Untraceable

Got this book for 99 cents as a Barnes & Noble Daily Deal so I really can't complain (but I will anyway). Very disappointing. Neither romantic nor suspenseful. Too many characters who are obviously sequel bait with unexplained backstories, and too much secrecy on the part of both hero and heroine. Since they were either annoying each other or not telling each other the whole truth for much of the book, their final declarations of love were pretty unbelievable. The suspense plot was thin and the heroine's alleged amazing computer skills were never really demonstrated. If the goal of the 99 cent introduction to the series was to get me hooked enough to buy the rest of the books full price, sorry but I think I can live a full life without knowing what happens to Sophie, Mia, Troy,and other characters yet to be introduced.

This book was worth the $0.99 I paid for it, but there's no way I'd ever pay full price for it. I can't say I'll continue with this series OR read another book by this author, though. I didn't care for the characters, even though I thought the storyline was okay. I found the heroine VERY annoying. She gets angry when her love interest doesn't just take what she says at face value (“you don't believe me” blah blah), and it feels like one minute the author is trying to write her as a strong female lead, then the next as a weakling. Is she anti-relationship or does she want a relationship? Why is she so weak and naive when it comes to the woman she is so hellbent on helping? Felt like the author adjusted the character for that particular point of the story. I also found it annoying that there was practically NO character development for the villain of the story. I could have done without the sex scenes and romantic subplot, but I guess as this is a “romantic suspense” book, I shouldn't complain about that.