Long Shadow is book two in the Hamarsson and Dempsey series with the main couple continuing throughout the series. Book one had a very satisfying HFN and this one even more so. The author does a great job of giving us information from book one that we need to enjoy this story. So, I kind of think you could read this without having read Conspiracy Theory but then you’d be missing a great book.

There is a lot of mystery and intrigue going on in Long Shadow and it kept me on the edge of my seat in places. A couple of things happened that I didn’t see coming which is always nice when reading romantic suspense. Mat and Niall’s relationship moves along at a steady pace, with Niall pretty much fighting it at every turn until he finally gives in.

I’m a big fan of slow-burn romance and this is a great one. If you’re looking for hot and spicy time being front and center this might not be the book for you. What it is though, is a wonderfully crafted story with interesting characters and enough suspense to keep you engaged until the end.

Some mysteries are solved in this book but there are still underlying issues that aren’t resolved. I really wouldn’t call this a cliffhanger because we definitely know that Mat and Niall are a couple and I didn’t feel like I was left hanging so much that I’ll die if I can’t read the next one tomorrow.

Don’t take that to mean that I didn’t love this, or don’t want the next one as soon as possible, because I do. But the story was complete enough to leave me very satisfied and not unhappy that I’ll have to wait until next year to read it. There’s also a nice teaser for the next book, Black Moon, which I enjoyed.

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He paused at the guardrail, his hands jammed into the pockets of his jacket for protection
from the cold. As he stood at the end of the road, the fog began melting away, slow at first and then faster, until he could see all the way across the water to the mainland crouching in the distance. Niall took a deep breath of the salt-laden air, filling his lungs, then released it. As he stared out at the dark silhouette of land, something unnamable inside himself loosened a bit further, a nearly tangible click into place. Piedras felt right.

Niall didn’t feel like an old-timer, but he did have a history on the island; he existed here
as more than a bitter homicide cop. Some islanders—like Mat Dempsey—even seemed to want him there. Most of the residents seemed to accept Niall’s presence, and the few who whispered behind his back… well, that’s the way things had always been.

And, he thought as he breathed in and out again, more than likely the camper was no big
deal. He was making a mountain out of a molehill—something his grandmother used to say quite often. There was likely a perfectly good, lawful reason the owner was driving around the island and only using facilities when they were less likely to run into other inhabitants.

The cop in him protested. Niall tried to ignore it.

His thoughts drifted further afield, as the fog continued to fade, to the sexy and very
available Sheriff Dempsey. Mat seemed to see right into Niall’s soul and never once
flinched—he actually thought he liked Niall. Mat was something Niall had never had in his life, or not often, anyway. Mat represented family, safety, commitment. Given everything Mat had done since Niall had come back to Piedras, it should be easy for Niall to trust him. But he
couldn’t find the off switch for the little voice inside that pinged a warning every time he and
Mat got close.

It was, however, proving difficult to stop thinking about him.

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