Out of Time: Westbeach Series 4 by Toni Denise
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Jessica is a young woman with ambition and a wish to travel as much as she can, but she is feeling stifled and under pressure at her family’s resort, so she decides to temporarily move away and start a bed and breakfast, she chooses somewhere in the small town of Westbeach which needs renovation and determined to do most of it herself, but her cousin keeps steamrolling over that and insists on helping here, even when she doesn’t need it. Will is a young man who works as a web designer, he mostly works from home, but he has had to move in with his sister’s children so he can look after them while she is in rehab, he has left everything behind to take on this new responsibility and he couldn’t be happier about it, especially because he can still do his job.

Jessica is a month into the renovations and has set up a meeting with Will, so that she can get started on the B&B website so that it is ready for when it opens, he is a friend with a bit of a tangled history and as they talk business, they realise that they work together well too, conversation soon turns to Will’s living situation and how it is going, when he inadvertently asks for help with a bake sale, but Jessica agrees, she isn’t going to turn away from spending some extra time with Will, but she is shocked when he suggests his house, they agree on a time and a day and leave it there. When he gets home, he tells the kids about the plan and before they go to bed, his sister calls and wants to talk to them, Will lets her, but he is worried and this turns out to be the least of them, when he receives a mysterious phone call from a stranger, he thinks nothing more of it until he starts to get notes and photo’s taped to his door, they are demanding money and threatening further action if the demands are not met.

As the days pass and life is seemingly back to normal, Will finds another letter, but this isn’t the only escalation, the kids have brought letters home as well that a stranger gave them, this set’s Will’s nerves on edge and he calls on some help, as he thinks about what to do, he is offered a room for him and the kids to stay in by Jessica, he has tried not to think about her and their attraction too much, but her kindness and support are quickly breaking down any barriers he try’s to erect between them. Will he be able to figure out who is behind the letters and threats before the situation becomes too dangerous, or will time run out? Can he keep away from the woman showing his everything he wants to have, or will emotions run wild and free despite the situation? This is a thrilling race against time with plenty of tension throughout, the danger hooks you in and the romance keeps you there as past and present collide to unsettle the future.

Reviewed by @roxsannel

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