Hour of Need (Scarlet Falls)

Hour of Need (Scarlet Falls)

by Melinda Leigh

4.5 (46,173)

4.5 stars from 46,173 reviews. One of the highest rated Romance books we track.


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Perfect for you if...

  • You enjoy mysteries where the stakes are personal and the danger feels immediate, not theoretical.
  • You like protagonists with real damage (trauma from war, grief from loss) who still show up for people they care about.
  • You want romance that emerges naturally from two people protecting children together, not as the main event.

Maybe not for you if...

  • You prefer cosy mysteries or crimes solved through clever deduction rather than gritty, high-stakes cat-and-mouse hunts.
  • You need your romance fully developed and central to the plot; here it's secondary to the survival story.
  • You're looking for literary prose or experimental narrative structures; this is straightforward, propulsive thriller writing.

About this book

Major Grant Barrett, a career soldier fighting in Afghanistan, receives emergency leave after learning his brother and sister-in-law have been murdered in Scarlet Falls, the suburb where he grew up. He returns home to care for his orphaned nephew and niece. When someone attempts to kidnap the children and their teenage babysitter, Grant realizes the abduction is connected to the murders. Ellie Ross, devastated by her neighbors' deaths, is shattered when her teenage daughter becomes a target. She turns to Grant for help as they search for the killer. As they work together to uncover the truth, they develop feelings for each other, complicated by Grant's scheduled return to Afghanistan. With the killer growing bolder, Grant and Ellie must find him before the children become his next victims. This is the first novel in the Scarlet Falls series. The book was a 2015 Daphne du Maurier Award finalist.

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Currently around #13K in the Kindle store — a steady mid-list seller. Sales have softened 78% recently.

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Currently 4.5★ from 46,173 reviews

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