Showing posts with label Copper Lake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Copper Lake. Show all posts

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Copper Lake Encounter - Marilyn Pappano (HRS #1763 - Aug 2013)

Series: Copper Lake (Book 4)

Nev Wilson believes in dreams -- because hers come true. Her latest nightmares are worrisome enough to draw her to Copper Lake, where a frightening truth awaits. Luckily, she's under the protection of hunky detective Ty Gadney.

As the only black cop in town, Ty has faced his share of hardship. When Nev needs his help untangling mysteries of her past, he discovers that hatred and fear are very much alive today. But as they work together, he feels he's met the woman of his dreams -- if her dreams don't get them both killed. 


Very good book.  Nev has been having frightening dreams that have led her to Copper Lake.  Once there she isn't sure what to expect.  She doesn't anticipate meeting the oh-so-attractive Ty Gadney, who comes to her aid.   He is there for her when she is attacked.  With his support Nev has the courage to look for the truth about her visions and her past.

I really liked both Nev and Ty.  Nev had grown up in Atlanta and still lived with her grandmother, mother and sister.  I really liked the way that she was so close to her grandmother even as her mother and sister were so cold to her.  When she started having those frightening dreams it was her grandmother who helped her locate where they were taking place and encouraged her to go there.  She didn't know what she was looking for but hoped to find out something that would help her.  She was surprised by Ty's offer to help and his obvious interest in her.  She had been put down by her sister and mother for so long that she didn't realize how beautiful she is.  I loved the way that she was so kind to everyone she met and how much they liked her too.  I especially liked the way that Ty's grandfather took to her.  She was very cautious about revealing her dreams to him, being accustomed to people's disbelief, but eventually knew that she could trust him.  I really loved her strength of self and character and the way she was able to pursue the truth of her past.

Ty was just plain wonderful all around.  Being the only black cop in town he was used to facing difficulties.  He noticed Nev right away and quickly realized that there was something about her that appealed to his heart and soul.  I really loved the protectiveness that he showed to her from the very beginning.  I also enjoyed seeing the way that he made her part of his life immediately, especially the way that he introduced her to his grandfather.  He was a real sweetheart of a man and he treated her so well - something she really wasn't used to.  He worried about the attacks on her and tried to find out who was behind it as they began to escalate.  I loved the way that he accepted her abilities so easily.  He also recognized quite early that she was the woman he had been waiting for and he had no trouble picturing a life together with her.

I enjoyed the suspense part of the book, even though it wasn't as intense as some others I have read.  I figured out the secret of Nev's past pretty quickly, but the person behind the attacks came as a total surprise to me.  I was also surprised by the reason behind it.  I enjoyed the secondary characters, especially Ty's grandfather and Nev's grandmother.  Both of them were lots of fun.  I liked the part that Anamarie played and how much she helped Nev with the acceptance of her gift.  I'd like to know more about what happens to Daisy and Dahlia and also Sophy.



Saturday, April 6, 2013

Copper Lake Confidential - Marilyn Pappano (HRS #1747 - Apr 2013)

Series: Copper Lake (Book 3)

A house with a dark history

After a miscarriage and over a year in a psychiatric hospital, Macy Howard is ready to revisit her old home in Copper Lake, Georgia-a town tainted by memory.

When she returns, Macy meets Stephen Noble, an author and veterinarian, who doesn't know about Macy's troubled past. Stephen finds her irresistible, and, finally, Macy feels willing to trust another man. With her family's help, Macy packs up old remnants-eager to usher in new beginnings. Her future seems hopeful-until strange things start happening in the house: stirrings in the windows... items turning up in unexpected places...lingering scents that don't belong.

Is Macy slowly descending into madness? Or is something more sinister at work in Copper Lake?


Very good book.  This was more of a psychological suspense story than an action story and it worked very well.  I loved both Macy and Stephen.  Macy had spent months in a psychiatric hospital trying to recover from the trauma of her husband's life and death.  She had loved him, never suspecting that he was a cold blooded serial killer.  After his death and losing the baby she carried she went into a terrible depression along with panic attacks.  Now she's ready to return to her home and move on.  She meets Stephen, a veterinarian who has only been in town a few months and knows nothing of her past.  He makes her feel things she hasn't felt in a long time and he also makes her feel safe.  I loved seeing her open up with Stephen and start to lose the fear that had been haunting her.  She showed a lot of strength in her ability to go through the house and make decisions on what to do with the things that were there.  The descriptions of her thoughts and feelings were so well done that I could feel what she was going through.  When odd things started happening that made her think she was backsliding she turned to Stephen for support.  I loved the fact that she felt so comfortable with him that she was able to tell him everything that had happened to her.  

I have to say that Stephen is one of my favorite heroes ever.  Most of the time the heroes are big muscled guys who can physically take down the bad guys.  And that's fine - I love those guys too.  But it's nice to get a hero who is different, and Stephen is that.  He's a man who is not athletic, wears glasses,  and writes sci fi/fantasy on the side.  His "superhero" ability is his brain and his heart.  When he first meets Macy he is immediately drawn to her.  I loved the way that he offered to help her with anything she needed and made her feel comfortable enough with him that she turned to him when she got scared.  I also loved the fact that he didn't go searching into her past when he first met her, feeling that she deserved her privacy.  I really liked the way that he and Clary bonded right away and that he was comfortable being around her.  When Macy told him about her past she was so afraid that it would drive him away.  I loved the way that he didn't say much, just reached out and hugged her.  I loved his confidence that there was nothing wrong with her and that there was something else going on.  He used that brain of his to figure out what was going on and relieve Macy of the worry about her sanity.  The ending had a great twist to it.