"An Absorbing Story"

Chloe St. Claire grew up in the best part of town and had everything that money could buy but she longed for something more. Her parents love her but they are cool and stereotypically upper class. They are shocked when she becomes a psychologist for the local police department and are promoting a romance with her and an ambitious man that wants to be a politician.

Vince Coronado grew up on the wrong side of town, on the streets without family support. He is a little rough around the edges but is so grateful to the man that pulled him off of the streets and was like a father to him that he is determined to nail his killer who is one of the local bad guys. When he gets involved in a police shooting, he is sent to Chloe for counseling. He takes one look at elegant Chloe and knows she will never understand him but he underestimates the beautiful psychologist.

There is an instant attraction between the hero and heroine although they both realize that nothing can come of it. Chloe tries to get him to talk and he tries to evade the questions and as secrets are revealed they end up comforting each other and caring turns into something more.

THE GOOD DAUGHTER is the third book in the Deep in the Heart series with more to come. I love the scenario of two people from different walks of life finding that special something in each other. Both Chloe and Vince are wonderful characters, both loving and caring and the reader gets the feeling that they are really made for each other if they can look past the surface of their lives. All of the secondary characters play their roles to perfection to create an absorbing tale. Jean Brashear writes a fascinating story, a book that is engrossing from beginning to end. She is definitely an author to watch and appreciate and I will be looking forward to the next book in this terrific series.

Reviewed by Marilyn Heyman
Posted July 24, 2003

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Summary

Chloe St. Claire grew up as a daughter of privilege—but when she started to find the advantages empty, she began to carve out a life of her own. And that meant taking a job as a police psychologist. She's worked for the Austin Police Department for eighteen months, and she's a lot less naive than she was. Still, she's never met anyone like this detective.

Vince Coronado is in the worst trouble possible—under investigation by Internal Affairs for killing a man—and his boss has ordered him to spill his guts to a woman who could never understand the world he's from.

Their powerful attraction is improbable. Or is it? Because when circumstances lead Chloe to discover lie upon lie about herself she intuitively knows that Vince is the only person who will understand her sense of suddenly belonging nowhere.