​Suspense isn’t my first choice of genre, but I have to say that Penny is throwing out some “edge of your seat” reads.

It is well developed and had me hooked fairly quickly. It was also very clever to have the stalker’s view point without giving away who it was. I kept trying to put the pieces together of who I thought it could be. I had a really good guess at around 65% of the book. I was right!!!

Harper is a simple girl who loves people, except one very annoying co-worker. She has a pretty routine life; work, gym, church and I’m not sure there was much more than that. She’s happy and content. She’s not “looking” for a guy but isn’t upset when she discovers she kind of likes the officer handling her case and wonders if maybe they can see each other on a personal level when they catch the guy threatening her.

Kade is a dedicated detective set on solving crimes. Harper’s case is especially important because he doesn’t want a repeat from a former case that didn’t end well. He doesn’t even realize he is falling for her until he’s already down for the count.

The romance didn’t develop until about halfway through the book, which worked out well. It allowed me to focus just on the case and getting to know the male and female leads without that. When it did happen, it was very natural.

​Book five in the Dawn of Alaska series did not disappoint!

I’ve looked forward to Yuri’s story since I first met him in earlier books. He’s such a carefree guy who just wants to make people laugh and find ways to help. He sees the good in Rosalind that others can’t.

Rosalind has been a mystery throughout the series. We’ve seen how everyone has thought badly of her because her father and uncle are so horrible to the Amos family, wanting to cause problems for them and their business. Yuri has seen her differently but his family, especially his oldest brother, Alexei has warned him against spending time with her in any way.

In the entire series, we see how the Caldwell brothers have been underhanded in their business dealings to cause financial hardship on the Amos family while lining their own packets with money they didn’t earn honestly. It even appears they have people in authority on their payroll, if you will, to do their bidding and get them out of legal trouble.

We finally get a closer look at Rosalind. Things are much darker than they appeared. She’s not only a quiet, submissive daughter, she’s forced into that role out of fear. Ever since her mother’s death, her father has been hitting her, leaving bruises that require her to stay out of the public eye until the evidence has faded. No one seems to see that truth until her friend, Bryony, who is recently married to one of the Amos brothers, tells them.

GREAT suspense read! This is book two in this series, and the third suspense book Penny has published, with more on the way! I love the fact that she has branched out from Historical Romance and has contemporary romance and suspense books, as well. I love her writing in all three genres.

I enjoyed getting to go back to Pronghorn Falls and finding out what the Brenneman family has been up to. I'm looking forward to book 3! Just how much trouble can one little mountain town get into? I guess we will find out!

This book had me on the edge on my seat very quickly and I would have finished in in less time, BUT I'm a teacher and couldn't read 24/7!

Brodie is the perfect "cowboy" law enforcement officer and a guy who loves his family and his girl, even when she walks away. He cares so much about the people in his town, too. He was raised with high values by his parents. His father died but his mom is still the matriarch of the family and leading her boys in the right direction.

Londyn is such a great character. Her back story is complex, yet she has a "rescue story". She grew up in a terrible family with a father who never cared to be in her life and a mother who only had time for herself and was busy changing husbands like clothes each season. Yet, she found stability, faith and love with the Brenneman family. She grew up hanging out with them and became more a part of their family than her own. Londyn learned what a family could be and what it meant to love someone and be there for them.​