~ Shannon McKenna
Publisher ~ Kensington
Published ~ 1 April 2012
My Rating ~ 3 out of 5
The D’onfrio sisters were adopted
by Lucia D’Onofrio when they were young teens in foster care, but they are as
close as blood sisters. When their mother is murdered in a burglary, the house
is vandalized after the funeral and a scrap of letter is found and a jeweler’s
family connected to Lucia’s last gifts to her daughters are murdered the
sisters get a bad feeling. A really bad feeling that more is going on and they
could be the next targets.
This story is told in three parts
with each sister getting her own story complete with her own danger and her
very own knight in shining armor. It was a bit too convenient that these guys
showed up at just the right time when the poor idiot women needed them.
Ok. The only thing that kept me
reading was the mystery of the homicidal serial killer, his employer and what
they were looking for that they were going to such lengths and expense to find.
The mystery wasn’t a bad one, but the serial killer was an inept idiot. Though
in his own thoughts he did say that while he was a professional (I had my
doubts) everything about this job had gone wrong from the very beginning. Ok, I
can believe that he was probably usually good at his job and this one was one
of those jobs where Murphy’s Law takes over. It happens. He was just a bit too
bumbling idiot for me though.
The first story with Nancy and
Liam did nothing for me but make me alternate between rolling my eyes and
grinding my teeth. Nancy
was a wimp of the first order and Liam was one of the biggest jerks I’ve come
across in a long time. Didn’t like either of them. At all.
The second story with Nell and
Duncan was my favorite. I actually liked them even though Nell made me mad with
all her carelessness when she knew someone was after her.
The last story with Vivi and Jack
was better than the first, but not by much. I liked Vivi, but Jack was also a
jerk. Though it turns out he had his reasons and it’s not always easy to let go
of our childhood experiences.
So, I hung in there for the
mystery and to see the bad guys get what’s coming to them, but it’s not a book
I’ll ever reread. Well, ok, I might reread Nell and Duncan ’s part, since I liked them and it was
a hot story, but not the rest of it.
*The publisher provided a copy of
this book to me for review. Please see disclaimer page.
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