*Book received for consideration. All thoughts are my own.
Janae Simmons left the small town of Kedgewick, Virginia, ten years ago to pursue her legal career and never looked back--until a professional mistake leads her to her grandmother's historic carriage house and to the town where her past threatens to find her. The quiet streets echo with her grandfather's sterling reputation, one that conflicts with fresh questions that claw at Janae, launching her on a reluctant journey to unearth his secrets. When her new job at a local law firm doesn't live up to expectations, she wonders if coming home was the right decision.
Carter Montgomery starts his art preservation career with the only job he can get--director at the Elliott Museum of Art. At least Kedgewick is a nice enough town to provide him and his nephew with a safe place to grieve the loss of Carter's sister. But Carter's calm days disappear when an elderly woman claims two paintings in the museum's collection were stolen from her family during World War II.
Carter enlists Janae's help to unravel the legal labyrinth of art ownership, and the peaceful facade of Kedgewick morphs into a hot bed of secrets. When an attorney turns up dead and Janae uncovers another painting, what began as a simple legal issue spirals into a race against time. As the web of intrigue tightens, the duo must confront a looming question: What dark truths lie beneath the surface, waiting to be exposed?
Since the time I could read Nancy Drew, I have wanted to write mysteries. In 2005 I attended a book signing at my local Christian bookstore. The rest, as they say, is history. There I met Colleen Coble. With prompting from my husband, I shared my dream with Colleen. Since those infamous words, I've been writing award-winning books with the count currently climbing to 40 published and more in the works.
This was such a good read! The story centers around the art world and art theft, which admittedly isn't something that I am super familiar with. I found this topic to be very intriguing though. It was a nice blend of the historical aspects with art theft being prominent during WWII mixed with the legal aspects of that. It's a pretty complex topic and you could certainly tell the author put in the research, making the story all that much better. There were some twists I didn't see coming. While it might not have been a super fast paced story or filled with non-stop action as some suspense reads, I didn't miss that at all. It still kept me on the edge of my seat wanting to figure it all out and see how everything would play out. Of course, there was some romance too, which I loved... though I definitely felt it took a backseat to the legal aspects in this one for me.
If you're looking for a great Christian romantic suspense, this is certainly one to check out.
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