She’ll Never Tell by Hunter Morgan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Suspense Thriller, Romantic Mystery
Marcy Edmond was in a horrible car accident that left her in a coma for 6 months. When she awakes she discovers that plastic surgeons have had to reconstruct her face and she has lost over 60 pounds. Transforming her from the ugly duckling she once had been into a beautiful swan she always wanted to be. In her small town, everyone knows of Marcy’s miraculous recovery but she is not used to all the attention.
When Marcy returns home she finds that her twin sister has moved in with her family and has been helping to take care of her kids while she was in her coma. While she knows that she should be grateful to her sister, there is just something nagging her about it, something she doesn’t like about it.
Marcy is struggling with her transition back in to her old life, one that she was missable in before the accident. Now, she is a whole new person, she could start over. Is that what she really wants?
“Marcy pushed a lock of blond hair behind her ear. As she did so, she caught a reflection of her image in the window of a parked car. The woman looking back at her truly was beautiful. But it didn’t feel the way she always dreamed it would. All these years she had believed her unhappiness and discontent was due to the way she looked. A notion suddenly struck her. What if that hadn’t been it at all?”
There is someone else who has noticed Marcy’s transformation.
“The Bloodsucker walked farther up the beach, unnoticed by the swan and her husband. Past the old man sitting in the lawn chair, drinking coffee laced with brandy, holding a surf rod. It was like he was invisible. They saw him, yet they didn’t. And even if they did make eye contact, he would just smile. Wave. No one knew who he was because everyone knew who he was. That was the best part about it all. The swan knew him, just as Patti had.”
“Who would have thought she would ever be so beautiful? The Bloodsucker wanted her now. He was sure of it. He would just have to be patient”
There is a killer hunting their little town and his sights have been set on Marcy.
I actually rate this one 3.5 stars. It was a good thriller and I enjoyed the romantic aspect with Marcy and her husband, however I feel like the sister issues and the serial killer were too much. I understand that this is part of a series where the killer will not be identified until the final book so there is much more that I have not read yet I am looking forward to it. This would have been a great read as a stand-alone without the serial killer as well.
Written in several points of view, I feel that having some type of divider between the character changes would have created a transition that was easier to follow. Overall, this was a good book that I did enjoy reading, a fast read. For older audiences, as there is bad language and sexual references and situations. It kept me guessing and trying to figure out who the killer is. I have my theory on who it could be but I guess I will just have to keep reading to find out if I’m right.
