NUMBER: 10TITLE: Shadow Dance
AUTHOR: Susan Andersen
STARTED: February 8, 2005
FINISHED: February 16, 2005
PAGES: 376
GENRE: Romance
FIRST SENTENCE: The flight was like no other Tristan MacLaughlin had ever taken.
SUMMARY: [From barnesandnoble.com] Amanda Charles was a showgirl with Grace Kelly good looks and lovely violet eyes that were wide open to both the golden glamor and sequined tawdriness of Reno. But like the dancers in A Chorus Line, she did it for love. She wasn't the tough party girl Detective MacLaughlin expected when he took over "The Showgirl Serial Killer" case. Instead she was an ice maiden, cold to his advances. If her heart pounded whenever he was near, he couldn't know it, for Amanda was an expert at hiding her emotions - until the night the killer wanted her. Now the bait in a deadly trap, Amanda would soon be drawn into a thrilling gambit, racing through the neon-lit streets toward ecstasy...or death.
REASON FOR READING: I thought it was going to be about a ballet dancer...
THOUGHTS: Aside from mistaking the entire plot of this book before I read it, it wasn't too bad. It was more mystery than romance. The "Showgirl Serial Killer" was kind of hokey, but the author was able to pull it off without making me laugh. Amanda, the female lead, came across as strong and independent without being too stubborn. I liked that she and I both share a rapid hate of guns. Tristan, the male lead, sounded quite dreamy, but his Scottishness seemed forced.
For a book that was supposed to be about dance, there was very little description of dance. That was disappointing.
MISCELLANEOUS: Never again will I buy a book without reading the real synopsis.
KEEP/SHARE/CRINGE(?): Giving to Melanie in "The Box."
RATING: 5/10 [I didn't particularly like it or dislike it; mixed review]
CR: Beloved by Bertrice Small
RN: Maybe Lord of Ice by Gaelen Foley
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