Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication Date: May 2021
Adrian Rizzo was seven when she met her father for the first time. That was the day he nearly killed her—before her mother, Lina, stepped in. Soon after, Adrian was dropped off at her grandparents’ house in Maryland, where she spent a long summer drinking lemonade, playing with dogs, making a new best friend—and developing the stirrings of a crush on her friend’s ten-year-old brother. Lina, meanwhile, traveled the country promoting her fitness brand and turning it into a billion-dollar business. There was no point in dwelling on the past.
A decade later, Adrian has created her own line of yoga and workout videos, following in Lina’s footsteps but intent on maintaining creative control. And she’s just as cool-headed and ambitious as her mother. They aren’t close, but they’re cordial—as long as neither crosses the other.
But while Lina dismisses the death threats that Adrian starts getting as a routine part of her daughter’s growing celebrity, Adrian can’t help but find the vicious rhymes unsettling. Year after year, they keep arriving—the postmarks changing, but the menacing tone the same. They continue after she returns to Maryland and becomes reacquainted with Raylan, her childhood crush, all grown up and as gorgeously green-eyed as ever. Sometimes it even seems like the terrifying messages are indeed routine, like nothing will come of them. Until the murders start, and the escalation begins.
Legacy is the latest stand alone romantic suspense by Ms. Roberts. I usually really enjoy these every year. While I did finish this one, I found it to be OK and not her best. It's not really a romantic suspense. But more of a long meandering story about a bunch of characters who end up back in a small town to start a new life. Oh and there is a little bit of suspense thrown in.
I felt like the book was a lot longer than it needed to be. We follow both Adrian and Raylan from when they are in elementary school, through early adulthood and into present day. It made the book drag and I found my mind wandering at times. It was just too much unnecessary background. Since Rayland and Adrian barely spend time together in that entire part of the book, I had a hard time buying into their saying they had feelings since they were kids. How? I ultimately did like their romance and I loved how Adrian embraced his kids. I also loved the friendships that are portrayed in the book.
As for the suspense part, I wasn't a fan. I figured out who The Poet was very early on. It wasn't that difficult. I never had the sense that Adrian was in danger until the very end. Honestly, it probably could have been left out altogether and the story would have been fine as a romantic book about friendship. So, while it's not my favorite by this author, I still recommend it.
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