Telling Tales, Shiloh Walker's newest book, is a romantic suspense/thriller. She is known for her Hunters series: Hunters: Declan and Tori; Hunters: Eli and Sarel; and the newest, Hunters: Ben and Shadoe, as well as her contemporaries: Her Best Friend's Lover and Her Wildest Dreams.

Darci Law is a small town schoolteacher who loves her job--the job that she is in danger of losing because of someone telling tales. All small towns have their gossips, but the stories going around about Darci and all the married men she is supposedly sleeping with may cost her job. The school board and her friend Della--the wife of one of the men she is supposed to be sleeping with--confront Darci. She knows that she has to do something this time. When Darci and Joe--one of the other married men--confront Carrie about the gossip, things are said. So when Carrie is found dead, the sheriff looks to Darci as his main suspect.

Sheriff Kellan Grant grew up in this small town, a town where he knows the people. He knows that Carrie lived her life to make others miserable but she did not deserve to be murdered. Kellan also knows that even though Carrie went out of her way to make Darci suffer, Darci did not kill her. But he cannot help but wonder how all this ties to her.

As circumstances throw them together, it is impossible to hide their attraction to one another for any longer. However, danger lurks around every corner, so when another murder is committed Kellan begins to worry that Darci may be in danger herself.

Shiloh Walker's book Telling Tales is a suspense/thriller full of twists and turns. Just when you think you have it figured out, there is a new twist. Darci is a strong woman who confronts her issues and takes a stand. Kellan is a small town sheriff without the small town mind. Both Darci and Kellan are fiercely independent people who needed a push to make a commitment. I found it was easy to get into these characters, to laugh and shudder with them. The chemistry between Darci and Kellan was a superb blend of hot sex and suspense. Fans will already know that this is an excellent book, but for those of you who have never read Shiloh's work, this is the book to read.

Reviewed By Tammy Adams
© March 2005