Trouble Walks in (McGuire Brothers, #2)

by Sara Humphreys

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Sara Humphreys succeeds in writing romantic suspense where others have failed. She strikes a perfect balance of suspense, excitement and romance and kept me guessing until the final reveal.

New York City and murder become the backdrop for Sara Humphrey’s latest novel in the McGuire Brothers series featuring NYC Police Officer Ronan McGuire and his K-9 partner.

Maddy Morgan ran away from her hometown of Old Brookfield after her love, Rick, was killed fighting a fire. After a decade long relationship, their lives were so intertwined in the small town, she escaped to the animosity of the big city. New York City is the only place where you can be alone surrounded by millions of people. Maddy wanted to be alone with her grief, but she never expected Ronan to take it upon himself to make sure Maddy was never truly alone. After several months, their Sunday runs started turning into something more.

But taking a chance on dating again is not the same as giving your heart to another man who lives and breathes his job, and a very dangerous one at that. Rick loved Maddy, but his passion was being a firefighter. After all this time with Ronan, Maddy has realized that Ronan is no less dedicated a police officer.

Does she have the strength to risk her heart again for a man who puts his life on the line every day?

THOUGHTS:
The biggest problem with romantic suspense books is with balancing the romance and the intrigue. If too much focus is on the drama, then the romance feels forced and if we focus too much on the romance, we end up with only one or two suspects being introduced and there is no excitement to the investigation.

Here we start with Maddy and Ronan, who have known each other for years, and who have been spending time together since Maddy arrived in NYC, so that this is a friends to lovers story which always gives us a jump on the romance and we easily feel the connection between the characters.

And as far as intrigue, Sara Humphreys gives us several possible suspects for our murderer. I was giving everyone the stink eye in this story. That guy’s a jerk. I don’t like him. That sound suspicious. Maybe it’s you. There were plenty of secondary characters introduced that kept you guessing.

We do get to watch Ronan and his K-9 partner in action several times which added to the interest of the story. If I had to point out any problems, I would have to say that I thought it ended too quickly.

If you like contemporary and suspense, this definitely needs to be on your TBR list.

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