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"Romantic suspense fans will enjoy this tale"

In Virginia, Larry and Mary Elizabeth Chandler are having marital problems after just six years together, as he is a serial womanizer. Mary Elizabeth finally has had enough with her philandering spouse. During a public argument she informs him that she is divorcing him. Later Mary Elizabeth returns to their home only to find the bloodied corpse of Larry.

In shock, Mary Elizabeth flees to the home of her former boyfriend, Sheriff Tucker Spencer. He is not home when she arrives so she strips out of her blood soaked clothing, darns Tucker's T-shirt, and goes to sleep in his bed. When Tucker and Mary Elizabeth talk, she persuades him that she is innocent. Though she dumped him, he takes a leave of absence to investigate the case on his own time without the impediment of officialdom. As he and Liz work closely together, they fall in love all over again, but though he accepts she would not kill anyone, he refuses to trust her with his heart.

ALONG CAME TROUBLE is a police procedural romance in which little investigating actually occurs. Tucker the pucker sucker takes a leave of absence that still should not enable him to make inquiries even as a private citizen into this case due to a conflict of interests. Mary Elizabeth is a frazzled individual who is in shock, which leads to poor judgment. The characters are strong especially the numb yet dumb heroine whose efforts to regain lost trust is intriguing but the plot still requires enormous acceptance. Fans of Sherryl Woods' romantic suspense novels will enjoy the final tale of the Trinity Harbor trilogy.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted December 1, 2002

Trinity Harbor's sheriff Tucker Spencer has seen some action...but finding an almost-naked woman asleep in his bed leaves him speechless. Especially because this same woman--Mary Elizabeth Chandler--broke Tucker's heart six years ago by marrying a charismatic Virginian politician.

Now her philandering husband has been shot dead and Mary Elizabeth needs Tucker's help. She needs Tucker...period. But can he forgive her--and will he want a future with her once murder and mayhem are behind them?

Seems everyone in town has an opinion about their top cop's reunion romance, including Tucker's father, King Spencer, who's determined to manage his son's love life-- even as he mismanages his own. But Tucker's not listening. He needs to clear Mary Elizabeth's name...and maybe save her life.

Then he'll confront an even more troubling mystery...love!