Connie’s review of Triple Exposure by Colleen Thompson
Romantic Suspense released by Leisure 29 Jul 08
Photographer Rachel Copeland returns to her hometown of Marfa to escape a scandal and heal. Rachel was accused of killing a 19 year old stalker whose mother garnered a lot of public sympathy and gets Rachel tried in his death when Rachel was really a victim. Rachel must confront her jealous, unfriendly stepmother while trying to make a new life for herself.
Zeke is trying to hide from a tragic past but is drawn into Rachel’s life and her her problems. After so long being alone Zeke can’t help himself caring for Rachel while trying to stay hidden. Everyone thinks the kids mother is the one trying to harm Rachel since she fell apart on her sons death.
Marfa seems pretty small but you run into some unexpected strengths along the way. Rachel comes to terms with her stepmother, her tragedy and finally realizes what is important to her and Zeke realizes you can’t hide from your past that you must confront it and go on from there.
I enjoyed reading the story and especially Rachel’s grandmother. Tragic times lead to a sad story for one of the characters. Good book.
Grade: B
A mother’s love. A son’s life snuffed out. A killer at large. Snapshots of reality, except sometimes layered images do not add up to a whole picture of the truth.
Better than anyone, photographer Rachel Copeland knows the camera can lie. That’s how lurid altered pictures of her appeared on the Internet, starting a downward spiral that ended with her shooting a nineteen-year-old stalker in self-defense. Fleeing the press and the threats of an unidentified female caller, she retreats to her remote hometown in the Texas desert. In Marfa, where mysterious lights hover in the night sky, folks are used to the unexplainable, and a person’s secrets are off limits. But recluse Zeke Pike takes that philosophy even further than Rachel herself. In her viewfinder Zeke’s male sensuality is highlighted, his unexpressed longing for human contact revealed. Through a soft-focus lens, she sees a future for them beyond their red-hot affair, never guessing their relationship will expose the lovers to more danger than either can imagine.
