Scale of 1 – 5: ♥ ♥
This book was a listed as a romantic suspense and the main characters are Tommy and Ellie.
Ellie owns a restaurant in a small town in east central Georgia. Her ex-boyfriend Tommy broke up with her when she would not commit to the relationship. While they are doing this awkward dance around each other, Ellie has a bigger problem. Her mother visits her and proceeds to blackmail her.
While Ellie is trying to figure out how she is going to run away before her mother tells her secret, her mother is killed. Ellie is a prime suspect. Ellie thinks that she can tell the police only partial facts that she thinks is relevant. Withholding information makes her look even more guilty. At this point, I realize what an idiot this girl is. And I keep reading. >>don’t ask me why<<
This book was annoying to me because Ellie kept holding secrets. There was no communication with Tommy because she was afraid of his reaction. I can understand not wanting to reveal a dirty, deep secret. But at some point, if you love someone enough, you have to be able to trust them enough to share the things that might tear you to apart. Let him decide.
Ellie did not have a passion to die for since she was willing to run instead of facing her demons with the man she suppose to have loved.
In my opinion, once she can confessed it all the love story/murder mystery got on track. Considering Ellie’s character annoyed me so much, I finally realized why I kept reading… so I would know what her secret was and who killed her mother. I cannot leave a mystery story without all ends neatly tied up.
Passion to Die For (Silhouette Romantic Suspense)
The Opinionated Woman's Musings 
When the author’s name is bigger than the title I always worry about the quality of the story. Also if you have to use a sexy picture on the cover, is there going to be more to the story than sex? Some of those books get turned out so fast, there more like words on a paper with little substance.
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I believe you are right. I think a lot of times, the author wants you to know that he/she wrote another book. If you like that author, you do not care the story, you will buy the book. For me, I do that to a certain extent.
Some of the covers are tricky. Sexy covers do not necessarily mean more steamy scenes.
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