Say No More by Karen Rose
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Series: Sacramento Series #2
Released August 10, 2020
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Mercy Callahan thought she’d escaped the cult decades ago, but its long fingers are reaching out for her again in this electrifying novel in the Sacramento series…
Seventeen years ago. That was the last time Mercy Callahan saw Ephraim Burton, the leader of the twisted Eden cult where she was raised. But even though she escaped the abuse and terror, they continue to haunt her.
When her brother Gideon discovers new evidence of the cult’s—and their victims’—whereabouts, Mercy goes to Sacramento to reconnect with him. There, she meets Gideon’s closest friend—homicide detective Rafe Sokolov. From Rafe, she receives an offer she never knew she needed: to track down Ephraim and make him pay for everything.
But Ephraim, who had thought Mercy long dead, discovers she is in fact alive and that she is digging around for the cult’s secrets. And now he’ll do anything to take her back to Eden—dead or alive.
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I’ve been waiting for Say No More since I finished reading Say You’re Sorry and it was just as good as I anticipated! This is not a quick read, in fact it’s probably the longest book I’ve read all year around 500 pages, but even with it being so long I devoured it in a matter of days.
The intensity and the almost jump scares are what make this book so hard to put down. Every chapter has you longing for more, and wanting to unravel that next secret. Our killer is viscous and I lost count of how many people he killed just trying to get to Mercy.
When I was working on my must read summer suspense list earlier this year I knew without a doubt that this would be a must read, and I was proven 100% correct. If you have any inkling that you want some more murder in your life, then you need to take a chance on this series! I have no doubt that you will be satisfied.
There was more romance in Say No More than the first book, which I had a love and hate relationship with because they would be doing the deed and I would get all itchy that they would get killed in the middle of a romp, and I’m over here yelling in my head, “THERE IS A CRAZY KILLER AFTER YOU! WHAT. ARE. YOU. DOING!!!
It was worth it though, because you could feel their connection and not just with them but with Mercy’s friend and family group that surrounded her. They took protecting her to heart and it showed which made things even more difficult when things took exceptionally violent turns.
I think I’ve said all I can say without giving anything away, so take me word for it. Say No More is the romantic suspense of 2020 that will light you up and have you ready to take down a horrid cult led by the most evil of men!
