The Last Goodnight: A Riveting New Thriller (Blood Ties, The Logans Book 1)

Kat Martin has done it again! I absolutely loved The Last Goodnight the first book in her new Blood Ties series. I could not out it down and I loved every moment on every page of this page turner. Kat Martin has once again proven that she is an incredible storyteller. I love how The Last Goodnight is told from the perspective of the main characters in the story, I love reading books where the story is told from different character's viewpoints. I loved the characters in The Last Goodnight, I especially loved catching up with the Sam Bridger and Libby Hale, the characters from the prequel. The Last Goodnight is the story of Kade Logan, owner of Diamond Bar Ranch and Eleanor “Ellie” Bowman, private detective for Nighthawk Security. Kade hires Ellie to investigate who murdered his wife, Heather eight years ago after her car was recently recovered. While looking into Heather’s death, Ellie needs to help Kade investigate what is going on at the Diamond Bar. Two of his steers have been shot dead, and then his dog, and one of ranch hands are shot. As Kade and Ellie examine the incidents around the ranch, they spend more time together, becoming closer, and begin a romantic relationship, even though neither one of them is looking for a relationship. Both Ellie and Kade have been involved with cheaters in their past relationships, so each of them have trust issues. The Last Goodnight is filled with all the usual plot twists and surprises that I have come to love and expect in a Kat Martin story, and I was not disappointed at all. Kat Martin kept me guessing as to who was behind all the events surrounding the ranch and Heather’s murder. Love that there was a couple of stories within the story. I loved every page of The Last Goodnight and was so sad when I was finished reading it. I could not put it down. I was so happy that Kade overcame the disappointment of his marriage to Heather and opened his heart to Ellie. I love the epilogue and how it gave the readers Kade and Ellie’s happily ever after and how it goes above and beyond the happily ever after. I loved the wedding gifts that Kade and Ellie gave to each other, it was truly heartwarming, it was my favorite part of the story. I enjoyed how Kat Martin introduces the characters for the next book in the series. The Last Goodnight was an incredible story that I thoroughly enjoyed. Highly recommend this romantic thriller.

This was a surprise, because I didn't figure out who the bad guy was within three chapters. There was almost no foreshadowing. There were lots of suspects, and the book was long enough that characters were actually fleshed out and the plot developed pretty naturally. This is a nice change of pace from the current trend of 180 page novels where there's a crime, you meet three characters, two of them fall in love and solve the mystery, and surprise, the bad guy is the third character.

Every man and woman the heroine and hero came in contact was so sexual and there were a lot of contacts. This mindset made up the first 40 percent of the first part of the book Very LITTLE to do with was supposed to be a thriller

I am a big Kat Martin fan. I read her books as soon as they are released. I wish there were more. This story held my attention from start to finish.

Can’t wait for the next book. This one was an awesome story. Had everything you want in a romantic adventure. Great characters and an amazing storyline. Enjoy

I am just finishing read all afternoon and half the night this was outstanding could not put it down its that great

I hate books that go into detail about the character's sexual exploits or feelings or recurring desires and blah, blah,blah. The authors go over and over and over the same things wasting as many words as possible. Just UGH!

I love all her books but these characters have captured my heart. Suspenseful, romance and intrigue all rolled into one fabulous story.