Thursday, May 5, 2011

Engaging Mystery Romance

Cover for 'Where She Belongs' While reading this latest eBook I had a very tough time deciding exactly what genre I was reading. It began sounding much like any other romance story: a man and woman meet in an unusual place (for at least one of them), begin to engage in some harmless flirting, woman knocks man down a peg-or-three, they flirt some more and everyone else realizes they are falling in love and should be together, but they steadfastly keep their distance.

Then the rest of the story began entering into the plot and I found I was reading something that was building into an interesting mystery/crime drama featuring a handsome attorney who is also doing work for the FBI and a gorgeous young advertising executive/business owner who is trying not to fall for the attorney while independently each realizes soemthing is wrong with key people in their lives. Something that could cause serious trouble and get people killed.

Attorney Matthew Kingston is beginning to realize his younger brother might be connected to a mob family and engaging in criminal practices, up-to and including murder.

Advertising executive Justina Lindsey is begining to see things about her boyfriend and almost fiancee that suggest he is not only the son of a crime boss, but actively involved in his father's criminal activities.

Both protagonists in this story must deal with the problems in their lives while also trying to decide if the other is actually the right person for them to be involved with. Certainly Justina decides her current boyfriend needs to be dropped from her life - only he doesn't want to be an ex-boyfriend and has the power (thugs, guns, intrinsic meanness, etc.) to carry out any threat he makes against Justina when she does try to dump him. Matthew Kingsley finds dealing with the sins of his brother much more difficult - does he turn his brother in to the FBI or local police department, since his brother refuses to heed his warnings and extricate himself from the criminals he's working with? Was his brother responsible, or at least involved with the brutal deaths of two undercover FBI agents he was previously seen with?

In Where She Belongs, by Lisa Vandiver, we discover a convoluted storyline as well as dramatic plot involving two star-crossed lovers whose passions might lead each of them into more trouble than they already have on their own.

I'll admit the author has a slightly rough writing style when it comes to the dialogue spoken by her characters, and there could be a little more intense editing process involved to make this a great story, but the storyline itself runs well and is easy to get involved with. Once you begin reading you might find yourself wanting to know more about each of the main characters and rooting for them as they resolve the conflicts the author throws at them at every new turn and twist in the plot.

Where She Belongs is written by a new indie author from Smashwords and I will say that as soon as Lisa Vandiver works the kinks out of her writing style she will be someone to keep an eye on for future stories.

Where She Belongs, by Lisa Vandiver - available now at a ridiculously reasonable price at Smashwords.com.

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