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Hour of Need by Melinda Leigh

setaian's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

3.0

tsquare345's review against another edition

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4.0

Oh how I appreciate a dark suburbia story that showcases the underbelly of humanity. Random acts of violence that aren't so random, spoiled mean girls, and poor choices converge in this fast-paced story.

rcars10's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense

4.25

cjay1957's review against another edition

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4.0

The story was really good but the narrator is awful. The men all sound the same, stiff and flat. But I love these stories by the author and audiobook suits me more than ebook right now so must suffer with this narrator.

Great story though so do recommend the read.

labraden's review against another edition

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4.0

Major Grant Barrett must return home when news of his brother's and sister in law's murder reach him in Afghanistan. After he retrieves his niece, Faith, and nephew, Carson, from Child Protective Services, he takes on the task of caring for two children he barely knows. In the meantime, next door neighbor, Ellie Ross, has been threatened if she can't find a missing file that had something to do with a recent case that Grant's brother had been working on. Ellie desperately wants to protect her family by turning over the file, but the threats continue to come closer and closer to home and she has to weigh her fear with her need to trust Grant with what she knows.

Hour of Need is a good beginning to the Scarlet Falls series. By the end of the book, we realize just how many suspects there really are in this mystery, but throughout most of the story, there is just one. The romance between Grant and Ellie is a bit awkward with the characters jumping from attraction to much more fairly quickly. Also, more time could have been devoted to Grant's obvious PTSD, which is barely touched on during the story. However, overall, Hour of Need does have a solid plot with adequate character development, making it an enjoyable read. 3 1/2 stars

meggerboo's review against another edition

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3.0

Read this series before the Morgan Dane series.

bfive's review against another edition

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4.0

Fast paced reading. Many characters, mystery and action kept me reading; although, the writing was simplistic and lacked the richness of great writing. Good beach read.

viloccorb's review against another edition

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1.0

Eh. I picked this book on a whim through Kindle Unlimited and I’m kinda disappointed. I will never understand why people want to do it while there’s a killer on the loose.
Maybe the romantic suspense genre just isn’t for me for me.

mamaroe93011's review against another edition

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4.0

The opening pages explained the murder in a way that immediately drew me in and was done in a way that was new to me. I liked it a lot. The premise was about bullying, which was a little dumb to me, but I liked the characters a lot. The ending was a little predictable but I really enjoyed the book.

ljdean27's review against another edition

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3.0

This book kept me on edge through out. While I haven't read many mystery's, I felt this book kind of dragged and the suspense build up wasn't satisfied by the revealed murderer and motive. The narrator did a great job and the details of the book were easy to follow. It was entertaining but the end was kind of a let down.