Spent Identity
(Annalisse Series #2)
By Marlene M. Bell
Contemporary Romantic Suspense
Paperback & ebook, 378 Pages
December 11th 2019 by Ewephoric
Publishing
To find her missing aunt, she has to
unearth the secrets of the past. But lies and deceit run through the very heart
of their town….
What started out as a promising
relationship with adventurer and tycoon Alec Zavos has fizzled into an
uncertain future for antiquities expert Annalisse Drury. Returning to Walker
Farm in Upstate New York to see her Aunt Kate should have been a welcome
homecoming and distraction. Instead, she finds the childhood home she expected to
inherit is for sale, without her permission. What’s worse, Kate’s ranch manager
makes a gruesome discovery in the barn: the body of a man, dead by foul play.
Annalisse turns in Alec’s direction
for help. She and her aunt shelter on his estate in the Catskills while the
authorities canvass the scene. But when Kate herself disappears without a
trace, Annalisse fears the worst: that one of the many secrets of her hometown
has ensnared her family—a secret someone is willing to kill for to keep hidden.
Praise for the Book
"The story is welcoming and
vibrant, and much of it is nuanced and warm. When Bell aims for fun adventure,
she hits the bull's-eye." - Booklife Review
"...Bell keeps her well-paced
story moving. Her use of dialogue to drive the narrative is excellent and she
sticks the twist ending nicely, one of the harder tricks to pull off in this
genre. Her characters are vivid and spot-on..." - IndieReader
Review
"Ambitiously written, Spent
Identity has lots of action, a solid narrative, and engaging dialogue
that give it substance, while the theme of betrayal cuts a wide swath. Enhanced
with a cast of well-balanced and wide-ranging characters, Spent
Identity acts as more than a run of the mill mystery, with engaging
and relatable family relationships woven into the mains storyline. Suspenseful
and well-crafted, Spent Identity is a consistently entertaining
read." Self-Publishing Review
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My thoughts;
I haven't read the first book in the series and found Secret Identity was fine as a standalone but some readers may want to start with the first book, Stolen Obsession.
Annalise Drury is an antiquities appraiser who has a troubled relationship with Alec Zavos so I assume the first book in the series has more about that. What I can tell you for sure about this book is the wild ride I was taken on from the start.
Annalise intends to speak to her Aunt Kate about her relationship but when she arrives at the farm she discovers the farm she expects to inherit is for sale, there is a strange body found in the barn and if that's not enough to digest, Kate goes missing. Oh, and there's a lot more that happens in the story but I wont go into to detail because everyone needs an element of surprise when reading a page turner I really liked getting to know the characters and the non-stop action.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. I liked the authors writing and will read more of her work so, I think that if your are already a fan of Ms. Bell's work you will definitely want to read this book and if she is a new to you author like she was to me, than you should pick up a copy. .
I received a copy of this book as part of a blog tour but was under no obligation to write a positive review. All opinions are my own.
Annalise Drury is an antiquities appraiser who has a troubled relationship with Alec Zavos so I assume the first book in the series has more about that. What I can tell you for sure about this book is the wild ride I was taken on from the start.
Annalise intends to speak to her Aunt Kate about her relationship but when she arrives at the farm she discovers the farm she expects to inherit is for sale, there is a strange body found in the barn and if that's not enough to digest, Kate goes missing. Oh, and there's a lot more that happens in the story but I wont go into to detail because everyone needs an element of surprise when reading a page turner I really liked getting to know the characters and the non-stop action.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. I liked the authors writing and will read more of her work so, I think that if your are already a fan of Ms. Bell's work you will definitely want to read this book and if she is a new to you author like she was to me, than you should pick up a copy. .
I received a copy of this book as part of a blog tour but was under no obligation to write a positive review. All opinions are my own.
Other Books in the Series
Stolen Obsession
(Annalisse Series #1)
By Marlene M. Bell
Contemporary Romantic Suspense
Paperback & ebook, 294 Pages
June 30th 2018 by Ewephoric
Publishing
People die, but legends live on.
New York antiquities appraiser
Annalisse Drury recently lost her best friend to murder. The killer’s identity
may be linked to her friend’s expensive missing bracelet—a 500-year-old
artifact that carries an ancient curse, one that unleashes evil upon any who
dare wear the jewelry created for the Persian royal family.
Weeks later, Annalisse sees a
matching necklace at a Manhattan gallery opening. She begs the owner to destroy
the cursed piece, but her pleas fall on deaf ears—despite the unnatural death
that occurs during the opening. With two victims linked to the jewelry,
Annalisse is certain she must act.
Desperate, Annalisse enlists the
gallery owner’s son to help—even though she’s afraid he’ll break her heart.
Wealthy and devastatingly handsome, with a string of bereft women in his wake,
Greek playboy Alec Zavos dismisses Annalisse’s concerns—until his parents are
ripped from the Zavos family yacht during their ocean voyage near Crete.
Annalisse and Alec race across two
oceans to save his mother, feared dead or kidnapped. When the killer changes
tactics and goes after Alec behind Annalisse’s back, can her plan to rescue
Alec’s mother save them all?
Hold on for a heart-thumping,
thrilling adventure through exotic lands in this fast-moving romantic suspense
mystery by Marlene M. Bell.
Praise for the Book
"Debut author Bell delivers a
great, slow-building romance, gently examining her characters' painful
pasts." — Kirkus Reviews
"An irresistible page turner
and a successful melding of thriller and romance. With a splash of
international adventure and plenty of surprises, Stolen Obsession is an
entertaining read and a great beginning to the Annalisse
Series." — Self-Publishing Review, ★★★★½
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About the Author
Marlene M. Bell is an award-winning writer and acclaimed artist as well as a
photographer. Her sheep landscapes grace the covers of Sheep!, The Shepherd,
Ranch & Rural Living, and Sheep Industry News, to name a few. Her catalog
venture, Ewephoric, began in 1985 out of her desire to locate personalized
sheep stationery. She rarely found sheep products through catalogs and set out
to design them herself. Marlene and her husband, Gregg, reside in beautiful
East Texas on a wooded ranch with their dreadfully spoiled horned Dorset sheep,
a large Maremma guard dog named Tia, along with Hollywood, Leo, and Squeaks,
the cats that believe they rule the household—and do.
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