thing that bothered me was that the main character's name was misspelled several times.

[Nefol_reads · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty darned good

[Kristin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great love story!!

[Barb]

It was just ok. Moved though the section they were talking about the whole book very quickly...

[Lynn Sykes · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book probably because of its setting in the Smoky Mountains.

[Michele Loussaert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Doesn't take much thought. Predictable.