I usually adore this author's books but this one was dry and boring and the characters were shallow without a lot of depth to them. It felt almost like it was a cookie cutter book pushed out to meet a deadline. Granted there were some sections like the beginning that kept me reading but the middle and end were dead zones.

Karen Rose is fast becoming one of my favorite romantic suspense authors.

I liked the character of Dana previously, so I was glad to read her story and revisit all her friends. I also liked the new characters of Ethan and Clay, so the whole thing fit really well together.

There were just two things that kept me from giving it five stars. First, there were so many characters that it was sometimes hard to keep track of them all. And the author had a very annoying habit of switching back and forth from their first names to their last names to identify them, sometimes within the same page (i.e. referring to Mia in one paragraph, Mitchell in the next). I found this to be very distracting to the story because I had to keep stopping to remember who was who and which last name went with which first name.

Also, I thought everyone got a bit stupid towards the end. They were all so worried about keeping Dana safe, seeing through the tricks and staying so alert, but then everyone let their guard down just at the precise moment the killer wanted them to. Considering how many of them were trained police officers and ex-Military, it just came off as a plot device and didn't ring true to the rest of the story.

Looking forward to reading more by this author!

I enjoyed this book. Karen did her thang. i just recently found out about Karen Rose and have read two of her novels...so far so good.

I really enjoyed this book. It was different from many thrillers I have already read.

This is my first Karen Rose book, and I will definitely go out and buy her others.

NOTHING TO FEAR isn't your typical whodunnit, because from the moment the first crime occurs you don't have to guess who did it, you know. The only question is, why?

Karen Rose sucks you into this book from the very beginning. The moment you read her opening hook, questions start forming in your mind and you can't help wonder who Sue Conaway is, and what drives her to such evil.

The reader first encounters Sue Conaway at a funeral and right from the start you get the feeling that she's not there to pay her respects. It doesn't take long to figure out that she's waiting for someone to arrive, and though you don't know who that person is, you know something horrible is about to happen to them. AND right on cue, Karen Rose proves your instincts right with Sue Conaway's bitter words. "Be afraid, I'm coming."

When Randi and Stan Vaughn return home from vacation they find a dead body in their shed and their twelve year old son, Alex and his speech therapist, Cheryl Rickman, gone. The only thing left behind is a note to say that their son has been kidnapped and will be killed if they contact the authorities.

Next we meet Ethan Buchanan when the Vaughn's beg him to find their son. Ethan tries to reason with them, to make them realize that he's not the FBI or the police, but they won't take no for an answer. The Vaughn's win him over when Stan plays on Ethan's guilt over the death of his brother, Richard, when they served together in Kandahar. Scared to death for Alex who is not only deaf and mute, but his Godson, Ethan agrees. Next thing he knows, he is on the trail of a murderer, and inadvertently ends up in the arms of the woman of his dreams.

Dana Dupinsky has dedicated her life to helping abused women, so its nothing out of the ordinary when "Jane," contacts her about staying at her shelter, known as Hanover House. Dana is waiting late one night at the train station which is bringing Jane and her son, when Dana tries to stop a mugging. The old lady is unharmed, but Dana ends up being knocked down and into the arms of Ethan Buchanan. Sparks fly between the two and a relationship begins to form.

In the end Ethan finds out that there is a whole lot he doesn't know about Dana. AND when her friends start coming up dead, Dana realizes that she must place her trust in Ethan or suffer the same fate.

AND in the end they work together to bring down a murderer.

If you're curious to know what happens in the end, you'll just have to read.

This book has so many layers that peel away answering question after question, and I had a hard time putting it down. I found myself biting my lip at some of the horrific things Sue Conaway was capable of. AND many times as I read, I remember hearing, the words, "Ahh, so that's why?" repeated over and over in my mind.

I just want to give Mrs. Rose a shout out- Congratulations on a MAGNIFICENT read!

I give this book 5 ***** stars!