When an injury on the job sends FBI agent Linc Hawkins home to rehab, his plan to enjoy the Malibu surf and sand is interrupted when a cafe owner he befriends is murdered, and a promise to take care of the man’s granddaughter must be kept. Keeping the sexy blonde safe and out of his arms proves to be a dangerous challenge, both to their lives – and to their hearts.Samantha Anderson receives the … receives the shock of a lifetime when a grandfather she didn’t know existed, dies and leaves her a fortune. The life-altering event sends her to a fairy tale beach in Southern California and makes her question if her entire past was a sham. Sam uncovers family secrets with the aid of a smoking-hot FBI agent who’s hell-bent on keeping her safe. Sparks fly as they work side-by-side, and she finds herself falling in love.
The past and present collide as the pieces of this puzzle come together. Why was Samantha’s grandfather killed? Why was he estranged from his real family? It’s too bad the dead can’t speak because Linc and Samantha will have to survive a killer bent on total destruction if they’re going to find their happily ever after.
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Till the dead speak, Jerry Alexander is back. This is a book full of suspense.
I loved the anticipation. When is what going to happen. The love story within that simultaneously goes on is great. The back ground stories of the characters are great. The book grabbed me on the first page. Yay I love this story.
Family mystery going back 50 years, dastardly dealings over the site of a beach bar/restaurant and a FBI agent recovering from am injury – all make for a great story!!! Lincoln is nearing the end of his rehab and his stint as adhoc bartender at The Cage. When Charlie, the owner, is killed Lincs FBI instincts tell them there is something hinky with this pseudo suicide.
Samantha didn’t know of Charlie until after his death. Her grandmother is being awfully tightlipped and elusive. She never imagined that the estate would be worth so much. But…now she has shady land developers, embezzlement, money laundering and a firebug to thwart!!! She feels the chemistry with Linc but he’ll be leaving soon. Can she keep her heart out of their affair or will he be the biggest threat she faces!!
Well paced with a great setting )who doesn’t love the beach!!). Sam is skittish and Linc is unsure of his future so you can see why they’d both be wary of falling for each other. But is by no means an easy road for them and there are many misunderstandings and miscommunication between them.
Sun, sand and murder. The beautiful local of Malibu is the backdrop for this light suspense.
A bar owners death ends up having ramifications on many lives. Some going as far back as 50 years. Samantha Anderson had never heard of Charles Pearson. Now she is being told he was her grandfather and he left her a fortune. She fly’s to California to meet with his lawyer and to settle his estate not knowing that he was murdered and that she’s next in the killer’s sights. After a couple of attempts on her life she also finds out her family history is not exactly what she thought it was.
Linc Hawkins has been on rehab leave from the FBI and had become good friends with Charles and even helped him run his bar from time to time. He never bought that Charles who was dying of cancer took his own life. From the moment he picks up Samantha from the airport he is attracted to her but also becomes her protector when a few attempts to harm her happen in addition to Charles house and business being trashed by someone who is obviously looking for something – that something being what might have gotten Charles killed.
This was a moderately paced mystery that involved both what happened between her grandmother and Charles in their teens to figuring out who killed him and why. In the middle of all that Sam and Linc who are both skittish for different reasons on any form of long term commitment fall in love but fight it almost to the end.