A haunted survivor. A forbidden attraction. A race against time.The newest patient at Hawthorne Hill Mental Hospital hasn’t spoken a word since witnessing the murder of her sister. Allison Cole lost more than a sibling that day – she also lost her will to live. Hawthorne’s Dr. Daniel Delgado is immediately drawn to his mysterious patient. He came to the rural Montana hospital to atone for his … past, but the closer he gets to Allison, the more he begins to wonder if maybe he’s been given a second chance he never thought he’d have.Daniel fights his desire to cross professional boundaries as he finds himself in a desperate race to put the pieces of Allison’s silence together. And the more he learns, the more he realizes that her silence may be the only thing keeping her alive.
This is a new release of an edition originally published by Silver Sky Publishing, Inc.
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This story is so great! It grips you right away and is twisty, turny goodness all the way through.
Allison watches her identical twin murdered right in front of her. She is so traumatized that she won’t speak which means her sister’s murder case will go cold if she’s unable to come forward.
This pulls at your heart strings but also has your heart racing in suspense. I couldn’t put it down!
Out of tragedy comes healing, a new life and the chance to bring about some justice in this unique story by Brenda Rothert. Daniel and Allison are brought together in some very unusual circumstances and I had no idea where this story would take me when I picked it up, but I’m so glad I took a chance on it <3
Come Closer is not what I expected from Brenda Rothert, it was so much more!!! An excellent romantic suspense. Twist and turns that’ll have you hooked until the end. A forbidden aspect that will have you rooting for them. The underlying message that will open your hearts. A fabulous read. I highly recommend this book!
I only first came across Brenda Rothert when I read “Dirty Work” which she co-wrote with Chelle Bliss. After enjoying that book, I decided to try and read some more of both of their individual works.
“Come Closer”, for me, started great. I really enjoyed the writing, the story line and the characters. It was all written really well and was easy to feel emotions along with the characters.
Unfortunately, at roughly half way through the book, it lost my interest. I felt like the main “guts” of the story seemed to abruptly be dropped on the reader and then the rest of the book felt like it was just tying up loose ends.
The twist in the book is great, but as said above – for me – it felt like it is revealed too soon. I think the angst and relationship between Doctor and Patient could of been drawn out and explored a little more, to make the impact of the twist a little heavier. I also think it would of added more weight to the story.
Essentially it felt like I was reading a novel to begin with, that quickly turned into a novella.
To go from thoroughly enjoying the book, to really struggling to push through to the end, was a little disappointing. However, I will continue to read other work by Brenda Rothert.
*Reading Tigress voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Readers Copy of this book*
Buy the Book.
Inhale the book.
Then walk around your reading space to pick up the pieces of your brain.
If you are a fan of Brenda Rothert, this book is NOTHING like she’s written before and you will be amazed by her storytelling like never ever before. If you’ve not read Ms. Rothert and you love a book that will keep you on your toes, it will blow your mind because just when you THINK you have it figured out, you really don’t. Trust me: I f*cked up those theories and lost.
5+++ stars out of 5 stars. More to come later once my brain is put back together.
Okay so my brain is STILL all over the carpet. But I did put a somewhat more wordy review together:
Here is me: “Oh look Brenda Rothert has a new book. She’s a favorite. I love her storytelling.Jake and Miranda from Hooked are a big favorite. This will be nice. The H and h are a little bit broken. Oh, the H is sexy in a manly, outdoorsy way. Let’s read…”
-Kindle left hook to the temple-
“Okay, that was unexpected. Maybe I should re-read those paragraphs…”
-Kindle right hook to the opposite temple-
“HOLD UP! What did I just read?”
-insert evil author laugh and Kindle for the upper cut-
“WHAT DID SHE JUST WRITE?!?!”
See the grey matter all over the floor? That’s my brain because Brenda Rothert has just…
BLOWN MY MIND!
IN THE BEST POSSIBLE SHOUTY CAPS WAY!
I absolutely love Ms Rothert’s storytelling. I know when I One Click on her books I will be entertained. But what I love more is when authors I adore flip me on my head and take me to unexpected places.
THIS IS THAT STORY.
That’s all I can tell you about it, It’s a tight lipped journey that I will bully all my book buddies into reading because if I could give this more stars I would. Read this because you need to get out of your tightly held contemporary romance box, and sleeping is highly overrated as you WILL finish this in one sitting.
3.5 stars. Quick, solid read.