Holy thrill ride Batman! I was given an early ARC of Cold Blooded for Ms. Regan's blog tour and though I'm a fan of hers, I had missed reading Hold Still. Am I ever glad I remedied that! I'm a little sleep deprived so forgive me if this seems rambling, Regan had me up until the wee hours as I furiously turned pages to see if Jocelyn would be able to pull herself out of this one with any semblance of a life left.
I could give you a complete rundown on this book, but all you have to do is read the back blurb to know you are in for a great ride. What I found the most gripping about the book was how Ms. Regan took the character of Jocelyn Rush and made her so multidimensional you felt like you had known her forever. In fact, Jocelyn or "Joce" as her friends call her, felt like a real life friend with all the flaws and messed up family that we all see in our own lives. Yet, she managed to do it with two edges, the hard edge of a detective, and the soft edge of a sister and mother. She didn't always know which one would be the edge that came out in each situation, but no matter what, she was always true to herself, her daughter Olivia, her sister Camille, and her partner Kevin.
As a romance writer I loved that there was such a romantic thread to Hold Still. Jocelyn meets Caleb Vaughn in the process of this investigation and discovers something in herself that had been hiding since she was seventeen, desire. Caleb is easy going, hands on but hands off, and willing to take what she's willing to give while giving her what she needs.
In the end when it was 1 am and I was blurry eyed and exhausted I knew it was worth the lost sleep to finish this book. I'll be experiencing a book hangover for quite a few nights as I won't even be able to think about the characters in another book until I've let Jocelyn and Caleb go.
If you're looking for a well written and compelling thriller with a side of real life people then you need to read Hold Still!
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