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Blamed by Edie Harris
5.0
Library Journal starred review:
Harris, Edie. Blamed. Carina: Harlequin. (Blood Money, Bk. 1). 2014. ebk. ISBN 9781426899263. $3.99. ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
The Faradays have long been the people the U.S. government depends on to get nasty jobs done. Beth joined the family business at 16. Now in her twenties, she is a retired assassin living as an art curator. Raleigh Vick is the man sent to kill her. Neither is who or what they seem, but that hardly matters. They have met numerous times, in many guises. They have a connection; they understand each other. Or do they? Harris’s debut is cinematic and compelling, reading like a James Bond movie, complete with betrayals, double-crosses, torture, and madness, as well as a heavy dose of romantic and sexual tension. Flashbacks unveil background in a way that avoids info-dump exposition.
Verdict: Beth and Vick are flawed, layered individuals about whom readers will care. The secondary characters are fairly well developed, too, and the action ranges all over the globe. Fans of romantic suspense and thrillers will love this tautly written page-turner that leaves the door wide open for future books in the series.—Charli Osborne, Oak Park P.L., MI
Harris, Edie. Blamed. Carina: Harlequin. (Blood Money, Bk. 1). 2014. ebk. ISBN 9781426899263. $3.99. ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
The Faradays have long been the people the U.S. government depends on to get nasty jobs done. Beth joined the family business at 16. Now in her twenties, she is a retired assassin living as an art curator. Raleigh Vick is the man sent to kill her. Neither is who or what they seem, but that hardly matters. They have met numerous times, in many guises. They have a connection; they understand each other. Or do they? Harris’s debut is cinematic and compelling, reading like a James Bond movie, complete with betrayals, double-crosses, torture, and madness, as well as a heavy dose of romantic and sexual tension. Flashbacks unveil background in a way that avoids info-dump exposition.
Verdict: Beth and Vick are flawed, layered individuals about whom readers will care. The secondary characters are fairly well developed, too, and the action ranges all over the globe. Fans of romantic suspense and thrillers will love this tautly written page-turner that leaves the door wide open for future books in the series.—Charli Osborne, Oak Park P.L., MI