She Can Scream by Melinda Leigh Blog Tour
T's Review
She Can Scream
Brooke Davenport a high school teacher, mother suffers from survivor’s guilt. During her college years Brooke’s roommate is killed in the laundry room of their apartment building changing Brooke forever. No longer has the carefree girl she was before the marriage to her college boyfriends crumbled leaving Brooke a single mom to two teenagers. In addition to her teaching job Brooke also teaches a self defense class to the young girls in her community. Hoping to give out knowledge that can save a life.
It was after one of these self defense classes that
Brooke hears a scream in the dense woods from behind the building. Joined by a janitor
they run in saving a young girl from being beaten and kidnapped. Unfortunately
the attacker gets away. This is where the story begins.
From page one the reader is in the mind of a killer. At
first I was a little unsure if I wanted to be there. Fortunately we didn’t stay
there long and Brooke’s story along with the introduction of Luke, her brother’s
best friend, takes over. Luke suffers from PTSD after an incident overseas involving
the death of a coworker.
Brooke and Luke make a team of sorts to solve the case of
a would be kidnapper and stalker. Brooke’s life becomes in danger when the kidnapper
sets his sights on her too. The story is fast paced the reader is invested and
the case ends with a bit of a surprise.
4 Stars
T~
~She Can Series~
SHE CAN RUN
One
bad decision turned a single mom into a fugitive.
Ten
months ago, Elizabeth Baker uncovered a dangerous secret about her politician
husband—a secret that nearly got her killed. Now she and her children are
running for their lives. When Beth is hired as the caretaker of a remote
Pennsylvania estate, she dares to hope she has found a corner of the world
where Congressman Richard Baker can’t find them. But when her new boss dies
suddenly and his nephew inherits the estate, Beth is faced with outwitting a
former homicide detective who is very smart, very suspicious—and very
attractive.
Forced
into retirement by an injury and grieving the loss of his uncle, Jack O’Malley
is unprepared to share his new home with a strange woman and her two kids. He
is even less prepared for the instantaneous attraction he feels whenever Beth
enters the room. She is beautiful, intelligent, kind…and obviously terrified of
someone or something. As Jack’s investigation uncovers the shocking details of
Beth’s past, the rural community is shaken by the murder of a local woman
Driven by instinct and desire, Jack is determined to keep Beth and her
children safe, even if doing so means putting his heart—and his life —on the
line.
SHE CAN TELL
Book 2
A
horse trainer’s homecoming turns deadly when a vicious stalker, a cold murder
case, and a hot police chief threaten to expose family secrets that a killer
wants to keep buried.
After
a terrible accident ends her riding career, horse trainer Rachel Parker returns
to her hometown to a hostile welcome. Her efforts to rebuild the family farm
are hampered by her sister’s domestic crisis and a violent vandal who threatens
Rachel’s new business and her life. She is also blindsided by the undeniable
and unwanted attraction she feels for hot police chief handling her case.
Someone is systematically trying to destroy her. Someone who knows private
things about her. Someone who’s been watching her…
As
his investigation uncovers the turbulent past Rachel keeps carefully hidden,
Police Chief Mike O’Connell finds himself with too many suspects and too many
feelings for his fiercely independent victim. His desire for Rachel is a
conflict of interest that jeopardizes everything he stands for. Long buried
family secrets, a skeleton, and a corrupt local official with a grudge against
Mike complicate the case, but the escalating violence against Rachel convinces
him he doesn’t have much time. Whoever is watching Rachel wants her dead. Mike
and Rachel race to untangle a web of deceit and lies that stretches twenty-five
years into the past—before her stalker strikes again.
SHE CAN SCREAM
In
one moment, high school teacher and single mother Brooke Davenport interrupts a
vicious assault, saves a young woman’s life, and attracts the attention of a
serial killer.
Sixteen
years ago, Brooke lost her roommate to a brutal murder. Now she teaches women’s
self-defense, still trying to heal from the guilt and grief that plague her. Convinced
the predator knows his victims and is stalking his prey online, she is
determined to find him before he strikes again. Her brother’s friend, Luke has
the computer expertise to help. But Brooke’s unexpected desire for Luke
complicates her investigation, and her fixation with the case provokes a deadly
reaction from the killer.
Injured
in terrorist bombing overseas, computer expert Luke Holloway is still haunted
by flashbacks of his young assistant’s death in the explosion. But Luke can’t
refuse the request of a deployed friend to look after his sister, Brooke.
Taking on responsibility for Brooke’s safety threatens Luke’s tenuous recovery,
especially after he develops feelings for her that transcend a promise to a
friend. When Brooke saves a young girl from a brutal assault and becomes a
killer’s obsession, Luke vows to protect her at all costs.
Book 4 - Coming March 25, 2014
From
the moment Officer Ethan Hale pulls Abby Foster from icy waters, he senses
there’s more to her than meets the eye. Abby has no memory of the accident that
submerged her car in the frozen river. Three years ago, Abby was kidnapped and
abandoned in a well for a week. The botched police investigation nearly killed
her. Abby had moved to the mountains of Pennsylvania for a fresh start, but
when it becomes clear that this car crash wasn’t an accident, she knows the
violence from her past has caught up with her.
But
Abby’s former assailant was convicted and imprisoned, so who else wants her
dead?
Ethan
uncovers a fresh string of murders tied to Abby’s past. Someone is trying to
kill her, and this time the stalker seems determined to finish the task. As the
killer grows bolder, Abby begins to trust Ethan enough to share the truth, her
heart, and her life. But to stop the murders, Ethan must make a decision that
could jeopardize it all.
Melinda Leigh is a fully recovered
banker. A life-long lover of books, she started writing when her youngest child
entered first grade as a way to preserve her sanity. in 2007, she joined
Romance Writers of America, learned a few things about writing a book, and
decided the process was way more fun than analyzing financial statements. It
was time to get serious about making her hobby a career. She began submitting
her work in 2008. In 2009 she signed with an agent, who sold Melinda’s debut
romantic suspense novel, SHE CAN RUN, in 2010 to Montlake Romance.SHE CAN RUN released in November 2011 and became the #1 Bestseller in Kindle Romantic Suspense. SHE CAN RUN has been nominated for a 2012 Thriller Award for Best First Novel.
Melinda is also an avid martial artist. She holds a 2nd degree black belt in Kenpo Karate, studies Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and teaches women’s self-defense. She lives in a messy house in the suburbs with her husband, two teenagers, a couple of dogs and one neurotic cat with an inexplicable fear of ceiling fans. With such a pleasant life, she has no explanation for the sometimes dark and disturbing nature of her imagination
To find out more about Melinda and
her books you can connect with her online:
Melinda
is giving away the following prizes at the end of her tour:
$25 Amazon card, plus a signed copy of SHE
CAN SCREAM
a signed cop of either SHE CAN RUN or SHE CAN
TELL
Click HERE to enter
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