TAINTED by Marsha R. West – Review by Bethany Rollins

Tainted by Marsha R West
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I completed Tainted by Marsha R West last night but had to sit on my response to the book. This book is about a women rebuilding her life after her now ex husband was arrested and sentenced for fraud detailing with the family restaurant businesses. It follows Liz Hartman on a journey of rediscovery to rebound from her ex-husbands morally corrupt ways. Unfortunately, Liz must cope with multiple attacks to overcome this man who refuses to let her go.
I did like the story as a whole. The New Mexico setting is someplace I would love to be, the characters were lovely and well defined and the romantic suspense part was good. I would definitely recommend to fellow fans of romance and intrigue. I had two minor issues with this book. In some places, it felt repetitious in describing the setting or scenario. It felt like there were several brief summaries throughout the story that felt unnecessary as a reader so I would skim these sections. My second issue was the dog. I typically love animals in stories, but for some reason, this animal and the way Liz treated the dog annoyed me. After the first half, the dog became less of the story line so I was able to finish it without my eye roll of treating a dog like a baby. I know, very weird but this is the only character that I was overall annoyed about and reading so much about. Again, the story as a whole is well with the read but I did need to include my honest opinion on why I could not fully give this a 5 star rating.

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