Review: Shot Through the Heart by D’Ann Lindun

 Shot Through the Heart by D’Ann Lindun

Publisher: Crimson Romance (August 20, 2012)

Book Info

When Laramie Porter’s sister-in-law Julie is beaten so badly by her husband she miscarries her baby, Laramie takes her home from the hospital. But just a few minutes after the women arrive home, Julie’s husband, who also happens to be a drug addict and the local police sheriff, shows up at the house on a murderous rampage.

He kills Julie and attempts to murder Laramie. When he doesn’t succeed, he hauls them into the mountains and throws them off a cliff. Julie’s body lands in a pond, but Laramie hits a ledge, where she perches, terrified.

Derrick Garrison is in the mountains moving his cattle when his dog finds Julie’s body in the pond. Creeped out, Derrick at first doesn’t believe his ears when he hears a girl crying for help. But he finds Laramie and pulls her to safety. Before she can tell him anything, a lightning strike starts a forest fire and they flee to a hidden valley.

Fleeing a drug hazed killer, the fire, and a gun-toting old lady bent on collecting a reward, Laramie and Derrick do their best to evade all three . . . and fall in love along the way.

Review: 

Warning…D’Ann Lindun’s “Shot Through the Heart” will keep you up reading late into the night. With very believable characters and plot line, it is filled with edge of the seat suspense from page one.

Laramie is thrown into a life threatening adventure when she tries to help her sister-in-law to safety after being beaten so bad that she lost her unborn child. To make things worse, it was Laramie’s brother Lawrence that she needed protected from. An enraged Lawrence who happens to be the local sheriff, will do anything to keep his drug addiction a secret, including murdering his wife and try to silence his sister. Derrick is the perfect cowboy hero, determined to protect Laramie and discover her secrets. So how do you get people to believe you when the bad guy is a well liked, upstanding sheriff?

A great read. Can’t wait for D’Ann’s next book.