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SHADOWS IN THE MOONLIGHT
Jeanne Sumerix Genesis Press February 2002 (3) Jeanette Cogdell |
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Forrest
Ranger, Penny Hart has taken a job near the cabin her family owns.
After losing over 100 pounds to advance in her job, Penny’s boyfriend
of five years left her accusing her looking for other men.
The break up hurt Penny because he professed to love her.
All Penny wants now is to spend some quiet time alone to focus on herself
and her career. FBI
agent, Mack Holsey has taken a leave of absence to investigate the death of his
partner, Penny’s father. Neither Mack nor Penny’s mother believe the FBI report
ruling his death an accident. He is
surprised to see the beautiful young woman who will be sharing a cabin with him.
On
Penny’s first night up at the cabin, she and Mack go out to dinner.
On the way home, they witness a young woman hit by a car.
As the car speeds away, the injured pregnant woman begs them to ”not
let them take my baby.” Mack
goes into full detective mode while Penny takes on the responsibility of the
child being placed in a good foster home until they can find her relatives. There
is a home for young pregnant girls near the cabin and Mack suspects that what
ever is going on there is connected to his partner’s death.
Penny isn’t as suspicious as Mack and just wants to put her father’s
death behind her and move on with her life. She
and Mack are attracted to each other, but Mack feels a responsibility to her
mother to watch out for Penny. Penny is hesitant about getting involved with Mack after what
happened in her last relationship. Plus
she feels inadequate next to Mack’s beautiful, thin, sexy fellow agent who has
set her sights on Mack. SHADOWS IN THE MOONLIGHT began
with a bang, then lost it’s momentum, which caused this reader to lose
interest. The mystery was too
transparent and divulged much too soon.
A lot of emphasis was placed on “the other woman” only to have that woman lose interest without a viable explanation. |
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nathasha@romancencolor.net (18th February 2002) |
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