Summary

Shielding Her Son is a gratifying addition to the West Investigations series, and I look forward to reading more from Ms. Richards as she truly has a knack for intrigue. 

4-STAR REVIEW: Shielding Her Son by K.D. Richards

About The Book

West Investigations: Book 4
Publication Date: July 26, 2022

She thought she’d escaped her past…

Has it caught up with her?

Erika Powell has lived in hiding for years to protect her son from his wealthy, tyrannical grandfather. Wary of strangers, she’s suspicious of James West, who’s renting a neighboring cabin, despite their sizzling chemistry. But when attempts are made on Erika’s life, James fears he may have endangered her—because the undercover PI’s investigation of Erika may have led someone dangerous right to her.

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The Review

Books in the Harlequin Intrigue line always hold my interest and Shielding Her Son by K.D. Richards did not disappoint. We try to figure out whodunnit with all the bad things happening at Erika’s home and property. 

Shielding Her Son is the fourth book in the West Investigations series and only the second I’ve read in the series. I hope to go back and read the first two books I’ve somehow missed. The cast of characters at the beginning of the book was helpful. 

Erika is trying to open her bed and breakfast in the small tourist town of Carling Lake. The owner of similar businesses in town, who also happens to be the mayor, is not happy about it. When others back out of their deals, Erika doesn’t know which way to turn. 

Erika has secrets from her past that no one in the small town knows about, or do they? She is also a part-time journalist for the small town newspaper and being a widow with a young son, her life is full. 

Having a short-term neighbor in the cabin next door whom she’s attracted to isn’t helping matters, and when he offers assistance to her more than once, what’s a girl to do? It doesn’t help that the attraction seems to be mutual. Erika thinks he’s trying to figure out what to do with his life now that he’s no longer in the military, but he’s really there to do a job—one she’s not privy to.

The story twists and turns as dangerous acts unfold and escalate. Unfortunately, Erika seems to be the target. Good thing she has the police on speed dial, and her ex-military neighbor is always willing to help. 

Multiple stories are revealed and are smoothly woven together. There are plenty of secrets and people who are not as they seem. The story had my heart pumping several times throughout, but other times, the events were anticipated even before they happened. 

There was closure and the expected happily ever after happened too quickly for me, given the chaos. An epilogue would have been nice unless there are plans for the series to continue, and we’ll meet up with them again.  

Shielding Her Son is a gratifying addition to the West Investigations series, and I look forward to reading more from Ms. Richards as she truly has a knack for intrigue. 

About The Author

K.D. Richards was born and raised in the Maryland suburbs just outside of Washington, D.C. A writer since a young age, after college Kia earned a law degree and worked as an attorney and legal instructor for fifteen years but never stopped writing fiction. She currently splits her time between Toronto and Maryland with her husband and two sons.

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JoAnne Weiss, nee Montalbano, was born and raised in NYC until moving to CT with her family when she was 16 and she's never left. Married for 43 years with one grown son, she works in an elementary school office where she's been since it opened in 2003. Prior to that, she was an accountant in several corporations before becoming a stay at home mom for 12 years. JoAnne enjoys reading, traveling, spending time with her family, and extended family as well as with friends. She enjoys cooking and rarely uses a recipe the way it was intended but instead uses them and cooking shows to give her new ideas and suggestions. JoAnne has a huge bucket list of places she'd like to visit but has been lucky enough to travel to England, Italy, the Caribbean, Mexico, Canada, and many states in the U.S. including Hawaii, California, Nevada, Arizona, and Maine among others. Some of JoAnne's favorite genres include contemporary romance, chick-lit, romantic suspense, and historical romances including regency and those set in the west. JoAnne is on several author's street teams and enjoys interacting with many of them on Facebook as well as reading their newsletters. She has been lucky enough to meet some of her favorite authors among them Susan Mallery, Debbie Macomber, Nora Roberts, Meg Tilly, Beatriz Williams, and Marie Bostwick. JoAnne took a road trip with her sister in the fall of 2019 and visited Nora Roberts' bookstore in Boonsboro, Maryland for an authors' signing. She hopes to do more of this in the future. JoAnne leaves reviews for all books she reads on Goodreads and her reviews can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/5001736?ref=nav_mybooks JoAnne currently reviews for - NovelsAlive.com. Previously she reviewed for Romancing-the-Book.com and RomanceJunkies.com both of which have since closed. Payment is in the form of receiving free books to read and review. Her mantra is too many books and not enough time!

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Shielding Her Son is a gratifying addition to the West Investigations series, and I look forward to reading more from Ms. Richards as she truly has a knack for intrigue. 4-STAR REVIEW: Shielding Her Son by K.D. Richards