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psychologist, Taylor Halstead takes her occupation very seriously. In
her
element assisting others, she gets first hand knowledge about pain and
suffering
and dealing with the aftermath of abuse when she is attacked and nearly
raped
in her apartment. When she came home from work to find her cousin and
roommate’s boyfriend, Gordon, in her apartment, she never expected to
be nearly
raped and left handcuffed to her bed. Though he never fulfilled his
desire to
rape her because her cousin called and his plans were averted, Taylor felt
violated. Later she feels guilty for her
cousin’s death
when she and Gordon are killed during their vacation.
Taylor
feels that she should have warned her cousin, and if she had, she’d
still be
alive, but Gordon had left her unconscious.
As time
moves on, Taylor
is approached by Gordon’s family, namely his twin brother Jonathan, who
seems
to be around every time she turns. The family wants her to sell her
cousin’s
stock in a business venture she was in with Gordon. The Mallory’s
attorney,
Reed Watson, catches her eye. Still dealing with the aftermath of her
cousin’s
death, Taylor
tries to resist becoming involved with Reed but the attraction is too
strong.
Taylor
finds herself leaning on Reed more and more however, when it becomes
apparent
that she has a stalker, one who says all the same things to her that
Gordon
said to her that day in her apartment – even Gordon’s threat that he
would
always be watching her. But Gordon’s dead and no one else was there
that day.
Is Gordon alive? Who could be stalking Taylor
if he’s dead?
Andrea Kane
is an author I have never read before. I’ll
Be Watching You caught my attention from the blurb and I was
anxious to
read it. The romance between Reed and Taylor heats things up and I was
eager to
see them together and happy. As Reed’s job interferes with his
relationship
with Taylor
things become intense and unsure. The plot of romance was handled well
with a
satisfying ending.
The
suspense plot however, left me with more questions than answers. While
I never
correctly identified the stalker, the build-up to the end, left things
feeling
flat since the end result didn’t fit the huge build-up/suspicion. Overall though, Ms. Kane does write a good
romance, the end result of suspense however, could have been better.
Reviewed by Tracey West
for The Road
to Romance
June 10, 2005
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