Stop Me

by Brenda Novak

Last Stand (2)

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Who was the real killer?

Romain Fornier lost his reason for living when his daughter was kidnapped and murdered. He used a cop's gun to mete out his own justice and spent the next few years in prison. Once he was freed, he returned to his Cajun roots in small-town Louisiana. But now he learns that he might have killed the wrong man.

Jasmine Stratford, a psychological profiler, is convinced his daughter's killer is still alive--and that she and Romain have something in common. She believes show more the same man kidnapped her sister, Kimberly, sixteen years ago.

What happens next?

Jasmine is determined to track him down when she receives an anonymous package, postmarked New Orleans--the bracelet she gave Kimberly for her eighth birthday. She approaches Romain because she knows he can help her...if he chooses. But searching for the man who irrevocably changed both their lives means they have to rise to a killer's challenge: stop me.

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Book two in the last stand trilogy focuses on Jasmine, a woman who is determined to find the sister that was kidnapped 16 years earlier. After receiving the bracelet her sister was wearing when she disappeared in the mail, Jaz heads to New Orleans, where the package was post marked from. She finds similar traits in the kidnapping and murder of Romains daughter Adele. After her murderer is let go, Romain takes matters into his own hands and kills the guy on the courthouse steps - or does he? Jaz and Romain team up to figure out what happened to the ones the loved. They find themselves in the middle of something bigger than either of them could have imagined. Did the wrong man die for Adele's murder? Is Jaz's sister Kimberly dead or show more alive? While Jaz and Romain work together to solve these mysteries - if they should happen to fall in love along the way - well, that's not so bad is it? show less
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'Stop Me' is the second book in the Last Stand trilogy. This book focuses on Jasmine Stratford and her year long search for her missing sister. The search leads her to Romain Fornier, who has his own demons. The story moves along at a good pace and the two main characters have good chemistry. The twist at the end is hard to predict.
Another great thriller. It was a really good page turner and kept me interested and guessing the whole time. I thought the characters were great and I am glad this is a trilogy (sort of), I cant wait to read the other two!
Excellent! I had no idea who the bad guy was until the very end. I could not have been more surprised.
Romain Fornier había perdido su única razón para vivir cuando su hija fue secuestrada y asesinada. Tras tomarse la justicia por su mano, pasó varios años en prisión. Una vez cumplida su condena, regresó a sus raíces cajunes, en el corazón de Luisiana. Ahora, descubría que tal vez había matado al hombre equivocado. Jasmine Stratford estaba convencida de que el asesino de la hija de Romain seguía vivo... y de que Romain y ella tenían algo en común. Creía que la misma persona había secuestrado a su hermana Kimberly hacía dieciséis años.
Jasmine decidió seguir la pista del secuestrador cuando recibió un paquete anónimo con matasellos de Nueva Orleans: la pulsera que le regaló a Kimberly por su octavo cumpleaños. show more Recurrió a Romain porque sabía que él podía ayudarla... y porque no podía dejar de soñar con él. Pero buscar al hombre que había cambiado irrevocablemente el curso de su vida significaba aceptar el desafío de un asesino: «Detenme». show less

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Brenda Novak was born in 1964 in Vernal, Utah. She has written nearly 50 books. Her first book was titled Of Noble Birth in 1998. She soon sold a contemporary romance to Harlequin Enterprises and has written for them ever since. Her novels have received critical acclaim and won many awards, including three RITA Award nominations, the National show more Reader's Choice, the Book Buyer¿s Best and the Bookseller's Best Award. They have hit many national bestseller lists, including USA Today and The New York Times. Her titles include: Take Me Home for Christmas, When Summer Comes, When Snow Falls, and When Lightning Strikes. Her title When We Touch made Harlequin's Hot Romance List in 2014. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
Stop Me
Original title
Stop Me
Original publication date
2008-07-01
People/Characters
Jasmine Stratford; Romain Fornier; Sheridan Kohl; Skye Kellerman Willis; Gruber Coen; Arvin Huff
Important places
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Epigraph
Battle not with monsters lest ye become a monster and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes into you.
--Friedrich Nietzsche
Dedication
To Lieutenant James Hendrickson (Mr. Incredible) of the Sacramento Police Department, who took me to work, gave me the grand tour and generously answered every crime-related question I could think of. It's comforting to know... (show all) there are Super Heroes like you out there on the front lines.
First words
New Orleans
Four years ago...


The man who'd murdered Romain Fornier's ten-year-old daughter didn't look like a killer.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"It's a beginning--and that's all I can ask," she said, and he wiped away her tears.
Original language
English

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Romance, Suspense & Thriller
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PS3614 .O926 .D43Language and LiteratureAmerican literature
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