"Reality TV hits smalltown"

Mick Winchester never thought he would see his college girlfriend Caro Lamb ever again. Last he saw her she was on her way to Hollywood to work as a producer. He gets the surprise of his life when Caro walks back into his life, as a client looking for someplace to rent while she films her reality tv show in his hometown of Derryville, Illinois.

The last thing Caro expects is to see her former boyfriend in the real estate office, but unfortunately he is the only agency in town. She is sure she can resist his charms. Things go from bad to worse, when there is an actual murder on the set and the main suspect is Mick's sister Sophie who has just come out as popular horror writer R.F. Colt.

Whether you are a fan of reality tv or not, you will surely love KILLING TIME. I loved this book from the first page until the last and I really hated to see it end. Not only do we have the romance between Mick and Caro, but there is a secondary one between Jacey one of the camera operators of the show and Digg the hunky fireman who is one of the shows contestants. Ms Kelly does something that is also cool, she brings back characters from her novella and has them as an integral part of the story as Sophie finds herself under suspicion for murder.

A word of warning though, you may find yourself hearing TV theme songs in your head.

KILLING TIME really blew me away and I hope that there are more single titles in the future from Leslie Kelly.

Barb Hicks

Reviewed by Barb Hicks
Posted August 9, 2004

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Summary

Killing Time in a Small Town describes how bad boy Mick Winchester has been feeling about his life lately—until a reality TV show by that name rolls into his hometown. And the producer is none other than Caroline Lamb...Mick's college sweetheart and his one true love. But gone is the sweet southern girl with big-city dreams. This Caroline is a Hollywood hotshot—all wrapped up in a thousand-dollar power suit and killer spike heels.

Caroline isn't the barracuda she pretends to be—just desperate to make her murder-mystery reality show a hit. And when a real corpse turns up on the set, the network bosses are ecstatic. Think of the ratings! But actual murder is way too much reality—even for Caroline. Especially when getting real with Mick is all that really matters .