This was a pretty good read. I really hate it when a main character cannot come clean after awhile on their own, but I guess that makes for more suspense... ( )

The serial-killer thing is getting kind of old, and I didn't think the initial part of the romance was that convincing--chemistry may well be the answer IRL, but I like something more solid in a romance novel. In fact, for the first half of the book, it was a solid 4 stars. Then Brockmann ratchets the story up a notch--several notches, and I'm really wondering who the killer is, and even so I know it can't be the hero (I'm not dumb--this is a Harlequin Intrigue--heroes are never serial killers in Harlequin Intrigues), I can feel the heroine's fear & distress at being only 99.9% sure that he's not, which was really well done. ( )

Vital Statistics of Rob Carpenter:

early thirties
traveling consultant
no family
likes Chinese takeout
and action movies

That was all Jess Baxter knew about her newest tenant. That and the fact that he liked her daughter - and was the sexiest guy she'd ever met. But as Jess found out, no one got to know the elusive Mr. Carpenter.