King Arthur Movie Tristan

title: Trust Me: The Last Stand Trilogy, Book 1

author: Brenda Novak

pages: 435

genre: romantic suspense, mystery

published: 2008

first line: “You already heard, right?”

rated: 4 out of 5

Four years ago...
Skye Kellerman was attacked in her own bed. She managed to fend off her knife-wielding assailant, but the trauma changed everything about her life. As a result of that night, she joined two friends--also survivors--in starting The Last Stand, an organization to help victims of crime.
But now...
Her would-be rapist is getting out of prison. Skye knows that Dr. Oliver Burke hasn t forgotten that her testimony cost him his reputation--and his freedom.
Sacramento detective David Willis, who investigated her case, believes Burke is a clear and present danger--and guilty of at least two unsolved murders.
And now Burke is free to terrorize Skye again. Unless David can stop him. Unless Skye can fight back. Because Oliver Burke has every intention of finishing what he started. And that s a promise. Trust me.

It took me a few chapters of reading Trust Me before I was good & hooked. Then I could not put it down.


Skye Kellerman was attacked by a man in her own home four years ago. She was able to fight him off. He was Dr. Oliver Burke, a prominent dentist with a wife and child.
Turns out he is responsible for murdering three other women and Skye would have been next if she hadn't stabbed him with a pair of scissors during the attack. Oliver was sent to prison, and is being released early for snitching on a fellow inmate to the police. Sadly enough, Olivers wife and family think he is innocent, his wife even sends Skye hate mail.


Skye met Detective David Willis when he worked on the case and the two form an attachment. When David hears that Oliver will be out of jail soon, he is worried for Skye's life. Skye and two other victims of attacks formed a group called 'The Last Stand'. TLS was created to help other victims of crime.

David is divorced and has a son, and although he doesn't love his wife any longer he is trying to get back together with his wife for his sons sake. He and Skye are in love but the two are torn, because of Davids situation. Davids wife is suffering from MS and he feels even more guilty knowing that she needs him to care for her.





I really enjoyed
Trust Me. The plot was good, full of suspense. The characters were well written, including the supporting characters. I liked Skye and David. I liked it that their relationship was complicated and these two are drawn to each other yet are trying to do the right thing. Thier characters were complex and interesting. Oliver was creepy and as the book goes on, you get to see things from his point of view, you get to see how twisted he really is. His jail scenes are pretty disturbing.



The plot was great, I enjoyed the twists and turns. There's a few moments where I was like O-M-G! And I like that in a book.




Even though it took me a few chapters in to get hooked, this was a great read and I recommend it. By the time I was halfway through, I could not put this book down. The suspense is great and so is the romance.

She wanted his help professionally, but working with him left her emotionally vulnerable. She couldn't seperate the two, not as easily as he seemed to do.


She wished they could go back to the early days, when their feelings were first developing, when everything was still so innocent and unexpected that it took them both unawares. Now that David knew that he had to guard against personal involvement, nothing was the same, which was shy she'd changed too- grown defensive.

One thing I didn't like about this book was that the ending was a bit anticlimactic. I would have liked more to happen when Skye finally comes face to face with Oliver. It felt like the author got the story so worked up, it was hard to put the book down, I needed to know what happened next, but then it all ended too fast.


All in all, it was a great read, and I do recommend it.







About the author:

Brenda and her husband, Ted, live in Sacramento and are the proud parents of five children—three girls and two boys. She juggles her writing career with her children’s softball and soccer games, field trips, carpool runs and homework sessions.

visit the author's website: http://www.brendanovak.com/



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Special thanks to j.kaye for sending me this book to read and review :o)