Last Rites
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4.4 • 67 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
He’s sworn to protect his family. She’s hiding a past that could destroy them all. In the grip of a small-town mystery, love is the most dangerous risk of all.
After years of hardship, Shirley Wallace brings her four sons home to Pope Mountain, nestled in the small town of Jubilee, Kentucky. For Shirley, returning is a chance to lay old ghosts to rest and rebuild her fractured family beneath the familiar canopy of the Appalachian hills. But Jubilee is a place where the past lingers, and the family quickly discovers that starting over won’t be easy in a community that remembers everything.
Aaron Pope, Shirley’s eldest son, steps into the role of local police officer; determined to protect his family and forge a new path. When a violent attack threatens the town’s fragile peace, Aaron finds himself drawn into a dangerous investigation. His search for the truth leads him to Dani Owens, a fiercely independent woman whose arrival in town stirs suspicion and who holds an undeniable connection to the Pope family’s own tangled history.
As Aaron and Dani confront rising threats, and their own growing attraction, they must unravel the lies that have haunted Jubilee for decades. And as danger closes in and old enemies resurface, Shirley and her sons must find the strength to stand together and claim the second chance they never thought they’d get.
Praise for Sharon Sala:
“Emotionally wrenching, sensually appealing, edgy and suspenseful, and hopeful and endearing.”—USA Today
“Vivid, gripping...this thriller keeps the pages turning.”—Library Journal for Torn Apart
“Skillfully balancing suspense and romance, Sala gives readers a nonstop breath-holding adventure.”—Publishers Weekly for Going Once
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Sala returns to Jubilee, Ky., in her overstuffed second Secrets and Shadows romantic suspense novel (after Don't Back Down), which shortchanges romance in favor of weaving together disjointed mysteries. Shirley Pope flees her abusive husband with her four adult sons to return to her hometown and claim their inheritance, Pope Mountain. Out from his father's shadow, the eldest, Aaron, restarts his police career. His protective instincts kick into full gear when elementary school teacher Dani Owens, another newcomer to Jubilee, witnesses a crime connected to the extended Pope family. Sala speed-runs through their romance, wrapping it up with plenty of time for every extended Pope family member to start searching for an old grave and a potential treasure hiding on their mountain for more that 150 years. The plot feels disjointed and much of the page count is taken up by the characters repetitively explaining what's happening to each other, causing the pace to drag. Only die-hard Sala fans need apply.
Customer Reviews
It keeps getting better!
Just love the way the author has several different stories going on that all will be inner woven together. Just the right amount so not to be confusing. Once again we are in Jubilee, KY and some new Pope’s have found their way home to Pope mountain. Escaping her abusive ex husband, Shirley with her 4 grown son head back to Pope mountain to reclaim her inheritance and to find peace. Aaron the oldest finds a job with the local authorities, a job he had before and loves.
Dani has bad memories of a stalker that was finally caught and put in prison but needing a fresh start accepts a job as a 1st grade teacher in Jubilee, KY. As she is getting familiar with her new hometown she see a man running from the creek who falls and things from his backpack spills out. Starting to go to help the man she sees a gun near him and backs off into the shadows. The man bleeding picks up his stuff and throws his things into his car and drives off. Dani spots something that he left behind and goes to retrieve it. Thinking turning it into the police be the best way to find the owner. She turns it in to Officer Aaron and so starts the mystery, present and past and the sweet romance between Dani and Aaron.
This book can be read as a standalone, but the 1st in the series was very enjoyable so why not read it? I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. #NetGalley #LastRites
Last Rites
Always a great story when it’s a Sharon Sala book!