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Since moving to Austin to ease the pain of past, tragic mistakes, she has led a life of virtual solitude, coming alive only when she hosts her show. To her loyal listeners, she is a wise and trusted friend who not only takes their music requests but listens to their problems and occasionally dispenses advice.
Paris's world of isolation is brutally threatened, however, when one listener -- a man who identifies himself only as "Valentino" -- tells her that her on-air advice to the girl he loves has caused her to leave him and that now he intends to exact his revenge. First he plans to kill the girl, whom he has abducted -- which he says he will do in 72 hours -- then he will come after Paris.
Joined by the Austin police department, Paris plunges into a race against time in an effort to find Valentino before he can carry out his threat to kill -- and to kill again. To her dismay, she finds that one of the people she must work with is crime psychologist Dean Malloy, a man with whom she shares a history that had a catastrophic effect on both their lives. His presence arouses old passions, forcing Paris to confront painful memories that she had come to Austin to forget.
As the clock ticks down, and Valentino's threats come closer and closer to becoming a reality, Paris suddenly finds herself forced to deal with a killer who may not be a stranger at all.
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This didn't work for me. My first Sandra Brown.
First of all, this was too long. Just...too long. By the time we got to the end and finally got to the climax, I just did not care. Also, no real rootable characters. So much slut shaming, no actual nuance explored in why these teen girls were “sexual deviants.” Just talked about how slutty they dressed and thats about it. Gavin sucked. Dean sucked. Paris sucked. Everyone is just unlikable and they were people we were supposed to root for.
The mystery had potential if the book didn't drag on for SO long. I think this book was just trying to do too much which is a common issue in romantic suspense.
I'm willing to read more from different time periods since this author has been publishing forever and is still publishing.