"The exciting conclusion to the Moriah's Landing series"
Becca Smith is fairly new to the small Massachusetts town
of Moriah's Landing. From the moment she arrived, this
place felt like home: she felt like she belonged. It was
the perfect place for her to begin a new life. In a town
where secrets and legends were a way of life, she fit right
in... for she had a few secrets of her own -- the biggest
being that she has no memory of her life up to shortly
before arriving in town. Dr. David Bryson is a recluse, hideously scarred in the
explosion that took his fiancée, Tasha Pierce, from him
five years ago. Many of the townsfolk thought him to be
responsible for Tasha's death, and almost all of them
believed him to be crazy. He hid himself in his home, The
Bluffs, and in the shadows, never allowing anyone to see
his deformities in the light of day. He believed he would
never again care for someone as deeply as he did for Tasha,
until Becca came to town. Becca is drawn to David, for reasons she cannot fathom. So
when he proposes she come to his home to work for him, she
can't resist the opportunity to meet the man whose velvet
voice haunts her dreams. Everyone tries to convince her to
stay away from David, saying he's dangerous, but Becca goes
anyway. Once she meets him, and finds he is all she
expected and more, nothing can keep her away. He is
obsessed with her, and against his better judgment, asks
her to live in his home while she is working there. When dead bodies of young women start turning up, the town
fears the serial killer from 20 years ago has struck again.
It soon becomes apparent that Becca is the next intended
victim, and David will do whatever is necessary to protect
her. At the same time, Claire Cavendish, who escaped the
killer five years ago with her mind shattered, starts to
remember what happened to her, making her a target as well.
Will they find the killer before it is too late for Becca
and Claire? Ms. Wayne does a first-rate job of bringing the saga of
Moriah's Landing to a close, all the while not allowing
Becca and David's story to take a backseat to the big
picture. One can't help but feel the electricity between
the two of them as they both try to come to terms with
their issues: Becca convinced David is too obsessed with
Tasha, and David still feeling the pain of losing the love
of his life, and the guilt that he couldn't save her. David
is torn between his loyalty to Tasha and his undeniable
attraction to Becca. The solution to these problems is
shocking and unexpected. The suspense of the underlying mystery never lets up
throughout all four books. The reader is sucked in, eager
for the twists and turns the mystery takes, which lead
right up to the dramatic conclusion. As Claire slowly
remembers what happened to her on the fateful night that
changed the lives of those four women, one will cheer for
her and the strength she finds, to face her inner demons
and brush aside the veil on her memory. BEHIND THE VEIL is
an engrossing read which is far from disappointing. Pick up
a copy today, as well as the other three books in the mini-
series, they are all not-to-be-missed. This reviewer also
hopes that the publisher will take pity on its readers, and
provide a story for Claire, giving her the happy ending she
deserves after living through such turmoil and fear. © Kelley A. Hartsell, September 2002. All rights reserved.
Reviewed by Kelley Hartsell
Courtesy Love Romances
Posted September 29, 2002
Moriah's Landing Miniseries
Harlequin Intrigue
#650 SECRET
SANCTUARY by Amanda Stevens (2/02)
#654 HOWLING IN
THE DARKNESS by B. J. Daniels (3/02)
#658 SCARLET
VOWS by Dani Sinclair (4/02)
#662 BEHIND THE
VEIL by Joanna Wayne (5/02)
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