Saving Thea

Written by Melissa Schroeder

Narrated by Lesa Wilson

Everyone in town knows Thea’s past. Dead mother, missing father…the girl who couldn’t remember. Now she’s returned to our small Texas town to start her life over.

She’s handful of a woman, sexy, vibrant, and she gets my blood hot whenever we interact. I shouldn’t be lusting after her at all since I’m the town’s sheriff and I’m sworn to protect her. Worse—she’s my best friend’s little sister so that whole hands-off policy should be firmly in place.

Unfortunately, it’s not.

See, each time we interact, I fall further under her spell and all those promises to keep my hands off her seem so stupid. But even as we fall into bed, evil is lurking in the shadows ready to strike.

As the killer ramps up the tension, I will have to do everything I can to keep Thea safe from harm, even if it risks my heart.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bryant Street Publishing
• Release date: Sep 21, 2021
• ISBN: 9781094430065

Melissa Schroeder

From an early age, USA Today Bestselling author Melissa loved to read. First, it was the books her mother read to her including her two favorites, Winnie the Pooh and the Beatrix Potter books. She cut her preteen teeth on Trixie Belden and read and reviewed To Kill a Mockingbird in middle school. It wasn’t until she was in college that she tried to write her first stories, which were full of angst and pain, and really not that fun to read or write. After trying several different genres, she found romance in a Linda Howard book. Since her first published book, Grace Under Pressure, Mel has had over 60 short stories, novellas, and novels published. She has written in genres ranging from historical to contemporary to futuristic and has worked with 8 publishers although she handles most of her publishing herself. She is best known for her Harmless and Santini series. After years of following her military husband around the country and world, Mel happily lives with her family in horse and wine country in Northern Virginia.

Reviews for Saving Thea

[Stephanie Gaede · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This was my favorite book of hers so far. I love the romance and crime combo. Great read.

[katelyn · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The book was ok but I really did not like the narration the fake country accent was too much

[Xixteel Serratos López · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

It's a good romantic and mystery novel that has nice and a little sassy characters that keeps you reading and interested till the end.

[Nicole Baconburger · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Entertaining but it felt like parts were a bit rushed

[Bill Hair · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

3.75 Stars for me!

My rating range of this story... 3 - 4 Stars
If significant, why?

Main Character Ratings...
H = 6/10
h = 6/10

Narrator Rating(s)
M = n/a
F = 6/10
If below 5/10,why?

Was cheating involved? No
Any major triggers to be aware of?

Scenes with heat... Yes
What point does it start? 50% maybe
How much of the story? 10%
Anything beyond M/F? No
If yes, explained

Heat Rating... 6/10
Clean or Fade to Black - 1 or 2
Normal to Descriptive 3-5
Detailed Descriptive Sex - 6-7
Um, Wow, Beyond Descriptive Sex - 8 or above

Was there so much sex or unrealistic sex that you rolled your eyes and/or skipped forward? No

The back story... The h moved to Atlanta with her husband and returned after her divorce 10 years later. She has been stalked and pursued by an unknown subject. The H is smitten with her and works to help track down the stalker and possible murderer of her parents.

The Romance... It does develop from a lusty relationship into an emotional relationship.

The drama explosion... The H is with the bad guy.
Did it feel Real, OK or contrived? A bit contrived
Was it OTT? A bit
Separation involved? No
Was it resolved properly or rushed? Properly

Final Notes... This was a good story with a bit of suspense and lusty drama. The author tries to divert you with a few potential people as the stalker but I had it narrowed to two people once a key piece of information was given (my second choice was it).


HEA or HFN? HEA

[Jenna Vaughn · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Great story, enjoyed the intrigue but figured it out early. The romance was good. Sexy but not over the top.

[Muna Barasab · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I like, and I have a dark and twisted mind I clocked as soon as the character came it that it would be him and 100 percent belived it after hearing him talk...

[Wanda Hibbetts · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Good story but once again poor narrator!
A narrator is a strong part of an audio book!

[Ashante Williams · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

(Duncan and Thea). This was a great story. So Thea is back in her small Texas town after dealing with some hardships, including a recent divorce and a car accident. Duncan is her brother's best friend and the new sheriff of said town. They have a sort of re-meet-cute when she returns and Duncan is instantly interested in her, though he tries to pull that whole bro code mess because of her brother. But Thea is in trouble and her life is in danger, so Duncan will do whatever he has to to protect her. The chemistry between these two is kinetic even though there's a lot of push/pull from Duncan at first. There are too many suspects and way too much history involved in the mystery. I lived it. The plot twist was awesome, I had two options for the culprit but the author gave a nice little plot twist. Loved it.

[Steph Bromley · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Lived this one it had everything solcuh an amazing story

[Annie · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I listened to the audio book and I still ended up skipping a bunch. Why? Wee maybe bc the stalker became obvious by chapter 4 and solidified by chapter 6. Hard for me to get over the fact that no one looked into him after his was the first name she mentioned hanging around their house a lot. Huge red flags EVERYONE was ignoring