Reviewed by Dee
TITLE: Only Flame and Air
SERIES: Claire Lance #2
AUTHOR: Geonn Cannon
PUBLISHER: Supposed Crimes LLC
LENGTH: 242 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 4, 2013
BLURB:
In the sequel to Tilting at Windmills, Claire Lance continues to run. She winds up in Road Ends, Montana, a small town not far from the Canadian border, where she meets Kelsey Quinn. Initially thrown by Kelsey’s extreme likeness to her lost lover, Lance takes a job as Kelsey’s ranch hand assuming it will be a nice, quiet way to pass some time. Unfortunately, her spur of the moment decision leads to a tense situation when she discovers Kelsey’s partner is the local sheriff. While Lance waits for her new ID to arrive, and tries to keep her head down, she discovers that Kelsey’s life may not be as peaceful as it originally appeared.
REVIEW:
While this is the sequel to book one, I feel it can easily be read as a standalone. The main character is the same, but there’s enough background information thrown in to bring the reader up to speed. Actually the balance of such was extremely well done, as in not overdone.
In this installment, Claire finds herself on a ranch in Roads End. Her expectations of a peaceful environment to hide out for a while, turns out to be everything but. Someone wants Kelsey’s land and is hell bent on obtaining it, through any means possible.
The story follows the relationship of Kelsey and her lover, the local sheriff, and in a roundabout way, Claire’s relationship with her deceased lover, Elaine. It comes to light Kelsey lost her husband so the ladies have a common bond, and a close friendship develops. That is until Kelsey starts to suspect Claire is working with the men wanting to take her ranch out from under her feet. The confrontation between the two took me by surprise, and turned out to be my favorite part of the story.
Once they got over that hurdle the story took on a sinister turn as the bad guys closed in. I jumped up and down screaming at Tyler not to confront them alone. Then I screamed bloody murder when they got there hands on her. For a minute I thought the story was going to dip into territory I didn’t want in a romance. I breathed out a sigh of relief when it didn’t quite go there, the inference was enough to make my heart pound in my chest. The race to the end, the outcome, had me flipping pages at breakneck speed.
The thing I loved the most about this story, and Tilting at Windmills, was the sheer emotion it invoked in me. To enjoy a tale I need to become invested in the characters, to feel for them, and wow did these three ladies, and via flashbacks, Elaine, come to life.
I highly recommend this story to anyone who enjoys a suspenseful plot, with engaging characters, and a little bit of sexy time.
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