Land's End

Lowcountry #1

by Marta Perry

Confused and angry, Dr. Sarah Wainwright returned to the Georgia island of St. James in search of answers to her husband's mysterious death--in an apparent lovers' tryst with the wife of wealthy industrialist Trent Donner. Anger seemed to be the only edge Sarah had -- Trent's control of the island and his protectiveness for his young daughter were enough to drive even this scandal back into the shadows.

A man whose life depended on keeping his secrets; a woman whose future depended on learning the truth -- could her quest set them free, or would it destroy them all?

Genres: Love Inspired Suspense, Love Inspired, Romance, Christian Fiction

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Marta Perry is a Pennsylvania-based author of over 35 novels, many of them inspirational romances. She uses her rural Pennsylvania life and her Pennsylvania Dutch heritage in writing her books, especially in her Pleasant Valley Amish series for Berkley Books and her new Amish-set suspense series for HQN Books.

Marta and her husband live in a centuries-old farmhouse in a quiet central Pennsylvania valley. They have three grown children and six beautiful grandchildren, and when she's not busy writing her next book, she's usually trying to keep up with her gardening, baking for church events, or visiting those beautiful grandkids.

Reviews

[Paula-O · Rating 4 out of 5]

Series Lowcountry Suspense, book #1 "Lands End" by Marta Perry

This is a wonderful story of a woman returning to the island where her husband died to find answers.
Many do not want her there and there is confusion from the beginning where she is asked to leave the hotel not long after arriving.
This story had many twist and times when you thought you knew what was happening but you really did not.
The man that had been the boss of company where her husband worked believed there had been an affair between his wife and his employee and he wanted her gone from the island.
If you like a good mystery -you will really enjoy reading this story.

[Ruth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! Land's End is definitely one of the best romantic suspense stories ever! It is one of those "just gotta keep reading and can't lay it down" books! Truly a well-written, heartfelt, and enjoyably story, loaded with plenty of suspenseful drama, faith, family, and love! Plus it has a great ending, or should I say surprise ending, as I never am right in figuring out the bad guy!!! Thanks Marta, you've done another outstanding job!! God bless you!

[Jaclyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Started off kinda slow and the hero was an ass, but it got. Better and he ending was great!

[Michele · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic start to this series - just found it. Marta Perry is a awesome author and has so many great series out there that I absolutely love!

[Jess H · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kept me on the edge of my seat needing to know how it was going to end!

[Patricia W. Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed it.. so nice to read a book w/o all the curse words. Also,
Loved her prayers

[Angela Risner · Rating 4 out of 5]

I do love most of Marta Perry's writings. I really enjoyed her books set in Pennsylvania Dutch country.

This was as well-written as the others But I didn't find the character of the female protagonist to be as engaging as the male protagonist was.

Perry does make her characters so realistic that I found myself wanting to smack the crap out of several who were being unkind. On the other hand, it wasn't too difficult to figure out who the killer was. The main surprise (and not given many pages) was the actual truth behind the scandal. That was a twist I didn't see coming and I wish that Perry had spent more on it.

A decent beach read.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a BN deal on Nook and I'm glad I snagged it. It's almost short enough to be a short story, rather than a novel, and I was hooked from the beginning. It's a romantic thriller with a Christian undercurrent. I was able to guess a little bit but not enough to disappoint. I will likelyy read more of Marta Perry's books.

[Martha · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a goodish book. Nice mystery about who could have killed the heroine's husband and his apparent lover. Predictible when the heroine and the hero hook up and let their feelings surface. You know the ones, the ones they've had for each other prior to the husband and his wife seemed to be having an affair and die together. Plenty of praying. Good mystery though.

[nora · Rating 3 out of 5]

okay book

[Barbara Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a very mild and fairly predictable book. It reads very quickly, but not one that I would recommend.

[Alisha · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.7

[Cheryl Steiber · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read