Deadly Kisses Book Review

Deadly Kisses
Francesca Cahill/Deadly Series #8
Author: Brenda Joyce
Pages: 480 pgs
Reading Level: Adult
Published: February 1st 2006
Review Source: Netgalley

And the plot thickens! WOW, Calder is being framed for murder! Francesca is doing everything she can to save him. We finally see the true feelings behind Francesca’s parents towards Calder. Francesca’s Brother Evan finally opens his eyes and breaks it off with Bartello in a dramatic way. The future daughters of Rick Bragg and wife are in danger and they will stop at nothing to protect them. This book answered a lot of questions from the previous book which I enjoyed tremendously. And this plot was by far the best one yet. I hope there will be another installment to answer all the arising questions in this book. I recommend this book. 

Summary: "I did not kill anyone, Francesca. And the fact that you wish to destroy evidence suggests you think me capable of murder."

New York, 1902 

Called to the home of her fiancé Calder Hart's former mistress late one night, amateur sleuth Francesca Cahill's curiosity is piqued. But upon arrival, she is shocked to find Daisy Jones's bloodied body -- and even more devastated when the evidence points to one suspect: Calder. 

Francesca cannot -- will not -- believe that Calder is capable of such an act. Still, she is unable to shake her instinctive sense that Calder is lying about something. The police are far less inclined to believe his innocence, and Calder is arrested for Daisy's murder. But Francesca's heart is not easily swayed . . . until a life-altering secret is exposed that could destroy their future together.

Deadly Illusions Book Review

Deadly Illusions 
Francesca Cahill/Deadly Series #7

Author: Brenda Joyce

Pages: 384 pgs

Reading Level: Adult

Published: February 1st 2005

This book was an outstanding story with an amazing romance plot and interesting twists and turns that kept you on the edge of your seat.  I loved the characters, especially Francesca and Calder. The romance between these two is like no other. But having Rick Bragg, Calder’s brother on the side, the plot thickens.  In Deadly Illusions Francesca does her routine of catching criminals, only in this installment she’s after a serial killer who’s killings are single, young women of Irish descendant.  In the process of capturing a serial killer, she’s torn between the love of the two handsome brothers, Calder and Bragg in which she must choose.  I recommend this book.

Summary: Manhattan, 1902. 

Irrepressible heiress and intrepid sleuth Francesca Cahill moves from her own elegant world of Fifth Avenue to the teeming underbelly of society, a place of pride, passions. . .and sometimes deadly perversions. 

Despite the misgivings of her fiancée, Calder Hart, Francesca cannot turn away from a threat that is terrorizing the tenement neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. A madman has attacked three women, but while the first two victims survived, the third is dead, raising the stakes. All the victims are impoverished but beautiful Irishwomen--and Francesca fears that Maggie Kennedy and Gwen O'Neil, two friends who live nearby, could be next. 

Soon she is working with her former love, police commissioner Rick Bragg--Calder's half brother and worst rival. But even as Calder's jealous passions leave his relationship with Francesca teetering on the brink, Francesca is frantically on the killer's trail, certain The Slasher will strike again--afraid she will be too late. . .