At the Crossroads: A Novel

Wow! What an exciting ride! This book starts off with nail-biting action and suspense that doesn't let up until the very end. We pick up in the middle of Alexis and Culhane's romance as they start their morning in a small town diner. Even though they were coworkers for a few years and have been dating for the past year, that morning changed everything when Alexis woke up alone and saw that Culhane was now wanted for the murder of the wife Alexis had no idea even existed. She tracks him to the diner, where everything is about to go horribly sideways. "At the Crossroads" is one of the most appropriately named books I've ever read. Culhane and Alexis are certainly at a crossroads in their relationship, the diner they're at is at a literal crossroads in the middle of Nowhere, Montana, and the handful of criminals that set off the chain reaction of events that drive this story are each at a crossroads of their own. The locals of Buckhorn are only incidental characters in this story, though we do get into some of their stories and see a couple HEAs take root. The use of a third-person POV narrative from many different characters' viewpoints gave the reader an all-encompassing understanding of the various forces at play while adding multiple layers of backstory and suspense. We get a complex crime story that reveals a plethora of secrets before the dust settles and the HEA can been fully enjoyed. You definitely don't want to be distracted by anything when you sit down to dive deep into this story. It's immediately compelling, fast-paced, and immensely satisfying to read. I loved every bit of it and highly recommend it to any reader who loves romantic suspense stories. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.