I am more the kind of woman who enjoys a real good romantic book, but that doesn’t mean I cannot enjoy a book with more drama and suspence.

So when I had the opportunity to read ‘The Fake Date’ I thought ‘why not?’

The book sucks you immediately into the story. Ella was left for dead after an assault. Who did it? Why? And will she survive?

Luckily, she does survive but is seriously injured and obviously is really traumatised by the events.

She suspects her date as he left her in the restaurant. Rick Greaves had been already investigated by the police after the suspicious death of his 2 wives but with no further consequences. And now Ella pointed him as the culprit of the assault. But is he really guilty?

When Rick has been declared not guilty, Ella has a really hard time to get over it. How can he walk free if she is 100% sure of him being guilty?

And then she meets her new neighbor Will… can she start trusting people again even if her attacker is still out there somewhere?

I really liked this story, as you try to figure out yourself who the murderer/aggresor is. In the meanwhile you get to know Ella better and see how she starts living again, with the help of Will.

Each time a new character is introduced, you see strange behaviour which makes you think ‘Could he/she be it?’

And once in a while you get a glimpse of the mind of the culprit. And you learn that there are more crimes commited than we first thought.

This makes the whole story even more intrigued.

Story is also very easy to read, you just want to keep on reading and you even forget the time and suddenly you realise that your whole afternoon has passed.

What I pity a bit is that after reading a while, I had a clear idea who was responsible for all the attacks. But maybe perhaps I’m a too good investigator? Who knows… 😃

Also a few chapters were a little bit too short in my opinion. But this is really searching a needle in a haystick.

So big thumps up for the author and keep up the good work! 😀