I'm reading this (or should be, but curiously I seem unable to tear myself away from this computer screen) for my local reading group. I rarely get the books read on time for the meeting but I'm giving my best attempt this month by spending my free time on the internet ;) It looks like the 6th in this series. I read the first in the series but haven't been able to keep up and am hoping I'm not completely lost when I start this one.

From Amazon.com:
New York Times bestselling author, Beverly Barton, delivers a sizzling tale of suspense about a Southern heiress who becomes involved with a renowned and seductive trial lawyer whose ex-lovers are being murdered one by one.
The woman waits impatiently on her satin sheets. Her lover knows exactly how to satisfy her. But this time, he has something else planned...something that will really take her breath away.

In the courtroom, defense lawyer Quinn Cortez has a reputation as a ruthless predator who always gets what he wants. In the bedroom, it's no different. Quinn is an accomplished seducer with a long list of conquests. But now, someone has brutally slaughtered one of them, and Quinn has no memory of the night he was found in her home.

Annabelle Vanderley wants justice for her murdered cousin, and if Quinn Cortez swears he can find the true killer, she's willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. But then another body is discovered...and another...each victim an ex-lover of Quinn's. Now, consumed by dread, Annabelle wonders just how close she may be to a twisted psychopath for whom pain would be the ultimate pleasure.

I read a few pages last night but was distracted by the flashing tv set and couldn't seem to focus. It appears the "hero" of this one is a lawyer. Always a sure way to put me to sleep. Guess I shoulda read my own blurbage copy . . . Will try again today.

This book just can't hold my attention and I missed my meeting last night so I'm throwing in the towel and am going to read one of the other numerous books that are screaming for attention!

RELEASE NOTES:

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