REVIEW: The Woman Left Behind by Kristen Ashley

 

OUR REVIEW:

Can you tell I was on a KA kick? I was....and have been. Anytime I find myself in a reading slump I start a reread of one of her series and immerse myself until I either read through her entire list of novels or am forced to read something else. I was so into rereading her previous works that I totally missed some of her newer releases and had to jump into her current books.

In the Misted Pines series, I find the books to be a little more serious or somber, a little more leaning into the mystery of it all, while still fully embracing the romance aspect. In The Woman Left Behind, we finally get to know more about Harry and get to see him fall head over heels with Lillian--someone right under his nose the entire time. From their very first encounter in this novel we know that they are destined to be together and within days are inseparable...initially for her safety, but eventually because of their attraction and care of/for each other. As Harry works on solving cold cases, primarily hers, we see the depth of the corruption the previous administration, see cases get solved, and watch two lonely people find love. All in all, a winning combination.

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SYNOPSIS:

There are two dead bodies in Idaho, and the gun used to kill them has been traced back to a sixteen-year-old robbery in Misted Pines.

Sheriff Harry Moran has a broken heart and a stack of case files on his desk that the corrupt sheriff who came before him might have bungled.

Or he may have framed innocent people.

The first case Harry dives into, the woman left behind lives just a block away from his office.

When Lillian Rainier opens the door to the sheriff, Harry, who’s been a dead man walking since his wife died, comes back to life.

As for Lillian, she’s had a crush on Harry for forever, Harry showing at her door, and how he is when he does only makes her fall deeper.

As Harry and his team dive into these suspicious cases, Harry and Lillian have to figure out what to do with all they feel for each other, how hard it hits them, and how deep it goes.

But as a voice from the past becomes a witness in the present, and Harry and his crew dig deeper, they sense something sinister happened years ago.

As they weave together the threads of a cold case, they realize how messy it is.

Worse, the man behind the mess is desperately cleaning it up …

And no one in Misted Pines is safe.