The Forbidden Bride (The Hot Zone, #6) by Debra CowanMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Back Cover: "Jilted. Betrayed. Hurt. Detective Robin Daly would never forget what being left at the altar felt like. Nor would she forget the part Nate Houston had played in it all. One word from him had caused everything to crumble: her wedding, her trust in men...and the respect she'd once had for him.
A string of arson-murders brings fire marshal Nate Houston back to Presley, Oklahoma--and back into Robin's life. To end the crime spree, he and Robin must work together. But to handle the desire between them, they must settle the past...."
Detective Robin Daly never learned why she’d been jilted but she did find someone to blame. Arson Investigator Nate Houston, one of the groomsmen, had done something to talk her fiancé out of going through with the wedding. Five years later when they are forced to work together to find a serial arsonist/murderer, she’s determined not to let him upset her life again, but she finds that hard when she starts falling for the man.
The heroine seemed a bit wishy-washy for me at times. Too stubborn at one point while not stubborn enough the next. Giving up on find out the truth from her ex after only one year but still hating Nate after five. Then once the truth was revealed she went from hating Nate to seeing him as some kind of savior. I didn’t like that. Made her seem really needy. Fortunately by the end she somewhat redeemed herself.
As far as the mystery/suspense aspect, the plot seemed to fall flat around the middle but the build-up (i.e., the different arson/murders and connecting the dots to find the connection) was decent. The climactic scene was pretty suspenseful but disappointed when the heroine had to almost be rescued again instead of overcoming some of her shortcomings to play at least an equal part in the resolution.
Good read. Wish I had read the other books in this series but they are not necessary to enjoy this one.
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