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Author: Jamie Cortland

Publisher: Crystal Dreams Publishing

ISBN: 978-1-59146-097-8

Skin Deep - I certainly found this was the case as I read this book and felt goosebumps crawling up my arms. This offering by award-winning author Jamie Cortland is everything a lover of suspense can wish for. Dark, chilling and nail-bitingly gripping - if you read this I’m pretty sure you won’t be easily disappointed 

When you meet him he will be charming, engaging and compelling…all but impossible to resist. Others will feel his menacing aura, but you will not.

These are the unsettling words on the back of this book that reflect so well on the tale inside.

Divorcee Evelyn is still in love with her super-star ex-husband, Thomas Valentino, but a new relationship seems to be on the horizon - is it right to take a chance?   

Soon Evelyn is dreaming about James McMann. He is so wonderful but it seems her three-year-old daughter has other ideas and simply refers to her new man as “Mr. Stranger Danger”. Is she trying to tell her Mum something?

However it seems there is more to James then meets the eye. Inside of him is a man who was with his wife until the very last moments of her life when she was involved in an auto accident. James recalls how he can remember “every detail” in his mind. Of course, Evelyn shares much sympathy for this man who still has nightmares about that dreadful day.  

Day by day her heart melts for James until they, rashly, get married within just four months of knowing each other. He does have another problem, of the alcoholic kind, but Evelyn decides to ignore this and concentrate on their relationship and sight-seeing.

Before long cracks are starting to show - James is not all he has been cracked up to be, turning on Evelyn and accusing her of having affairs.  

Things rapidly deteriorate as James sinks deeper into his addiction to the point of passing out after drinking one too many. He also acquires an imaginary friend whom he talks to.

Is this the wake up call Evelyn needs to make her see sense? Her ex-husband now wants wealthy Evelyn back. Question is: is she willing to let twisted James go?

I did enjoy this book very much. I found I could easily understand the plotline and was not bored as is often the case with these types of books. Cortland has certainly made an impact on me and I would definitely be willing to read more of his tomes that he may have up his sleeve.  

Part romance, part suspense - read this but only with the lights on!