Reading A Year of Summer Shadows, book #2 in Alice Orr’s Riverton Road Romance Suspense Series was like coming home again. In book #1, A Wrong Way Home, we are introduced to Kara and Matt, the Kalli family and the small North Country New York town of Riverton, where a love story unfolds in the midst of a murder investigation.

Book #2 features Hailey and Mark is another fast-paced thriller involving another murder, family secrets, friendships and plot twists against the backdrop of a slow-building yet intense love story.

In her characteristic street-wise voice, Orr’s characters come alive on the page through concise and vivid dialogue and sensory details. I rooted for Hailey and Mark and the love they shared. Her characters are believable and either very likable or despicable, depending on the role they played in the story. Orr’s ability to hook the reader from the first page with a dramatic inciting incident and then draw the reader into a multilayered plot filled with surprises and intrigue kept me turning the pages until the end. Murder, suspense, family secrets and a love that conquers all in a town where everyone knows your business lead to a very compelling story.

Book #2 is an engaging and enjoyable read that left me feeling at home in Riverton and looking forward to Book #3, A Villain for Vanessa. I highly recommend this series ( )