The Waterfall

by Carla Neggers

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Three years after the sudden death of her husband, Lucy Blacker Swift has finally got things under control. Leaving behind the cutthroat world of Washington, Lucy and her two children move to a Vermont farmhouse and start to rebuild their lives. But a string of unexplained events--late-night hang-ups, a bullet through a window--threatens her new life.

Unwilling to turn to her powerful father-in-law, Senator Jack Swift, Lucy tracks down Sebastian Redwing, an international security expert show more her late husband asked her to contact if she ever needed help. Sebastian, though, wants nothing to do with her problems...or with a woman he's been half in love with since her wedding day.

But Sebastian knows he has no choice, and reluctantly he becomes drawn with Lucy into a dangerous tangle of blackmail, vengeance and betrayal, with Lucy's powerful family--and Sebastian's troubled past--smack in the middle.
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Good story about a Senator's daughter-in-law, Lucy Swift, who moves to Vermont after the death of her husband. She begins a new life with her two children when several unexplained events happen that make her question whether someone is out to scare her. She contacts her husband's best friend, Sebastian Redwing who now owns a security firm in Wyoming. While Sebastian says he isn't interested in helping her, he does show up in Vermont.
As these seemingly random events begin to escalate, others get drawn in through blackmail, lies, and a man out to even a score. I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone looking for a twisted mystery.
If you must read every novel by an author then you can add this title to your reading list. If you need another novel to pack in your beach bag, you could also add this title as if you're distracted by conversation or other activities on the beach that you'd like to watch or participate in for awhile, it won't really matter if you've lost your place and come back and start reading it again a little later.

This novel reminds me of the feeling when I could no longer read any Danielle Steel novels - predictable from damsel in distress to damsel lives happily ever after. I no longer read Danielle Steel novels. I'll continue to read novels by Carla Neggers but it may be awhile until I pick up the next title.
Perfect light vacation/weekend read. Entertaining and mildly engrossing but forgettable once completed.
Very fast easy read. Widow and her 2 children live in Vermont and are stalked by a crazy woman who feels that she should be the wife of the widow's father-in-law, a senator.
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Carla Neggers received a degree in journalism from Boston University. Before becoming a full-time fiction author, she worked as an arts and entertainment reporter. She has written over 60 romance novels including the Sharpe and Donovan series and the Swift River Valley series. She also writes under the names Anne Harrell and Amalia James. (Bowker show more Author Biography) show less

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Original title
The Waterfall
Original publication date
2000-01-01
People/Characters
Lucy Blacker Swift; Sebastian Redwing
Important places
Vermont, USA
Original language
English

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Romance
DDC/MDS
813Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English
LCC
PS3564 .E263 .W375Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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