{"id":25658,"date":"2025-02-15T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=25658"},"modified":"2025-02-14T21:12:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T04:12:17","slug":"the-white-picket-fence-by-karen-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=25658","title":{"rendered":"The White Picket Fence by Karen Rose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A fast-paced romantic suspense that keeps the tension high\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tino Ciccotelli never expected his latest case as a sketch artist to hit this close to home. The victim\u2014a brutalized assault survivor\u2014is none other than his former high school art teacher. Determined to help catch her attacker, he throws himself into the case,only to have his past collide with him in the form of Charlotte Walsh\u2014the woman who broke his heart. Charlotte never stopped loving Tino, but fear drove her to walk away. Now, after a terrifying stalker attack, she\u2019s back in Philadelphia, and finds her aunt among the victims. As she and Tino work to uncover the truth, it becomes clear that the real target is much closer than either of them ever imagined. At times, the narrative verges on sentimentality, yet the gripping suspense and sharp twists maintain the story&#8217;s intensity. The chemistry between the leads feels genuine, and the tension\u2014both romantic and investigative\u2014mounts relentlessly. Despite a few scenes bordering on melodrama, the stakes remain elevated, delivering a compelling and satisfying read. A winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0DDS3P99R\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0DDS3P99R\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Pub date November 19, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">ISBN&nbsp; 9798991787505<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Price $9.99<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fast-paced romantic suspense that keeps the tension high\u2026 Tino Ciccotelli never expected his latest case as a sketch artist to hit this close to home. The victim\u2014a brutalized assault survivor\u2014is none other than his former high school art teacher. Determined to help catch her attacker, he throws himself into the case,only to have his past collide with him in the form of Charlotte Walsh\u2014the woman who broke his heart. Charlotte never stopped loving Tino, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":25660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[7223,91,3328,178,1136176,723770679,1473,1008073,856121,309,8154,6180324,723770680,349],"class_list":["post-25658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-author","tag-blogging","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-indie-books","tag-karen-rose","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-romance","tag-romantic-thriller","tag-the-white-picket-fence-by-karen-rose","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/white.jpg?fit=338%2C500&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-6FQ","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25658"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25661,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25658\/revisions\/25661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}