Once Wicked Always Dead ARC Book Review

Once Wicked Always Dead (ARC)
Author: T. Marie Benchley
Pages: 323 pgs
Reading level: Adult
Release Date: September 1, 2010

My Stars: 4 Stars

Its a story that could have been very well divided into two books. It includes mystery, intrigue social consciousness and the heartbreak that ends up in a love story. There are surprises and lots of twist and turns, with a well written back story and well define contrast between locations that keeps you guessing what is going to happen next. Will make a definite MUST-READ.

Synopsis: What happens when a family's darkest secrets put lives in jeopardy? How far would you go for love?

Molly Madison is unaware of the Sociopath who is on the loose, creating havoc with a sense of their own justice. Her life is shattered by the sudden death of her beloved parents and the revelation of her husband Phillip's affair - with another man - Molly leaves the life of Country Clubs and the luxury of city life in Florida and heads west to Montana, resolved to run the family ranch, and to move on with her life. Her attraction to Clayton Leatherbe, the ranch foreman, is instant, but before a romance can blossom, the ranch falls prey to sabotage by wealthy land developers determined to drive Molly out, and Clayton learns of a family secret and collides with the Sociopath that could put the ranch - and Molly's life - in jeopardy.

A sharp mystery that swirls with family secrets, betrayal, love and loss, Once Wicked Always Dead is a strong debut from an author with literary blood in her veins.

Thank you to PR/PR Public Relations for my Advance copy.