Cassie
Fitzgerald had always lived in the shadow of her sister, Diane, but
when she and town bad boy, Cole Martin spent two days together, she
is convinced that she’d found true love. It came as quite a shock
to return home a week later to find Cole married to Diane. Cassie
leaves home and returns to school as quickly as possible, only to be
shocked again when she receives news three months later that Diane
has been murdered and Cole is the chief suspect. Still unable to
deal with returning, she doesn’t go to the funeral, a decision,
which puts her in conflict with her mother and keeps her from
returning. After six years, the death of her mother forces her to
return to handle her mother’s estate. For six years, Cole Martin
has wanted to explain to Cassie why he married Diane but she’s
managed to avoid him. Now that she’s back in town he’s determined
that not only is she going to listen to him, he’s going to make her
understand and give him another chance. When Cassie starts asking
questions around town about Diane’s death, it stirs up someone who
wants her to be quiet. As she and Cole try to find their way
together through the destruction Diane left behind, the real murder
is determined that his secret will never be known, no matter the
cost.
Playing
With Fire is one of
those books that are a guilty pleasure. Cassie and Cole captured me
immediately and wouldn’t let me go. Even as I begged for Cassie to
make Cole work more for her, and I couldn’t quite make myself okay
with the whole sister thing, I secretly wanted them to find their
way together. The only thing that truly bothered me was the classic
old-fashioned romance novel notion that the heroine hadn’t slept
with anyone else in the six years she’s spent pining for a man who
married her sister. Judith Rochelle has written a book, which grabs
you and makes you have to finish it. I most definitely recommend
this to lovers of romantic suspense and plan on watching for more of
Judith Rochelle’s books in the future!
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