Colleen McElroy grew up wealthy and pampered, the daughter of a prominent society family in Lexington, Kentucky. But her privileged upbringing could not prepare or protect her from her cruel and abusive first husband. Although her calamitous marriage left her with physical and emotional scars that have yet to heal, they haven’t prevented her from doing her best to rebuild her life.
Charismatic Patrick McElroy has scars of his own from his traumatic childhood in the foster care system, but with his business partner, John, he has built a celebrated, state-of-the-art home for at-risk youths. When one goes missing, Colleen is plunged into a nightmare of uncertainty about the girl’s disappearance. Is she paranoid, seeing disasters where there is just bad luck, or does an unspeakable evil lurk behind the new life she’s made for herself? No longer sure of whom she can trust, Colleen will have to rely on herself to discover the truth.
Put it down? Not a chance! As a reviewer for a newspaper, I read At Risk pre-release. A fan of Redling’s books already, I expected a good read. What I didn’t expect was being unable to put it down! The story gained momentum and layers of surprising plot twists combined into an explosive ending. The characters are believable, Bix being my favorite. Bix is a character you know…everyone has that acquaintance that is loud, bawdy and devil-may-care. The plot is one that could easily play out in real life, and perhaps has…
You’re at risk for a long night! This is my 5th SG Redling novel. To be honest, I wanted the story to keep going. I made the mistake of picking it up at 1030pm one night and could not put it down until I finished the book sometime in the very wee hours. Great story, did not see that coming!I blame SG for being bleary eyed the next day! 😉
What an ending! I have read a few books from this author and have loved them. This book was very slow, but oh my goodness, it took a turn that I never saw coming. The shock and amazement the ending of this book gave was, wow. Redoing does a great job unfolding her characters. This, however, I truly could not predict. This was a slow book with a crazy amazing ending.