Midnight Dunes

Macey Burns has taken a job making ad videos for commerce in Lost Beach, Texas. Unfortunately, she has rented the cabin of a woman who's been missing for a couple of weeks. When her body is found near the cabin, Macey's instincts as a former news reporter kick in and her curiosity about the case is aroused. The lead detective on the case, Owen Breda finds himself attracted to Macey, but his gut reaction is to steer clear of reporters. However, Owen doesn't have the luxury of time and he needs all the help he can get.

Midnight Dunes is a fairly average romantic suspense. While there is a good balance of romance and suspense, the solution to the mystery comes out of nowhere, and the romance between Macey and Owen is very lackluster. The show more amount of characters in this book, some from previous installments in the series and some that I assume will appear in later volumes, clutter up the plot and create a detachment from the reader to the protagonists. Overall, Midnight Dunes isn't a bad book, but it doesn't live up to earlier stories written by this author. show less

This is a romantic suspense title that is third in a series. In this episode, Detective Owen Breda is trying to solve the murder of a woman found buried in one of the area's famous sand dunes. And filmmaker Macey Burns is trying to make commercials to highlight the attractions of the area for the tourist board.

Macey has left her current career as a television personality in disgrace. She's sunk all her savings into her new business as a filmmaker. She has self-doubts and still some guilt about her previous bad choices.

Owen is busy trying to prove himself as a detective and suffering some doubts of his own. He feels he isn't measuring up to the standards set by his older brother who is a successful detective.

Macey finds that she has show more unknowingly leased the same house that the murdered woman lived in - and it seems someone wants something she might have left there.

Owen and Macey's paths keep crossing as he's searching for clues and she's searching for perfect locations on the island to film. Both are really busy people who have different desires for a relationship. Owen is fascinated with her, but she is hesitant to start a new relationship with memories of her former relationship's implosion firm in her mind.

For me, this story suffered from an overabundance of characters. I'm assuming that quite a few of them were introduced in the previous two books of the series and were here to let readers know what was happening with them. I found it hard to focus on the two main characters of this story because so many other characters kept showing up.

The mystery was interesting and there was a nice amount of suspense both in relation to the crime and to the new relationship. Fans of the previous two books will enjoy this one. show less

When the woman whose cottage she is renting is found dead in the sand dunes, documentary filmmaker Macey Burns, who has come to Lost Beach, Texas, to start over, helps Detective Owen Breda with the ensuing investigation, putting her in the crosshairs of a killer.

This was a decent, light mystery with an interesting investigation. I liked how the police team worked together. Macey snoops around a little but not too much to be annoying. The romance part was ok but I was more interested in the investigation. This was a solid mystery with likeable characters.