Thursday, July 21, 2011

Justice by Karen Robards (thoughts)


Justice begins with a woman dying, two young runaways being the only witnesses, and an unexpected conclusion to a rape trial. Jess is a young, hard-working lawyer that is moving up in the ranks of the law firm where she works as she has just won a high profile case. But instead of celebrating Jess is trying to figure out why the prosecution's main witness recanted her story on the stand. With the help of her ex-boyfriend, Mark Ryan, Jess begins to investigate more into the case that she has just won. But then an attack is made on her life and it is time to figure out who is trying to kill her and why....could it be from the past that she is still trying to hide from??

This is what romantic suspense is supposed to be! From the very beginning, I was pulled into the story and the characters' lives. I liked that the two main characters, Jess and Mark, had a history with each other but each of them thought that their past relationship was completely over. It had me interested from the very beginning to see how everything would work out between them. The mystery aspect of the story was really good and helped to pull me into the book. I liked that the author was able to tie the storyline from Jess' past into the storyline with her current case. It really made me wonder who was out to kill her and kept me on my toes. The suspense kept me reading this book late into the night and I just didn't want to set it down. And I didn't see the ending coming from a mile away...I was totally surprised. All of this added up to a very enjoyable read for me and I'm looking forward to reading more by this author. Recommended to fans of romantic suspense and romance in general.

Bottom Line: A fun read that kept me guessing the entire time!

Disclosure: This book was sent to me for review as part of a blog tour hosted by Gallery & Pocket Blog Tours. Thanks!

7 comments:

  1. I'm not big on romance books, but love suspense. However, I did read one by Robards and thought it was very good. Maybe one day I'll pick up another by her.

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  2. Glad you enjoyed this one Sam. I'm not a romance fan but I've heard really good things about Robards. I may like hers since they have the suspense element too.

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  3. Justice sounds like a great read. I do enjoy romantic suspense. Nice review.

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  4. This one sounds pretty awesome. I don't mind romance as long as the author makes it interesting!!

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  5. Joy- Which book did you read by Robards? I'm definitely looking forward to reading more by her so I'm open to suggestions :)

    Darlene- This was a really solid read for me and I bet that you would enjoy it.

    Naida- This would be a book that I bet you would really like Naida. You should give it a try!

    Staci- I've got to admit that I love a good romance now and then :) This was just a fun read!

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  6. Thoughts of Joy- Thank you!!! I'm off to check it out :)

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