Liam: Branded Brothers by Raen Smith
Romantic Suspense stand-alone
Release Date: April 17, 2014
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Synopsis
One letter can change it all...
When caregiver Charla Tayor arrives at the
isolated cottage of a man suffering with Alzheimer's, she's given one
instruction to carry out upon his death: to deliver a letter to a man named
Liam Murphy. Three years later, she's face-to-face with the letter's recipient,
a tattooed Irish Bounty Hunter who's exactly the type of man she's trying to
avoid.
But Charla can't ignore their undeniable
connection as Liam drags her deeper into her patient's troubled past. Just as
she's opening her heart, her life teeters on a dangerous edge, and there's only
one man who can save her.
Review
I do love to read a book I know nothing about. Not even the
genre. This is yet another that I’ve started reading to review and have not a
clue what to expect. At around the 75% mark when I started to organise this
post, I finally read that it’s romantic suspense. Well, yes, that fits nicely!
I still didn’t read the blurb. No point by then.
I quite enjoyed this book even though it happened over the
short span of only a few days. I guess in a suspenseful situation, a few days
is all it takes for good to prevail or for shit to hit the fan. Or both. Like in
Liam: Branded Brothers. Maybe it’s just that I’ve read books spread out over
the time frame of a few months lately …
Liam: Branded Brothers has good characters (living ones
too!), good storyline and good intrigue into the characters backgrounds. Funnily
enough, for me, the character with the most ‘character’ was the one who didn’t
live past the first chapter! He lives on through the whole book in one way or
another – I won’t spoil it by telling you how J
It’s the kind of surprise you need to find yourself! And there are few good
surprises in here. By that half way mark, I was wanting more, wanting to know
what was going to happen next and wanting my damn eyes to stay open just that
little bit longer. Didn’t happen. I was happily taking the journey with the
characters in a steady moving story. There was forward motion without it being
frantic and the suckering-you-in bit was working well.
Now that it’s finished and I know what happens, I can say
that no fingernails were lost in the reading of this story and no bottoms
rested on the edges of seats, however, there was no putting it down either
(except for that damn necessary sleep thing the night before). It wasn’t as
fast paced as some romantic suspense novels I’ve read, but it wasn’t slow or
dreary, and it kept moving at a good clip – as I said before, the story takes
place over only a few days at the most.
It’s a standalone too, so if you’re looking for a book to
read without having to worry about how long you’ll have to wait until the next installment,
then this is a great one to pick up. I’d recommend it for sure.
About the Author
Raen Smith is the author of the Unraveled
Series and Southbound Surrender. She loves writing about complex characters
with a sprinkling of happily ever after.
When she isn't writing novels, she spends
her time wrangling two small sons and teaching at a technical college. She
lives in a small corner of Wisconsin with her husband and two sons.
Visit Raen Smith's website, Facebook page, Goodreads page or
follow Raen on Twitter.
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