Through a wild twist of events leading to a car accident, Mike comes to rescue Rose and then figures out he's just recused his prime suspect. But Rose has no idea. After some healing and Rose's need to get from Pittsburgh to California to see her aunt, Mike arranges for Rose to travel with him cross-country while his partner, Kat Malone follows at a distance, so Mike can investigate Rose during the trip.
Romantic feelings ensue. Mike becomes torn between his job and his feelings for Rose. Rose doesn't understand why Mike's attraction to her is distanced.
Overall, Lethal Deception is a good read. It takes up about 48% of the two book bundle so it's just slightly shorter than Lethal Obsession. There are books that take me forever to finish and review and there are those I can't put down, give up sleep for, and write the review as soon as I read the last page because I just MUST get my thoughts out.
With Lethal Deception, it was a moderately quick read, nothing I stayed awake for but I did have to finish both books fairly quickly to get my thoughts down. In hindsight, I should have reviewed this book prior to reading Lethal Obsession and then gone back to make the comparison of the two books afterward as reading both consecutively somewhat forced the comparison while reading Lethal Obsession.
Because I liked the characters and the ending, I give this one 4.5 stars.
In book two, Lethal Obsession, we are reintroduced to Kat Malone, Mike Ramsay's Department of Transportation partner. We find her living in California and seeing Riley O'Rourke, whom she fell for at the end of Lethal Deception. That was a minor mention and not a spoiler. We find Kat standing alone and backed away from Riley's graveside service. Riley is now dead. Killed in a car accident. Riley was also married. Kat was the outsider. As Kat gives up and walks away from the service, she bumps into Seamus O'Rourke, Riley's TWIN brother. And boy do they look alike!
But Kat has some other secrets. NOT SPOILERS. Kat is pregnant with Riley's child which Seamus doesn't believe because of Riley and Seamus's infertility issues. Kat also has someone stalking and trying to kill her. In order to protect Riley's child, if it is Riley's child, Seamus takes Kat in, and hides her through her pregnancy in order to protect her.
Naturally, things go batshit crazy. And of course there are romantic feelings on both sides going unconfessed because Kat and Seamus are both stubborn.
Overall, I liked this book about as much as I liked Lethal Deception. I rated Lethal Obsession 3.5 stars and averaged the two out to four stars for the bundle. The reason I took away the stars for the second book is that there is a distinctive scene NOT written IN FULL into the book and I disliked that immensely.
I received an Advanced Reading Copy from NetGalley in return for an honest review.
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