This book was really long.

The characters were fun and the storyline stayed interesting enough. I really liked Mary Lisa and the mix of Soap Opera story with the real characters kept things interesting. Although I am curious what happened with Sunday's father... I really liked the tidbits about Soap Operas and different actors that got their start on them.

As for the ending. That was... anti-climatic to be honest. I really didn't like how one character was caught and it was considered all over, but then it wasn't. I mostly didn't like that because I felt the characters didn't believe it as much as the reader. That, and the actual ending was so abrupt.

This was a nice read, but nothing special. I have no reason to read it again, nor tell anyone else to either.

Mary Lisa Beverly was a star on a Soap Opera. Her life gets threaten several times. She goes back home for a visit and for protection. Her mother was not happy to see her but her father was. Her brother-in-law was engaged to her when he slept with her sister. Her sister's deception caused her to leave Goddard Bay for Hollywood. She has won best actress three years in a row. She runs into the sheriff, who arrested her before she left town, which is Jack Wolf. Her younger sister broke up with John Goddard. John Goddard begins to show interest in Mary Lisa. She is only in town for 4 days and her sister is going to run for state office. Upon her return to Hollywood her life gets threatened again. Now Jack Wolf shows up because Mary Lisa's father asked him to. He decides to stay until they can figure out who is trying to harm her.

Born to be wild. (Contemporary romantic thriller book 4).This is a great day today

This is a great story for romantic thrillers.
I did enjoy it.
I love everything Catherine Coulted has written.
I am Very addicted to all of her FBI series.
They are the Greatest thrillers of all time.
But I will continue reading Her Romantic thrillers until she has published another or more FBI novels.
Mrs Coulter's is Great in creating plots and characters for all of her stories.
All the conclusions have great endings with the Greatest of endings.

This one left me wondering who done it most of the way. Not happy with the ending cause there really wasn’t one. Left me wondering about most of the characters.

Easy reading, interesting life led by Mary Lisa, despite her dysfunctional family dynamics. Wondered til it was exposed who the stalker was

I haven't read Catherine Coulter in a while, and am not sure how many I did read. It sticks in my mind though that this is "typical Catherine Coulter." It was interesting, kind of light on story and especially light in characters. It was based on "soap operas" and actually pretty much played like a typical mid-day tv soap opera. I will read her again but not really soon.

Nice cozy mystery

Satisfying

I thought Mary Lisa and her friends were pretty funny, would have liked to see Elizabeth more, also they stressed Lou Lou wasn't her real name, but didn't elaborate what it was or why she changed it.
The soap opera bits made the book interesting, although the soap opera itself sounded boring. They basically just stare at each other and talk and say nasty things. But maybe that's normal, I don't watch soaps.
I don't understand what happened between Jack and Mary Lisa. They clearly hate each other at the beginning (and as always, the couple that hates each other the most of course falls in love, so overdone), but still, he runs to LA to protect because his best friend likes her? And with a murder investigation no less?
It's a nice novel to read when you are looking for mindless entertainment.

Overall, I enjoyed this. I liked the trivia and also getting some chapters of Mary Lisa's character in the soap opera she starred in. It was a fun read.

I found the characters kind of shallow for their ages and responsibilities. typical intense male and ditzy female, although incredibly successful, rich and smart. nice little filler of a book.

Just going by the blurb on the book, I did not expect to connect with Mary Lisa, or even like her for that matter. I can't honestly say I've read a book with a female soap star as a lead. I fully expected to hear annoying rich people problems every other page but I couldn't have been more wrong. Mary Lisa was a well thought out down to earth character, very believable and strong. I really liked the interactions between her and Lou Lou and Elizabeth and the fact that she goes out and gets a concealed carry permit when she gets stalked. Suspenseful and heartwarming. I would LOVE to see more books about "Sunday Cavendish" (Mary Lisa) :) She should team up with Lou and Elizabeth and fight crime, maybe solve a mystery or two!