Title: One Word
Series: Hidden Places 03
Author: Anne Barwell
Genre: Mystery, Suspense
Length: Novel (200 pages)
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (November 6, 2017)
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥ 3.75 Hearts
Blurb: Ethan Leavitt arrives in the idyllic village of Oakwood to search for a missing friend. Having always prided himself on his ability to find rational explanations, Ethan’s trust in concrete evidence and logic is tested by the mystery of Oakwood and Tomas’s disappearance.
Donovan Campbell’s happy, sometimes flippant, exterior hides a past he’d rather forget. As he struggles with his memories and to hold on to the inn he owns with his best friend, the last thing Donovan needs is for some guy he’s only just met to start getting under his skin. When a bank robbery escalates into a dangerous situation, Donovan must embrace a part of himself he can no longer ignore in order to save a future that might never have the chance to exist.
Ethan learns that often the person you’re looking for is not the one you find. But have he and Donovan both realized that too late…?
ISBN-13: 978-1-63533-752-5
Product Link: Dreamspinner Press | Amazon US | Amazon UK
Reviewer: Shorty
Review: Ehan goes in search for a missing friend and ends up in Oakwood Village where he meets Donovan the owner of an inn. Donovan has a mysterious past that he is trying to forget. Along the way these two come together slowly.
Although this story is enjoyable it did not connect with me like I had hoped. I felt disconnected with the characters altogether. It was almost like reading a story and forgetting everything you read afterword. I do not mean that in a negative way, it just did not stick with me like some stories.
There are some interesting things as the story progresses with the disappearance of Tomas. Ethan and Donovan’s romance did not come to completion until the end of the book. I felt as though there was a lot of scenes that were needed in the grand scheme of things.
It was an O.k. read for me.