Elizabeth Horton-Newton

After over seven years in prison for a manslaughter conviction in the death of his high school girlfriend, Kort has just been paroled back to his hometown of Riddle. Despite his adamant protestation of innocence, Kort feels that his being a Native American child raised by white parents was an underlying prejudice that the town, police, and jury against him, but upon his return to the town, he discovers that a small group of town residents who believe he was innocent, including a high school friend, Norma, who meets him at the bus station, another high school friend, Jack, who now owns the local diner, and the owner of a local construction company who provides him a job. However, Kort finds his high school nemesis, Butch, is now the Assistant Chief of Police with a personal directive to harass Kort back to prison. Meanwhile, Grace, on a personal roaming mission of self-discovery after running from her wedding due to finding her groom-to-be in bed with the maid-of-honor, finds herself stranded in Riddle when her car’s transmission dies. When she meets Kort at the diner, learning his history makes her wary, but she also begins to believe in his innocence as their relationship deepens into love. As they delve into proving Kort’s innocence, they are unaware of the danger facing them. With a strong character foundation, this was an engrossing tale of suspenseful mystery, romance, and redemption. It was very easy to find empathy with Kort and Grace, and to feel the tension and anger when danger and murder arise around them. However, the author’s use of omniscient point of view at a couple of spots made it easy for me to figure out the main villain in the story, but the full truth is well hidden until a final twist is revealed.… (mer)

I like romantic thriller and I got hooked from the beginning. Kort, a Native American, served seven years in prison. Out on parole, Kort went back to his home town, Riddle. As the story goes, a question hang on the air, is he innocent as he claims or had him killed his high school girlfriend? People are hostile to him, except a few friends from high school. Grace Donahue is running from her past, and is forced to stop for a while in Riddle when her car broke. Grace and Kort meet at Ollie's dinner and their relationship progress naturally. Grace believes in Kort and decide to help him to prove his innocence. She has no idea what she is getting herself into.
The characters are believable and the story has twisters and turns that keep you hooked. I would like to know more about Kort's family.
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The premise of this book was good, although I had a pretty good idea of the big reveal early in the book. But the book was very slow to get there and then never really delivered. It was way too vague in the details of the conspiracy, maybe on purpose as Bill didn't want Olivia to know, but it left me hanging and slightly bored.
I probably would have given this book three stars, but it badly needed a proofreader. There were almost no commas in the entire book and it really interrupted the flow of sentences. I would often have to go back to reread to catch the meaning. For example, “I know honey." Is he referring to Olivia or is he a beekeeper? Place names weren't separate as in the example here: "Then he kissed me, right in front of one of the oldest steak restaurants in Fort Worth Texas."
This was a proof copy and maybe the author intends to correct these issues before publication.… (mer)

have the distinct memory of sitting on the living room floor, bl/wh tv is on and my mum is ironing with tears running down her face. Baffling at 7 years old, but i do remember.
Now i think its a disgrace that the government at the time thought that they could so easily pull the wool over the nations eyes, with the theory that Oswald was the lone shooter of Kennedy....Hmmmm, would that fly these days, i don't think so.

This is a book of what if? An alternative option written in fiction form. Olivia is a widow who becomes intrigued with all the anniversary shows on tv about the Kennedy assassination. She decides to visit Dallas for herself.... tells her neighbor 'Bill' of her plans and he insists that he accompany her....
THAT'S where the story picks up steam and the reader gets thrown for a loop! I just wish that in the process of writing the author had condensed the first 1/3 of the book and given us the suspense sooner.I… (mer)