Cross Your Heart (Broken Heart, #7) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Jan 26, 2011 Nairabell rated it it was amazing

Shelves: paranormal-romance, paranormal-mystery, 5-star, read-in-2011

After the death of her husband, Elizabeth Bretton returned to the family estate in Broken Heart, Oklahoma to sort through the old Silverstone mansion. But on her first night there she was attacked, killed and brought back as a vampire. Now Elizabeth is an undead heiress and learning to use her newfound vampire powers, including the ability to manipulate metals. That is until she begins to be haunted by a vengeful homicidal ghost and followed around by a hot were-jaguar detective called Tez. Eliz After the death of her husband, Elizabeth Bretton returned to the family estate in Broken Heart, Oklahoma to sort through the old Silverstone mansion. But on her first night there she was attacked, killed and brought back as a vampire. Now Elizabeth is an undead heiress and learning to use her newfound vampire powers, including the ability to manipulate metals. That is until she begins to be haunted by a vengeful homicidal ghost and followed around by a hot were-jaguar detective called Tez. Elizabeth's unlife is in danger unless she and Tez can solve a 150-year-old mystery, and fast.

I've read and loved all of the Broken Heart novels, so I was really looking forward to reading this. This has a mystery storyline along with the usual romance and humour, and Michele Bardsley has found the perfect balance between the three. The mystery revolves around the rumoured curse of Broken Heart, which has been mentioned several times in the previous books, so it was great to see it be explored more. I wouldn't say it was necessary to read the other Broken Heart books first as mini recaps are included where necessary, but I'd still recommend reading them in order so the more subtle nods at previous books can be understood.

Michele Bardsley has succeeded in writing a series where each book is unique and not formulaic. I loved the storyline of the book as it had the usual romance, but the addition of the mystery was awesome as I'm a big mystery fan as well. It was well plotted and full of little twists.

I wasn't expecting to like Elizabeth much, but I thought she was great. I loved how reserved and controlled she was compared to Tez who is her complete opposite, especially as it lead to some hilarious scenes. The characters from the previous books popped up in this one quite frequently, as the curse starts to affect everyone connected to Broken Heart, and other characters are introduced - most obviously the were-cat pride who have been mentioned as a group but not individually.

All in all I really enjoyed this and can't wait until Must Love Lycans is released in September 2011.

Plot: 10/10
Characters: 10/10
Ending: 10/10
Enjoyment: 10/10
Cover: 9/10

Overall: 49/50 ...more

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Apr 18, 2010 Steph rated it liked it

Shelves: year-read-2010, series-ongoing, author-웃

Cross Your Heart is the 7th book in the Broken Heart, OK series. In this one we get a closer look at Elizabeth Bretton, the prim and proper Silverstone heiress. Her life, though lonely as others in the BH community start pairing up, is moving along as usual until she starts hearing her name called. She is being haunted by a ghost. While trying to figure out what the voices are telling her, she runs into Tez, a hot, flirtatious, were-jaguar. He instantly knows Lizzie is his mate, but she's not so ...more

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Nov 02, 2011 Cat rated it liked it

This was a cute story and I enjoyed the characters. I didn't realize it is a Broken Heart series but it stands alone just fine. I liked the writing and it was light which was nice for a change. ...more

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