Where the Blame Lies (Where... #1)
Mia Sheridan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
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· 71 ratings · 459 pages · Published: 13 Sep 2019
Terrorized.
Imprisoned.
At nineteen-years-old, college student Josie Stratton was kidnapped by a madman and held shackled for ten months in an abandoned warehouse before she finally escaped her hellish prison.
Eight years later, when the body of a young woman is found chained in the basement of a vacant house, Cincinnati Police Detective Zach Copeland is instantly reminded of the crime committed against Josie Stratton. Zach was just a rookie on the perimeter of that case, but he’s never forgotten the traumatized woman with the haunted eyes.
As more information emerges, the crimes take on an even more sinister similarity. But Josie’s attacker died by suicide. Does the city have a copycat on its hands? A killer who picked up where the original perpetrator left off? Or are they facing something far more insidious?
Josie has spent the last eight years attempting to get her life back on track, but now there’s a very real chance she could be the unknown suspect’s next target. As Zach vows to keep her safe, and Josie finds herself responding to him in a way she hasn’t responded to any man in almost a decade, the investigation takes on an even more complex edge of danger.
As past and present collide, Josie and Zach are thrust toward a shocking and chilling truth. A revelation that threatens not only Josie’s life, but everything she’s been fighting so desperately to reclaim.
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- suspense 11
- pregnancy 9
- mystery 7
- contemporary 7
- abduction 7
- tortured heroine 6
- m-f romance 6
- angst 5
- men in uniform 5
- dark romance 4
- hurt/comfort 3
- sweet/gentle hero 3
- poor heroine 2
- survival 1
- bodyguard/protector hero 1
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- content warnings
- rape 9
- abuse 8
- torture of mcs 4
- mental trauma 4
- past child abuse 3
- past abuse 3
- past sexual abuse 3
- graphic violence 1
- child death 1
- miscarriage / infertility 1
- third party abuse 1
- third party sexual assault 1
- geography
- usa 4
- ohio 4
- north america 3
- Format
- audiobook
- dual pov 5
- third person pov 5
- standalone 1
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The 'Where...' series
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mystery · standalone-first · tortured heroine · length-long · past-sexual-abuse · dark · angst · abuse · standalone · rape · contemporary · audiobook · men in uniform · suspense · doctors · pregnancy · bodyguard-hero · poor heroine · past-abuse · first-in-series
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