Last Rites

by Sharon Sala

Overview

There's nothing a community won't do to protect its own…

Shirley Wallace and her four sons return to her childhood home on Pope Mountain in Jubilee, Kentucky, with a lifetime of hardship behind them, hoping to find peace and begin their lives anew. Eldest brother Aaron Pope returns to his life as a police officer, and is settling in just fine. Then Aaron's investigation into an attempted murder leads him right to Dani Owens. She may hold the key to a long-lost part of the Pope family's past, and more importantly, she may hold the key to Aaron's heart.

Praise for Sharon Sala:

"Emotionally wrenching, sensually appealing, edgy and suspenseful, and hopeful and endearing."—USA Today

"Vivid, gripping...this thriller keeps the pages turning."—Library Journal for Torn Apart

"Skillfully balancing suspense and romance, Sala gives readers a nonstop breath-holding adventure."—Publishers Weekly for Going Once

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781728258591
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	07/11/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	464
Sales rank:	11,716
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Sharon Sala has over 140 books in print, published in seven different genres—romance, young adult, western, general fiction, women’s fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books.. First published in 1991, her industry awards include the Janet Dailey Award, five-time Career Achievement winner, five-time winner of the National Readers’ Choice Award, five-time winner of the Colorado Romance Writers’ Award of Excellence, the Heart of Excellence award, the Booksellers Best Award, the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award, the Will Rogers Gold Medallion Award, and the Centennial Award in recognition of her one hundredth published novel. She lives in Oklahoma, the state where she was born.

Editorial Reviews

05/01/2023

Bestseller Sala returns to Jubilee, Ky., in her overstuffed second Secrets and Shadows romantic suspense novel (after Don’t Back Down), which shortchanges romance in favor of weaving together disjointed mysteries. Shirley Pope flees her abusive husband with her four adult sons to return to her hometown and claim their inheritance, Pope Mountain. Out from his father’s shadow, the eldest, Aaron, restarts his police career. His protective instincts kick into full gear when elementary school teacher Dani Owens, another newcomer to Jubilee, witnesses a crime connected to the extended Pope family. Sala speed-runs through their romance, wrapping it up with plenty of time for every extended Pope family member to start searching for an old grave and a potential treasure hiding on their mountain for more that 150 years. The plot feels disjointed and much of the page count is taken up by the characters repetitively explaining what’s happening to each other, causing the pace to drag. Only die-hard Sala fans need apply. Agent: Meredith Bernstein, Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency. (July)

Publishers Weekly