If you like morally gray, terribly flawed characters, Julianna Keyes has hopefully been on your radar. She writes crisp, tight books focused on character development. When I saw she was writing suspense, I figured she'd get it right, because she does so well threading things together. Her writing is so nice to read in that its unpretentious and lively, but her books can be difficult to take emotionally. This book is not an exception. Reese has lost everything--her family, her fortune, and her identity. She's in hiding and it's slowly revealed how she got there. In sections headed 'when, what," etc, Keyes focuses on unfolding a mystery that exists for all the characters, including who the hell each other are.

And yes, there's err...romance and sex. There's hot sex against a window, since hot stranger sex is how Reese connects to others while maintaining anonymity. Interestingly, this really felt like the The Takedown Trilogy. That's how we meet the hero, whoever he is...and I couldn't put this down. I had to-because I actually fell asleep with 12 pages left.

Hardcore romance readers be warned though--this won't unfold typically.
Anyway, read all the Keyes.