Blood Loss (The Magnolia Series #2) by Ashley Fontainne, Lillian Hansen

Title: Blood Loss (The Magnolia Series #2)

Authors: Ashley Fontainne and Lillian Hansen

Published: 9/4/2017

Publisher: RMSW Press

Pages: 293

Genre: Suspense

Review: ebook 

Buy Link: Amazon

Karina and LiAnn worked hard to put the awful memories behind them of the nightmare they walked into at The Magnolia and all the death and destruction caused by the former owners. As they settled into their new roles as managers of the upscale independent living facility, LiAnn reconnects with her true love and Karina continues to explore the new relationship with a sexy cowboy named Bo.

Each are haunted by the atrocities committed at The Magnolia and how close Karina came to dying at the hands of mafia monsters. With the help of her mother, beloved grandparents, new job, an enormous dog, and a hunky, younger man to keep her mind occupied, Karina lets her guard down, naively assuming the worst is over for her family.

Unfortunately, she’s wrong.

When one of the elderly residents of The Magnolia reveals the truth about a shady past, the entire Tuck family find themselves embroiled in one of Arkansas’s most notorious mysteries from 1957. The disappearance of a beloved attorney and her young charge was never solved, bodies never found, and even after over 60 years, Karina and LiAnn discover there are still those who intend to keep it that way.

A very unexpecting turn of events within this story. Book two could have been a stand-alone as it was really detailed. When a secret from the past comes to light, you know Karina and LiAnn are not just going to let it go. I mean, how could they? Between having P.I. blood in ya along with cop blood, you can not turn down a good mystery. I felt bad for Karina as she has had it pretty hard. Dealing with mobsters in the first book and finally getting her life together only to have secrets come to light that pisses her off and has something horrible happen to her, making it even more troubling for her. So at the end of all this, I did not agree with Karina's decision.....doesn't matter if you love the dude or not. He made a huge mistake, and literally, you do just that!! Yet, I guess to each their own in life. 

The characters were really done really well, and the storyline was good. My only issue was the retelling of the memories that Karina and LiAnn had from the first book. I know they were nightmares, but I kept going to wait as I started the book. Am I rereading book 1? To each their own. After we got past the nightmare parts, it was an easy flow of reading for me. I was engrossed in the story. I really liked how the author took an actual disappearance of someone and did, what if it happened. I liked how they took a different spin on it.  

Award-winning and International bestselling author Ashley Fontainne enjoys stories that immerse the reader deep into the human psyche and the monsters lurking within each of us. She writes in numerous genres including mystery, suspense, horror, sci-fi and sometimes poetry.

Ashley lives in Arkansas with her husband and is the proud mother of one son and grateful daughter of co-author, Lillian Hansen. To learn more about her books please visit https://ashleyfontainne.net/