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That last scene! My heart was pounding so hard I could see it!

Here we have it, a half burnt out mansion, a scruffy teacher/gardener, a tall slim housekeeper with maybe too much loyalty to the house and a white haired handyman/manager. And of course, the autocratic owner of the house, Ms. Geneva. We also have a handsome, preoccupied scientist, who seems unreasonably set against Ricky Sands' music, and therefore his widow, too. Then there is someone else living in the burnt out portion of the house... But that's only the beginning. That's before Hollis discovers what's in the attics, or rather, the towers.

I really can't tell you anything more about the characters, because one, my favoritisms will peep out and two, if I say anything I'll probably give away the culprit/murderer. But I can say, this book is a bit misleading when it calls itself a romance, it's not much of one and is primarily a thriller. A bone chilling, spine tingling and teeth chattering thriller. And with a cute cover like that, too. I didn't see half the twists, and the others not fully. But the more you know, the spookier it gets, I wasn't 100% sure who was the 'villain' but, I did know that he/she was deadly. In this case, ignorance truly is bliss. But I will say, not everything makes sense, so don't expect it too, how can it, when one is dealing with a psychopath?

As Ricky Sands said to his wife the last time she saw him alive; "If you need it, the answers in the song,"


Let the rain fall sweetly
On the children of the earth;
May rivers run clean
And forests stand tall.
Let the sweet rain fall,
Let the sweet rain fall.

But, Hollis will have to get to that 'answer' fast before someone else does, and if and when she finds it, she'll have to figure it out quickly, before it's too late. In an offhand way, rain does have something to do with the ending, as do coral colored roses.

G I don't recall any swears, there was no violence other than an attempted strangling, but that wasn't glorified, no gore and a few kisses, not that they even really counted. But, don't be fooled, this was chilling, especially the end, I was sitting bolt upright, my heart pounding in my fingertips waiting for the dreaded end.