Review: Hush by Karen Robards

Item: Hush
Rating: 4
Author: Shannon

Posted May 24, 2015 by Shannon in Reviews / 0 Comments

Hush by Karen Robards
Genres: Contemporary, Contemporary Women, Fiction, Romance, Suspense
Published by Simon and Schuster Publication Date: December 30th 2014
Pages: 416
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In New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards’s latest heart-pounding thriller, a woman must uncover a murderer—or risk being the next victim of a vicious killer.When Riley Cowan finds her estranged husband Jeff dead in his palatial home, she’s sure it’s no coincidence. The police rule it a suicide, but Riley thinks someone’s out for blood—specifically someone Jeff’s father ripped off in one of the biggest financial fraud cases of all time. She suspects that someone is trying to send a message to Jeff’s father: Tell me where the money is, or everyone you care about will die. Enter Finn Bradley, an FBI agent with a dangerous secret. He's after the money too, and Riley quickly becomes his chief suspect. But when someone tries to kill her, he has no choice but to protect her until he can uncover the truth. The question becomes, can they discover the killer’s identity in time, before he resurfaces—and strikes again? Dubbed an “exceptional storyteller” by the Chicago Tribune and “one of the most popular voices in women’s fiction” by Newsweek, Karen Robards’s latest action-packed novel will keep you glued to the pages until the final, shocking conclusion.

Hush is a true romantic suspense story, it all the aspects of will they or won’t they be together in the end, while at the same time providing a serious mystery that left me wondering who really did it and what happened.

I adored that Finn and Riley didn’t immediately fall in love, they were very much attracted to each other. Riley is a strong heroine, who refuses to believe her ex-husband killed himself on the very night he asked her to meet him somewhere.

There is a bit of tension because Riley isn’t sure that she can trust Finn, and he’s sure she’s hiding something. I love that kind of tension in romantic suspense stories, it adds to the outside tension of the mystery, until I can’t help put finish the book in one sitting.

I definitely recommend this story to fans of romantic suspense because Ms. Robards doesn’t disappoint, and I was definitely guessing until the end!

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I am a lover of alpha males with dirty mouths, strong heroines putting alpha males in their place, and the Chicago Blackhawks. I'm a proud hockey mom who can often be found at the hockey rink cheering on my favorite forward, with my kindle close by.