Golden Threads Book

Special thanks to Netgalley for an advance copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.

What initially drew me to this book was the author, Kay Hooper. I love her Bishop series so I wanted to read something else that she's done as well. This story is about Lara Mason, who is in federal witness protection that decides on a whim, to try out for a community production of Rapunzel - and she lands the lead. Devon Shane, is an undercover FBI agent who lands the male lead in this same production. Their goal is to capture the people responsible for Lara's dad's murder and to expose the secrets he had died trying to reveal.

I gave this book 3 stars though it's more like 3 1/2. I tried to keep in mind that this is a novella type book, there just still wasn't the time to develop a deep personal relationship properly. I feel the attempts to tie the fairy tale to the current situation was just TOO much. I was also flabbergasted that for someone who is in witness protection, she A) got to continue to use her first name, which was somewhat unique in and of itself B) that she fell in love so quickly and so easily when she should be rather leery of everyone that appears in her life C) that she was so damn trusting. I don't know, maybe it's just me....I'm all for things that may seem unbelievable to others (after all, I really LOVE her Bishop books) this story just seemed too contrived for my taste. I'm all queued up for the 2nd installment in this series, so I'm hopeful that will be better.