I knew before I started this book that it was the first in a trilogy. So, I didn’t expect everything to be tied up and answered in What Lies Beneath. I’m not sure I would exactly classify it as a cliffhanger, but be warned that all questions aren’t answered in this book.

Now that I have that obligatory cliffhanger statement out of the way I have to emphasize how great this story is; maybe one of RJ’s best books, and it’s certainly a fantastic start to a new series. Whenever I read a book where one of the main characters is an author, I always have to wonder how much of the character comes from the real life of the book’s author? I have no clue about this one.

Best selling horror writer Chris Lassiter is suffering from writer’s block. I follow RJ Scott pretty closely but I can’t recall if she’s ever mentioned suffering from this malady. In any case, Chris’s problem is somewhat integral to the story and I found reading about his difficulty fascinating.

Sawyer Wiseman is originally from Lancaster Falls but he left to become a cop in Chicago. He returns to Lancaster Falls several years later and is now a Lieutenant on the local police force. We know that he’s suffering because of something that happened in Chicago but it’s awhile into the story before all is revealed.

RJ’s books often have me dissolving into tears or sobs at some point but this one didn’t and I still loved it. I think because the story was so suspenseful that the mystery and suspense was really my main focus and not so much the emotional stuff like is usual. Towards the end however, the familiar emotional reaction finally made itself known and the tears fell.

The mystery, actually multiple mysteries, is yet to be solved but reading the story of Chris and Sawyer’s developing relationship and finally, their declaration of love, was just perfect. Enough loose threads of the story were tied up that I’m not dying from a typical cliffhanger feeling, but I surely can’t wait to get my hands on the next book, Without a Trace, coming this fall.

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USA Today bestselling author RJ Scott writes stories with a heart of romance, a troubled road to reach happiness, and most importantly, a happily ever after.

RJ Scott is the author of over one hundred romance books, writing emotional stories of complicated characters, cowboys, millionaire, princes, and the men who get mixed up in their lives. RJ is known for writing books that always end with a happy ever after. She lives just outside London and spends every waking minute she isn’t with family either reading or writing.

The last time she had a week’s break from writing she didn’t like it one little bit, and she has yet to meet a bottle of wine she couldn’t defeat.

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