Hidden Cove by Meg Tilly – Review & Giveaway

 

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Description:
When Solace Island gallery owner Zelia Thompson’s close friend Alexus Feinstein of the prestigious art gallery Feinstein & Co. dies of a “drug overdose,” Zelia’s intuition sounds an alarm. The Alexus she knew didn’t do drugs and had everything to live for.

As Zelia begins looking into the circumstances of her friend’s death, what she uncovers will put her life in imminent danger. Will Zelia–with the help of the reclusive crime fiction novelist Gabe Conaghan–be able to unravel the mysterious happenings surrounding Alexus’s untimely death? Or will she become the bloodthirsty artist’s next victim?

 

 

Review:

Hidden Cove by Meg Tilly is the 3^rd book in her Solace Island series. Zelia Thompson, our heroine, is a successful gallery owner on Solace Island.  She receives a painting from a friend in another state, who is also a gallery owner, but Zelia is appalled how dark and scary the painting is.   She turns down the request to show the painting, and a short time later her gallery friend dies from a drug overdose. 

Gabe Conaghan, our hero, is a successful author, who is vacationing on Solace Island, and when he sees Zelia in the coffee shop, he is immediately attracted to her.  Zelia is always busy and doesn’t notice Gabe, which will change soon enough, but before that she realizes that her friend could not have overdosed as she never took drugs’.  Gabe will begin to help Zelia investigate the circumstances of her friend’s death, and soon their friendship will escalate into a steamy romance.  When Zelia’s employee goes missing, they do not think anything of it, as she occasionally goes away for a few days.  But once Gabe finds somethings, they realize that perhaps her employee friend was kidnapped. 

We also get the POV of the murderer, and see clearly his insanity, and the desperation of the woman he kidnapped.  We have no idea who he is, until much later in the book.  Gabe is determined to stay near Zelia to protect her, and she also hires the other gallery friend’sowners assistant to help her

What follows is an exciting, intense, suspenseful adventure as Zelia’s life is in danger, and Gabe must find a way to save her.  The romance between Gabe and Zelia was sweet, as we watched them both slowly falling deeper in love.  Their romance heats up, and the danger escalates for Zelia, as we race to an exciting and suspenseful climax.  I do not want to give spoilers, as you will need to read this book to discover who the culprit was.

Hidden Cove was a fun, enjoyable and captivating read, as well as having a great couple, excellent secondary characters, with a sweet romance and mystery.  This reads very well as a standalone.  Meg Tilly once again gives us another great romance suspense to enjoy. I wholly recommend you read the Solace Island series.

Reviewed by Barb

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