Review- Cool Shade by Theresa Weir

Title: Cool Shade

Genre:  Romantic Suspense

Author: Theresa Weir

Publisher: Harper Collins, 1998

Source: A Kindle Free Book

Rating: 4.5

Sexy Rating: 5

Description from Amazon:  Maddie Smith has never been one to hang around any place too long. After losing her job as a late-night disc jockey, she has little reason to stay in Tucson. When she receives a message that her estranged sister has disappeared, she figures she might as well go to Nebraska and see what’s up with her unreliable sibling. There she learns that her sister is linked to the mysterious Eddie Berlin, a recluse and a very sexy guy. Maddie takes a personal interest in Eddie as she searches for clues about the disappearance of her sister.

Meanwhile, Eddie is shouldering problems of his own. The former manager of a pop star killed by a crazed fan, Eddie feels responsible for the singer’s death, and as a result, he hasn’t wandered off his own property in more than four years. Still, he is attracted to Maddie, experiencing feelings he thought he would never know again. A stolen tape of a recording made by the late rock star and other clues bind the couple together. It soon becomes clear that these two deserve each other, and when they finally feel comfortable with the fit, they find they are greater as a pair than they could ever have been as individuals.

The encounters between Maddie and Eddie are anything but typical. Both are insecure, yet somehow they manage to muddle through. Author Theresa Weir has created them to be very human, characters the readers feel connected to as they witness their lives unfold.

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Written in 1998 this is an overlooked gem.  It lulls you into a comfortable complacency then it grips and shocks with surprises.  Maddie and Eddie are flawed characters.  Can they really have any kind of relationship?  Will there problems be insurmountable?  These questions pop up throughout the reading.

The characterization here is so well done that you will feel like you know these people.  Perhaps she is that young woman who lives across the street and he is that young man who you haven’t seen in ages.  Evelyn the landlady is like the woman down the block who is never out of her housecoat.  We know all these characters and Weir is letting us into the part of their lives we always were curious about.

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