Doubtful by Ann Warner

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Doubtful by Ann Warner
Publisher: Silky Stone Press
Genre: Contemporary, Suspense/Mystery
Length: Full Length (164 Pages)
Heat Level: Sweet
Rating: 4 Stars
Reviewed by Cyclamen

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Doubtful Sound, New Zealand is the location of the Doubtful Research Institute, a facility devoted to the study of native New Zealand plants. Dr. Van Peters is hired to set up a mass spectrometer and she takes the job gratefully after a false accusation costs her her position as a toxicologist in a Cincinnati hospital. Then David Christianson, a prominent journalist, arrives in Doubtful to recover from his own personal tragedy. Each is absorbed in a world of pain and neither wants to be around anyone else. But when they are kidnapped, they discover they can only survive by working together.

This story is filled with action and suspense. It is a real page-turner. But what set this novel apart for me wasn’t the suspense but the way the author establishes the characters of Van and David and how she develops the relationship between them, gradually revealing their pasts and allowing them to heal. These two characters are very real, believable people who have been through traumas of heart-wrenching proportions. Yet, each is finding a path back to life, a real life rather than one filled with bitterness and pain. And I suspect, that even without all the suspense, over time, they would have developed a friendship.

The kidnapping along with other acts of violence against the research institute heightens the tensions and certainly Van and David’s very survival is at stake. I liked the way they work together as a team, each figuring out a part of the puzzle that they need. Most of the secondary characters are also fully fleshed out, lending support to Van and David. The main villain is pretty flat, but then that actually works to raise the level of suspense simply because he is such a loose cannon. The settings are described in great detail so that I feel as if I have actually been to Doubtful Sound. Everything in this novel works together so that I found that I couldn’t put it down, reading it in one afternoon.

Readers who like romantic suspense stories are sure to fall in love with Doubtful. I know I did.

Counterpointe by Ann Warner

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Counterpointe by Ann Warner
Publisher: Silky Stone Press
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Full Length (249 pgs)
Heat Level: sweet
Rating: 3 Stars
Reviewed by Fern

Art, science, love, and ambition collide as a dancer on the verge of achieving her dreams is devastated by an injury.

After the abrupt ending of her career, Clare Eliason rushes into a marriage with Rob Chapin, but the marriage soon falters, propelling Clare and Rob on journeys of self-discovery. Rob, a scientist, joins an expedition to Peru. Clare’s journey is no less profound although it takes her only a few blocks from the Boston apartment they shared.

Each will be given a chance to save a life, one will succeed, one will not.

Afterward, they will decide whether to attempt to save their marriage or to use hard-won wisdom to build a future free of the past.

Clare Eliason moves to Boston partly to further her ballet career, but also to escape a painful breakup with her ex-dancing partner. During an after-performance reception, she’s introduced to Rob Chapin, a science professor. Finding humor and many common points of interest, they begin to date and a beautiful relationship evolves between them. In a wonderful saga full of realistic ups and downs Counterpointe shadows them as their lives intertwine and follows the ups and downs of their marriage, work and the most important journey of self-discovery.

I really enjoyed this novel, full of sweetness, humor and vivid, lifelike characters. There is a strong cast of many secondary characters, who are equally complicated and retain the reader’s interest. The gradual progress as Rob and Clare get to know each other, share their lives and follow the natural course of ups and downs, triumphs and disappointments is a beautiful read. Even when they’re apart their connection and the emotions of the characters kept me turning the pages.

Mostly this book is a wonderful exploration of two people from different worlds coming together and finding love and building a lasting, realistic relationship with all the complexities, joys and sorrows that entails.