Lowell delivers another exhilarating romantic thriller. Kayla is a banker who has been tricked into laundering money for an international arms dealer. Rand's twin brother was killed by this same man five years before. They team up with help from St. Kilda to stop him before he kills them.
With fascinating dynamic characters, well reasoned motivations and plot lines, and decent writing, this book is highly recommended. ( )

I picked up Elizabeth Lowell’s “Innocent as Sin” for more than one reason. First, it hit the NY Times Best Sellers list. I’d never heard of this author before and knew I had to read it. Another reason was our library has this book in audio format. That doesn’t sound like a good reason, but if you’d see my list of books to read for the next couple of months it would make sense. Audio is the only way I can fit another book in.I try not to, but can’t seem to help myself. When a book hits the NY Times, I expect more than if the author who hasn’t made it there yet. And when I see obvious holes in the book as with “Innocent as Sin”, I wonder how a book like this ended up there.The story started out with a bang, and then nothing - total boredom. I’m sure this is where the story is being set up, but gosh what a snoozer. Another problem I had was with the main characters, Kayla and Rand. I didn’t find them believable whatsoever. The rest, the bad guys, were perfect. In fact, so was the plot. Here’s the HarperCollins blurb:“Kayla Shaw is a private banker in Arizona—smart and capable but underpaid and underappreciated. Rand McCree is a haunted man who paints landscapes in the Pacific Northwest, burning with a need for answers about the terrible event that shattered his world. They are two strangers with nothing in common . . . until their lives entwine—and explode.” “On what at first appears to be an ordinary day, everything changes for Kayla, as she barely escapes a kidnapping attempt and finds herself accused of a shocking crime: the illegal laundering of hundreds of millions of dollars. Damned by lies and false "evidence," she is trapped with no place to run.” “After five agonizing years, Rand has finally been offered what he desires the most: the name of his twin brother's murderer. Hungry for vengeance, he accepts a job with St. Kilda Consulting that will place him in the killer's orbit . . . and tantalizingly close to Kayla Shaw. The cold-blooded international criminal responsible for Rand's brother's death has targeted Kayla as his next victim. Since she can't turn to the police, who believe she's guilty as sin, she must place her life in the hands of the shadowy, secretive man who has come out of nowhere to protect her. Suspicious of each other, needing each other, they are two against the world—with unknown enemies on all sides and even the government itself suspect—as the violence of the past erupts in the present. And now innocence alone will not be enough to keep Kayla Shaw alive. . . .”All-in-all, it was a good read. I enjoy being introduced to a new author.From J. Kaye’s Book Blog at http://j-kaye-book-blog.blogspot.com/... ( )

Private banker Kayla Shaw is conned into money laundering. Special agency St. Kilda and consultant/painter Rand, whose twin brother was killed in Camgeria by 'the Siberian', assist Kayla to escape her predicament, and of course, fall in love with Rand. ( )