Stay Hidden (The Hidden Series #1) by Leigh Fleming-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 13,2018

On the run from her abusive ex, Riley Smith lives life in the shadows. Keep moving. Pack light. Don’t make connections.

Until she encounters FBI agent Derek Bronson.

When a convenience store photo identifies her as the prime suspect in his father’s murder, Riley’s ability to keep her sordid past a secret comes crashing down around her. Now it’s a matter of keeping them both alive.

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REVIEW: Stay Hidden is a mystery/crime/romance story. Author Fleming has written a very well-paced, intricate story of loss and love, with brutality and betrayal in the threads of the plot.

I don’t do spoilers, so just let me set the theme.

Derek Bronson is the hero of the book. Derek is an FBI agent whose father was also with the FBI. Derek’s father was shot and killed trying to stop a bank robbery he stumbled upon two years earlier. Another robbery has been committed and a woman killed this time. Derek asks to be allowed to work on the case. Against better judgement his supervisor allows him to join the team.

Riley Smith is the female leading character in this story. She’s secretly running and trying to stay hidden from Tyler, her ex-boyfriend who was seriously abusive. They don’t come much worse than Tyler. She’s hiding in the same town as Derek is working and has some of the same friends. She’s making plans to run again, feeling like she’s stayed too long, but she meets Derek and delays.

The romance is hot and explosive, until the issues they’re both having converge.

Leigh Fleming has written a thrilling and wonderfully emotional story. The romance was a little fast, but knowing what I know now, it’s appropriate. The action is well done, the brutality explained, but not dwelled upon. If you like romantic stories with a contemporary theme and a little crime…grab a copy and relax and enjoy this story. I certainly did.

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Reviewed by Georgianna S

Twenty years ago Leigh Fleming vowed to write a book someday and her goal finally came to fruition in 2013. Since the day she first sat down at the computer to write, she has been hard at work creating unique characters facing life’s challenges, but who are always rewarded with their happy ending. When she’s not writing in her windowless office, she enjoys reading, travelling, scrapbooking, and spending time with friends.

Leigh is a member of Romance Writers of America and the Washington Romance Writers chapter. She lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia, with her husband, Patrick, and her deaf French Bulldog Napoleon, and is mom to adult children, Tom and Liza.

Contact Leigh at leigh@leighfleming.com. Follow Leigh on Facebook at www.facebook.com/leighhflemingauthor and on Twitter www.twitter.com/leighhfleming1