Rent Alone in the Dark

Romantic suspense is a difficult genre to get right. You have to read a lot of duds to get to a really good one. In ALONE IN THE DARK, I felt I was halfway there. It was a story about a �darling of DC� morning news show host who discovers on her father;� deathbed confession she is not his biological child and she wasa twin sister. She immediately picks up and goes to Agarita Springs Texas and what si the first thing she does? Runs over the motorcycle of the local heartthrob cowboy. Of course he is angry and they don�t like each other but that seems to clear up overnight and she is enlisting his aid in finding her sister�s killer. The book had its moments of suspense but really the murderer was so obvious and it drove me crazy there was sop many convenient coincidences and Ellery would be a tough, independent woman one second and a cowering ninny the next like the author was not sujre what kind of person to make her. I liked it was set in Texas although times of daylight and dark were a little blurred and if it was supposed to be summer, highly inaccurate. I also don't remember black roses being delivered to Ellery but it was mentioned later in the story! Could be an error of memory but I think it was an error of keeping track of the plot by the author/editor! One scene I enjoyed was the restaurant where Ellery and her cousin Lucy went and she ordered cantaloupe soup. I had to find a recipe for it and it looks good! I also like the idea of pine nuts in salad and will try that was well as the hibiscus tea they were drinking. Even an average novel can give me adventures in reading! :)