Fatal Error

A+ Romantic Suspense

The second Colleen Thompson book I've read, her first I think.

I hate to admit it, but I fell in love with Luke in Chapter one. Yep, I actually think it was page 5 and I couldn't stop reading. The magic between the two characters, their situation...brilliant. Fast paced, suspenseful read that I couldn't put down.

Hang on for the ride!

Susan Maddox is madder than hell. A normal reaction considering her husband of six years, Brian, has run off with the local banker's wife, a fortune in false loans, and stolen enough from the family business to ruin it. On top of that, the gossip surrounding the sordid mess in her small West Texas hometown has her high school teaching job on the line. Eight months after her soon-to-be ex's betrayal, the job's the only thing keeping her and her ailing mother from destitution. The mortgage on her home is already being called. Even knowing it's foolish, the only person she can look to for help is her brother-in-law, Luke Maddox. Luke is madder than hell, too. He's lived in the shadow of his football hero brother for a lifetime, never quite measuring up in his socially prideful mother's eyes. Even now, with the avalanche of proof, his mother will not accept that Brian has screwed up big time. Neither Luke nor Susan will admit to the feelings each has buried from that one fateful night, back in high school, when passion reigned and a bond was forged that connects them as much more than in-laws. When danger threatens, Luke can't let Susan face it alone. While the Texas desert, hot and barren as hell by day and colder than sin at night, teems with hidden life, it, too, can bury a multitude of secrets. FATAL ERROR is an unrivaled whodunit. An interesting little plot twist keeps the reader turning pages until the satisfying end of this novel. Choose your villain and hang on for the ride. It's a great one. Colleen Thompson has created a wonderful read, full of rich characters and an exciting plot. I can't wait to get my hands on her next book.

A fabulous new voice in romantic suspense!

This book has it all: romance, edge-of-your-seat suspense, and terrific writing. I'll be buying the rest of Miss Thompson's books in the hopes they're as well done as this.

I could Not Put it down.

I read this book in a day. One of those that I could not put down once I started it. I went immediately to my Barnes & Noble site to see if there were other books written by her. Colleen Thompson will be on my watch list. I want more.

Colleen Thompson doesn't have a Fatal Error

Susan Dalton Maddox never imagined that idyllic life in Clementine, Texas would turn into Peyton Place. Thanks to her missing husband, Brian, she is a star in a drama that involves betrayal of family and friends by the missing lovers, small town politics, and old rivalries. She has had enough when the local school board unjustly fires her from her teaching position. Susan must an unholy alliance with her first love, Brian¿s brother Luke, to locate Brian and make him face the consequences of his actions. After finding Susan is in danger, Luke decides family duty requires him to protect Susan but he quickly discovers that he is a target. Protective mothers and small town politics play a supporting role in thwarting their efforts to locate the missing lovers and move forward. Colleen Thompson writes in an engaging style while deftly planting clues and red herrings that takes the reader on an intriguing journey that twists and turns all the way to San Francisco and back. The characters are rich and fully developed with multiple conflicts. The ending is unexpected and yet totally satisfying, even for a long hair Chihuahua named Peavy.

exciting romantic suspense

Though her husband Brian ran off with the banker¿s wife Jessica Beecher, everyone in the small southwest Texas community blames schoolteacher Susan Maddox while providing casseroles and sympathy for the other cuckolded person, Hal. Some feel she killed her spouse although the runaways were sighted in New Mexico. Even his mother spreads rumors that Susan is at fault for her favorite son vanishing.--- Being fired from her teaching job and thinking the sheriff is an idiot, Susan asks the enemy for help. She wants Brian¿s brother, Luke to break into a hard drive that her husband used to see if there is any evidence on it to exonerate her. Luke and Susan were attracted to one another back in high school, but her mother interfered and she ended up married to his sibling, whom she remained faithful to although she never forgot her first love. As someone tries to kill her to stop her from looking into the disappearances, Luke steps in to keep the woman he loves safe.--- This is an exciting romantic suspense with an intriguing twist that will surprise readers although it is obvious Colleen Thompson does a terrific job of hiding the truth. The lead couple is a fine pairing as she seeks to clear her name while he has no choice but to help her. Adding depth is the powerful look at small town living where innuendos and rumors can ruin a successful career as happened to Susan, teacher of the year last year and unemployed this year though no proof exists that she did any wrong. FATAL ERROR is a fine tale that sub-genre fans will take pleasure in reading.--- Harriet Klausner

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