Any book that keeps me glued to the pages until 1:30am then keeps me awake thinking about all the twists and turns of the story for another hour after I turn that final page has more than earned my highest rating of 5 stars.

Life as she knew it was forever altered for thirteen-year-old Ellis Greene on the night her older cousin, Laura was kidnapped from the bedroom they shared then raped, beaten and left to die on the beach. Police quickly focused their attention on Nate Vance, Laura's boyfriend, and the poor boy from the wrong side of the tracks was convicted in the court of public opinion by everyone in the small town of Belle Island except Ellis. Nate and Laura had been her best friends and Ellis knew that Nate would never have hurt Laura. Ellis also knew that someone else had been outside their bedroom window that night. She had smelled his cheap cologne and sour body odor, had seen him on the path next to the house and it was her brave testimony during the trial that put Hollis Alexander in prison. But a steely gaze and two words - "You'll pay" - from Alexander had also put Ellis in prison, a prison of fear, her innocent, carefree life gone, along with Nate who disappeared from Belle Island the day Alexander was convicted.

Fifteen years later, the fallout from Laura's death still haunts Ellis's family. Her parents smother her with protection and Ellis employs every possible method to keep safe, including appearing at every parole hearing to insure Alexander remains in prison. But someone has removed her family from the parole board's notification list and now Alexander is free to return to Belle Island...on the very same day that Nate Vance reappears in town after a fifteen year absence. Suddenly, Ellis is receiving threatening notes, dead roses appear on her doorstep and sinister phone calls make it clear that "she's next" but police refuse to believe it's the work of Alexander. Then a young girl bearing a striking resemblance to Laura is brutally murdered and suspicion once again shifts to Nate. Suddenly, Ellis doesn't know who to trust. Is the true culprit Alexander who swears he's innocent of her cousin's murder? Her feelings for Nate have been intensifying but could she have been wrong about him all those years ago? He swears that he never forgot her, kept track of her during the years he was gone and has returned to town to protect her but he won't divulge anything about his life or what he's been doing all those years away. Or could these unspeakable acts be the work of Rory, the long-time boyfriend she recently broke up with who refuses to accept that their relationship has ended and grows angrier with each encounter? The mystery grows deeper with every page and people, and situations, are not always what they seem. The twists and turns of this spellbinding tale kept me guessing until the very end. I highly recommend Susan Crandall's SEEING RED.

I loved the writing, I liked the characters immensely and the story was fabulous. There was great chemistry. I would have loved a little more sizzle, but other than that, I loved it.

I always know I'm in for a treat when I sit down to read a Susan Crandall book--and SEEING RED did not disappoint. Others have done a great job of describing the plot, so I'll just add that it was gripping, suspenseful and kept me guessing until the very end. Her descriptions and character development are hard to beat, and the story had me reading late into the night. Well worth the groggy morning! I'm already anticipating the next suspense novel from Ms. Crandall.

Recently I was the winner of a new-to-me authors book called Seeing Red which is by Susan Crandall. I simply commented on an interview by Kelly Moran regarding my similar thoughts on the author. Soon I was notified that I won and shortly after received the fictional novel.

To my complete delight this was a marvelous read from right off the top and continues to be until the end. Crandall had me pointing my finger at all the wrong people and loving the character that almost all others hated. With a man convicted of a crime and then set free only to attempt to prove his innocence, the plot twists and romance will keep any readers heart a flutter.

I surely will be passing this on to the other readers in my life and am sure there opinions will be much the same.

Thank you Kelly Moran and Susan Crandall! Keep up the writing.