This was more like a 2 and 1/2 stars...I mean I liked the mystery that was the meat of the story, but it had a hard time deciding what it wanted to be (romance or mystery) as there was no real interaction between the hero and heroine. And I do get that it is a series so there is a leading up to quality but looking at the descriptions for the others, it's unsure whether they actually get their HEA which is something I always want in my romances. A tad things were unbelievable like when it came out who actually did the kidnapping and thinking about how they were able to leave the clues in the notes, and Franchesca's overall naive nature got to be a bit much after awhile. I may pick up the others just to see how it all plays out but I am not rushing to the store or library to do so.