Book Review: An Unforgettable Lady by Jessica Bird
An Unforgettable Lady by Jessica Bird © 2010 Signet. ISBN 9780451231017. Mass Market Paperback. Contemporary Romance. 336 pages. $7.99 US. Source: Amazon Purchase.
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Synopsis
Grace Hall is a society beauty surrounded by glamour, privilege, and wealth—but her fortune has made her a target. One by one, Manhattan’s most influential women are being murdered, and Grace is next on the killer’s hit list. In order to protect herself, she demands the best in bodyguards—and gets so much more than she expects.
John Smith is a hard-hearted security specialist who is as dedicated to his work as he is deadly. Moving into Grace’s luxury penthouse is the last thing he wants, but saying no to her is something he can’t seem to do. As he lays down the rules for his new client, sparks ignite between them, as does an incendiary desire. With Grace in his arms, John finds himself letting down his own defenses to meet the terms of an intimate and unforgettable new assignment.
As the warm nights grow hot, and the canny killer closes in, Grace and Smith face a crucial choice: follow the rules or follow their hearts.
Review
I really wasn’t sure about this book. Jessica Bird is another name for J. R. War—the writer of the hit series Black Dagger Brotherhood and Fallen Angels—and I was not sure I wanted to read a contemporary romance novel by her. But now that I am finished reading, I’m extremely glad I did.
The hero was a flawed but an easily liked man, and the heroine was a surprise. The story took it’s time to evolve but it was not drawn out. You had the climax at the very end of the book as it should be and all the lose ends tied to my satisfaction.
There are two plot lines in this story which the author intertwined very well. The first is the killer that is loose in high society and the reason that the hero and heroine get together and the second is the love story itself. You are never bored reading this story, I know I was not.
America isn’t the only place with serial killers. But for some reason, the story of the Monster of Florence didn’t make it over here until a U.S. writer ended up involved. I’d heard about this story a year or two ago when I saw it on Dateline. Honestly, the judicial system there makes ours look stellar.
