Gray Matters

By: Dolores Arden

Narrated by: Melissa Moran

Remy Devereux is an ace homicide detective with the SFPD. At work, she's embroiled in a months-long murder investigation that has yet to show any signs of breaking. At home, she's on the skids with her soon-to-be ex-girlfriend, while nightmares of the gruesome murder scene keep her up at night.

On the other side of the country, Giana Falco has just made the biggest change in her life. She's ended her engagement and now she's moving to the west coast to take a job as a forensic scientist in a town where she knows practically no one.

Sparks fly the moment Remy and Giana meet. Remy has never seen a woman more intelligent or more beautiful than her new colleague, but she knows that allowing herself to fall for a straight woman would be a uniquely masochistic kind of folly. For her part, Giana is intrigued by the tall and reticent detective. She sees no reason why the two of them shouldn't become the best of friends.

The stakes couldn't be higher as the two women put their heads together to work the case, drawing ever closer to finding the killer-and ever closer to finding each other. Try as they might to ignore it, the attraction they feel becomes something neither one of them can deny.

©2020 Dolores Arden (P)2021 Tantor

Gray Matters

This is a great true crime romance!

Remy and Giana were a mess... but a beautiful mess! From colleagues to friends to more than friends. I mean, you can feel their connection as they get to know each other, and when things start to heat up between them, it's like 🔥🔥🔥. But there are so many things that get in the way - like a murder case - and it just adds to the thrill and excitement of the story!

Great writing, great characters (I really enjoyed Remy and Giana) - I look forward to more from this author.

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH

Y’all. You don’t even understand how much I love this book. I wrote a raving, glowing review about it on Goodreads when I first read it earlier this year. When I saw that it had been turned into an audiobook I darn near lost my ever loving mind.

It is astonishing that this is Miss Arden‘s DEBUT novel because it because it is Just. So. Good. The highlights:

1 - The story is well structured, perfectly paced, and keeps you reading.
2 - The writing is excellent and pretty much flawlessly edited.
3 - The characters nearly jump off the page they are so well fleshed out.
4 - Oh my lord, the romance. It is almost too easy to tumble into and obsess over. Seriously. I may honestly be obsessed with Giana and Remy. Their connection is both explosively sexual and yet deeply emotional. This author could write an entire series around them and I would weep with joy. They are honestly one of the most dynamic couples I have had the privilege to journey with. This is coming from someone who reads almost one lesfic book A DAY.

Those are the general highlights. I would throw in the huge BONUS that neither of the MC’s are a white Anglo-Saxon, blonde haired, blue-eyed girl. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with being any of those things. I only mean to say that as a woman of color, it is rare that I pick up a romance and have the privilege of reading about a phenomenal MAIN CHARACTER who looks and speaks like me, as well as comes from a culture I can identify with. I am so grateful to have this book/audiobook in my library to vibe with!

To conclude, this novel is outstanding and the audiobook is splendid (excellent work, Melissa Moran). That is my final judgment and I will die on that hill. Stop reading my review and just buy it already.

Good book

This book was soooo good! I can totally see this as a series. It was really good and has instantly moved to my top ten list of favorite books I've listened to. Can't wait for more from this author.

not a whole lot of suspense but it's ok.

it's about 90% romance, 5% suspense and 5% betrayal. it's OK. I don't think I'd listen to it again. but it's ok

Intriguing

This was a very good intriguing romance suspense with spice. I really enjoyed the character development and the MCs falling for a woman and not really questioning if she was gay or straight. She just went with it. The suspense kept you guessing who the murderer was until the end.