Cold Ambition by Rachel Sharpe-a review

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About The Book: Release Date June 16, 2014

When Jordan James decided to embark on a career as a private investigator, she never could have imagined that a chance encounter would lead to her staring down the barrel of a gun on the roof’s edge of a high-rise building. As she begins to investigate her first case, the puzzling murder of a prominent businessman that has left Boston’s finest mystified for more than two decades, she finds herself suddenly immersed in a treacherous underworld brimming with betrayal, raw greed, and political subterfuge of international proportions. In the midst of this, she discovers she is falling for her mysterious client despite the hints of his dark past. Can this feisty Southern girl with a penchant for trouble solve this baffling case, or is she doomed to become another tragic chapter in an international conspiracy?

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Cold Ambition is a mystery/romance is book one in the Jordan James, PI Series. In her initial launching of this marvelous series Rachel Sharpe has written a wonderfully witty and compelling novel. The descriptive writing is excellent; the characters are well developed, including supportive characters.

It’s paced well, building to an breath-holding and exciting climax and HFN ending. The mystery is well thought out and timed. The family life of our female PI, and her independent nature, was well described and excellently written.

I loved the character of her “assistant” Jon and their building relationship, as well as the “first client” and romantic entanglement. The story is thoroughly enjoyable and hard to put down. The ‘bad guys’ are very easy to hate, the crime a bit predictable, but the way it was presented was fresh and completely compelling.

I look forward to more from this great new series and this marvelously talented author.
Grab a glass of your favorite beverage and get ready for a wonderful ride from Boston to New Orleans and back again! Enjoy everyone, I certainly did!

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Reviewed by Georgianna S

Rachel Sharpe is the author of Cold Ambition, the first novel in the Jordan James, PI series. Although born and raised in the South, “Yankee” relatives first led Rachel to historic New England, which she has come to consider her second home and is the setting for the series.

After obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in English, Rachel began dedicating her free time to her childhood passion, writing, and in the fall of 2013, she signed her first book deal with Soul Mate Publishing. An active member of Sisters in Crime, Rachel currently resides with her husband in the Greater New Orleans area.

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