A cold case is suddenly too hot to handle in the second installment of the Winchester Brothers romantic suspense series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Leslie A. Kelly.
Police officer Rowan Winchester wants nothing to do with his celebrity family’s legacy. Working with the LAPD is his way of atoning for the Winchesters’ dark and secretive past. And, right now, the last … atoning for the Winchesters’ dark and secretive past. And, right now, the last thing Rowan needs is true-crime novelist Evie Fleming nosing around the most notorious deaths in Los Angeles — including the ones that haunt his own family. To make things worse, he’s torn between wanting the wickedly smart writer out of his city . . . and just plain wanting her.
Nowhere to Hide (previously Published As Wanting You)
By leslieakelly
to find the killer, even as their attraction ignites. But when the killer hones in on Evie, she and Rowan realize they’ll have to solve this case fast if they want to stay alive.
Previously published as Wanting You
to find the killer, even as their attraction ignites. But when the killer hones in on Evie, she and Rowan realize they’ll have to solve this case fast if they want to stay alive.
Previously published as Wanting You
to find the killer, even as their attraction ignites. But when the killer hones in on Evie, she and Rowan realize they’ll have to solve this case fast if they want to stay alive.
Previously published as Wanting You
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Wanting You by Leslie A. Kelly is book Two in the Hollywood Heat Series. This is the story of Rowan Winchester and Evie Fleming. I have read the previous book, but feel you can make this a standalone book if you wish to do so.
Evie is looking into the deaths that have been happening in Los Angeles which leads her to meet Rowan a detective on the force. Rowan is working to keep Evie safe while she is researching the death of several people. Rowan also is trying to keep his family secrets undercover too. But the more they work together the more their feelings are growing.
Besides being a growing love story we have a great mystery too.
Enjoyed this book!
This is the second book in the Hollywood heat series which brings Rowan and Evie ‘s paths to intersect with romance blooming amidst intrigue.
Ebook from Netgalley and publishers with thanks. Opinions are entirely my own.
Leslie Kelly has been an auto-buy author for me since I read the very first Harlequin book by her years ago. While I adore her super sexy books, I have to say her romantic suspense books have always been my favorites. Wanting You hit on all my favorite things about a romantic suspense with the action starting on the very first page. I’m not going to lie, I wanted Rowan’s story as soon as we met him in I’ll Be Watching You. I always find a favorite character when I know there is a trilogy, and usually have to wait for the third book to get that story. Was so happy Rowan’s book was second in the series.
Rowan Winchester was one of the famous Winchester kids of Hollywood legend, but now is a police officer for the LAPD. When he stepped up to rescue Evie Fleming from an attack on the streets of LA, they both worked on the theory it was a random attack. However, as Evie is in Hollywood to look into many famous unsolved mysteries, the LAPD soon assigns Rowan to be her bodyguard of sorts. Let me just say the chemistry between Rowan and Evie was there pretty much from the very first. I loved seeing them move from cautious friends to lovers. It really did give me all the feels.
While the romance between them was strong, the suspense was the biggest focus of this book and I loved every single second of it. Just when I thought Ms. Kelly was going one way with the story, she totally and completely threw me off. I’ve been reading romantic suspense books for years, and have to say Nowhere To Hide was one of the best ones I’ve ever read. I honestly make it my goal to figure out all the thought process of the bad guys before the reveal, and while I did have part of my theory correct, I was completely wrong in my final guess. I love when an author pulls me so deeply into the story, I don’t want the story to end.
I also can’t wait to find out the final truth to the mystery surrounding the Winchester family and the death of Harry Baker. I’m impatiently awaiting the final pieces of the puzzle in this amazing series! I highly recommend Nowhere To Hide to fans of romantic suspense and have to say it is my favorite romantic suspense book I’ve read this year.
Rating: 5 Stars (A+)
Review copy provided by publisher
I love it when I find a new author I like, and Leslie A. Kelly has created an outstanding romantic suspense novel with Nowhere to Hide. This novel had a great storyline with subtle subplots, lots of mystery, and plenty of surprises to keep you guessing. Bundle all that with a charming love story that wasn’t instalust but wasn’t slow burn either; it all equaled out to a really well-balanced entertaining book, and I’m now looking forward to the final book in the series so I can know the answer to the big mystery.
Our heroine, Evie, is beautiful, but more than that, she’s incredibly smart and brave. She’s got a sarcastic side that is quite humorous, and she’s by no means a shy retiring violet. I especially like when we are reading from her POV the thought processes she goes through that spur her actions. She’s reasoned and so smart that you cannot help but like and admire her.
Meanwhile, our hero is a good match for Evie, and although he finds her lovely to start, he admires her bravery and intelligence first. As I said, this was not instalust–there was an attraction on both their parts; however that was not the driving factor of their relationship to start, and time was taken for them to get to know each other. There was mutual respect.
Add in the delicious mystery, and this book hit on all cylinders. The story’s pacing was good, and the build-up to the culmination of the story kept you on the edge of your seat. The payoff was stellar and left you with a bit of a cliffhanger. Now I have to read the next book, and I wish I had read the first one. These Winchester brothers are something; all very different, but the story that ties them together is compelling, and I can’t wait for the finish.
True crime writer Evie Fleming is hot on the trail of a new killer hitting the streets of Los Angeles, but little does she know she is about to become his next target. She didn’t initially plan on tracking down a killer, she just happened upon him while she was doing research for her new book about some of Los Angeles most notorious deaths. Now that she has his attention though she knows she needs help, which lucky for her she has in Police officer Rowan Winchester.
He saved her life once already from a mugger, and now they have teamed up and are working diligently to find the man terrorizing the city’s women, all while trying to keep Evie safe from the killer too!
Nowhere to Hide is a fast paced, thrilling and romantic little suspense story that will have you on high alert the whole way through. Evie and Rowan have come together to catch a killer terrorizing Los Angeles, and they wind up finding love while doing it. Evie is on the hunt for answers for her next book and the whole time Rowan is trying to keep her from finding out his families secrets in the process. He knows that his families shading dealings and secrets are tied to some of the cases she is looking into, and he just wants to keep it all buried where it belongs. But Evie is good at what she does and will leave no stone un-turned, so Rowan just has to find a way to stay one step ahead of her, and also keep her safe from the killer she has caught the attention of too. There is so much action between the pages of this one, every page turned brings up more secrets, danger, and of course sparks… which makes it impossible to walk away from! I really enjoyed this one, it was the perfect mix of suspense and romance, it’s words kept me engaged, and the romance between Evie and Rowan touched my heart! Highly recommend!!
I requested an advanced copy of this title from the publisher, and I am voluntarily leaving my honest and unbiased opinion.
Despite the perks of fame, L.A.P.D. detective Rowan Winchester wants nothing to do with his family’s celebrity. He never much cared for acting and became a detective as his way of atoning for the darkness in their pasts. Now with crime writer Evie Fleming poring over notorious murders in Los Angeles’ history, including ones that touch his own family, Rowan finds his attraction to and protectiveness of her all the more inconvenient.
While Evie is researching for her new book, her most important goal is to further investigate what she suspects to be an unidentified serial killer hunting in Los Angeles. She just has to convince her handsome police shadow that she’s right in her suspicions. With Evie and Rowan spending almost all their time together, the attraction between them evolves into an inevitable conflagration, but when Evie herself becomes the target of a killer eager to silence her, it quickly becomes apparent that the time to piece everything together is rapidly running out.
I wound up really enjoying this book. It took a bit for me to get into it, but once things got going, I couldn’t put it down. This had just the right amount of creepiness and suspense to remind me of why this was the subgenre that first got me into romance. Rowan was the dream hero: attentive, protective, alpha, but not overbearing and with no games. I loved how straightforward he was with Evie. For her part, I liked Evie as a heroine, although there was one instance in which I felt she was really just unfair to Rowan. Thankfully, this was resolved in a mature and realistic fashion with little drama, which I much appreciated. I loved how Evie and Rowan worked together as a team and really listened to each other. This was my first read from this author, but now I’d like to check out the other books in this series.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Emotionally thrilling, Action packed, Sweetly sexy and highly entertaining romantic adventure filled with danger, mystery and undeniable passion….
Police officer Rowan Winchester is a sexy, smart, strong alpha male that wants to distance himself as much as possible from his famous family. True-crime novelist Evie Fleming is wicked smart, sexy sweet and far to perceptive for her own good….. On the trail of a killer and fighting this out of control attraction that they did not bargain for, but will change both their lives forever….
Wanting You by Leslie A. Kelly
Hollywood Heat #2
Excellent romantic suspense second novel in a wonderful series that I have truly enjoyed so far – cannot wait to see what will happen in book three when the third and final brother will get to find his HEA, too.
The dynamics between Evie and Rowan were scintillating, sensual and so much fun to watch. Evie was strong and smart and admirable in ways that made me root for her throughout the book. Rowan was an alpha cop but also a man I could relate to and see with Evie. The true crime novel she was working on and the premise for other sleuthing stirred up a hornets’ nest that was filled with danger. I can’t say enough about how much I enjoyed this book and also have to add that by not reading the end of the book first, as I usually do, I was totally surprised by who the ultimate bad guy turned out being.
Did I enjoy this book? Definitely
Will I read more by this author? Without a doubt
What do I hope is in the next book?
* The resolution of who killed Baker
* The HEA ending for Raine (the third brother)
* The slamming of the door on Angstrom (serial killer met in this book)
* An epilogue that has all the brothers and their partners gathered together and settled happily.
Thank you to NetGalley and Forever Yours – Grand Central Publishing for the ARC – This is my honest review.
5 Stars
Evie Sullivan has a knack for looking at crimes and finding missing information. After her friend was brutally killed and she was the key witness putting away her killer the last thing she wants to hear is this killer gets a new trial. In LA researching her new book and also a possible serial killer getting attacked was not in her plans nor was meeting sexy cop Rowan Winchester. Once Rowan found out she was a writer and what she was writing about he knew he need to make sure he kept his distance. Little he he know Evie has the answers his brothers have been looking for. Now to keep Evie safe from whoever was trying to hurt her and to avoid the chemistry between them. Yup that’s not gonna happen. Love these two together. So can’t wait for Raine’s book.
We met Rowan in the first book and in this story, we get to know him better. Even though he and his brother are twins, they are nothing alike except they are both all about their family. Rowan saves a woman from a mugger and helps her out afterwards. When she finds out who he is, she starts talking about the one subject that is off limits. It is too bad, because he was very attracted to her. When he is assigned to help her with her research, they find that someone, besides Rowan and his family, doesn’t want her digging into some old cases. She is looking into a lot of old cases, so she isn’t sure which one it is. As the danger closes in, they become closer and Rowan isn’t about to lose her to some serial killer.
WOW!! What an emotional roller coast Wanting You by Leslie Kelly, book two in her Hollywood Heat series, took me on. This romantic suspense was edgy, dark, as well as being romantic and sexy. In addition there were some humorous scenes that made me laugh.
Evie Fleming is in Los Angeles researching her latest true-crime book when she is attacked out of nowhere. Police officer Rowan Winchester happens to be in the right place at the right time to stop Evie’s attacker from mugging her or possibly worse. Rowan ends up being assigned as a bodyguard to keep Evie safe. He also wants to make sure she that while she is nosing around the most notorious deaths in Los Angeles, that she not include the ones that haunt his own family. While researching her latest book, Evie suspects that there’s a new dangerous killer prowling the city killing women. Now Evie and Rowan are working together to try to find this killer, while their attraction grows. When the killer focuses on Evie, she and Rowan realize they’ll have to solve this case fast if they want to stay alive.
Rowan is a wonderful, warm, awesome guy who tries to lighten moments for Evie, whose job keeps her immersed in dark deeds and twisted crimes. I loved how Rowan was teasing Evie about her fear of snakes while they were visiting the site of some very dark and horrific murders. She got back at him teasing him about his fear of spiders. It was nice seeing they could be funny among the darkness. At the same time I loved how in tune these two were while questioning former and current police officers who were involved with the unsolved cases of the murdered women; victims of this unknown serial killer.
Ms. Kelly wrote a dark, emotional, and intriguing story which kept me on my toes, guessing who the killer was, until I turned the last page. I’ll admit I was kept guessing who the murderer was up until the end, and I even ended up wrong at that. I welcomed the humorous scenes that lightened the darkness but emphasized the growing attraction between the main characters. I highly recommend this book to other readers.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.
This was a great book with a nice blend of mystery and romance. It’s the second in the series but I read it without reading the first book with no problem. The story had a nice quick pace and the characters are very well developed. Evie is a true crime writer who is smart, quick and strong. Rowan is an LAPD detective assigned to work with Evie as she digs into unsolved murders for her latest book. Before long these two have dug up enough info to convince them there is an active serial killer in LA. Soon it’s clear that Evie is in the killer’s sights and Rowan will do whatever it takes to protect her.
I really enjoyed this thrilling story and would recommend it to everyone.
Wanting You is the second in Leslie Kelly’s Hollywood Heat series. Picking up a few months after the first book left off, this one is twin brother Rowan’s story. Rowan saves true crime writer Evie Fleming from an apparently mugging gone wrong. Her self-proclaimed protector, Rowan then becomes her police consultant as Evie looks into LA serial killers and other notorious deaths. I really liked the interaction between Rowan and Evie. They complement each other well. Kelly is keeping this series interesting and I can’t wait for Raine’s book.
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this novel.
When writer Evie Fleming is attacked by someone sent to murder her, she is “rescued” by the good looking Detective Winchester. Evie gets thrown right into the middle of her research for her current project…a book of unsolved murders in L.A. Even though Evie should be focusing completely on her research, she can’t help but feel sparks for Detective Rowan Winchester, who volunteered to be her escort on her research project, to help keep her safe…but he is also trying to keep his family history (one of the unsolved mysteries she is writing/researching) secret from her.
This was a wonderful mystery with connection, humor, love, lust, twists and murder! The characters were well-developed and I liked the way the author, Leslie A. Kelly, did the first person for not only the two main characters, but also for the mystery character as well. This is the first book I have read by Ms. Kelly, and I loved this book and will be reading more of her writings now!