A great conclusion to this suspenseful trilogy. A great mix of mystery and steamy romance, with plenty of thrills.

A romantic suspense with a large dose of suspense and a dab of romance, that kept me on my toes!

Jayne Ann Krentz is a comfort read for me, I remember reading her ages ago... she is an author I read both in my 20s and my 40s and JAK is one of them.... this is the third book in this series of brothers stories....

I always enjoy a good Jayne Ann Krentz romantic suspense and I liked this ending to this series. Looking forward to her next one.

I loved this fast paced book with a thrilling plot and some romance. I definitely can't wait to read the others in this series.

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Jack Lancaster is a consultant to the FBI and his passion is working on cold cases. He is fascinated with arson cases, because he is a fire survivor. His mother was not that lucky, she lost her life. The fire was not an accident and Jack knows exactly who is responsible, Quinton Zane. And he is not going to rest until he finds him and makes him pay. The longer Jack works on cold cases and pursues Zane, the deeper he enters into a dark tunnel. The light at the end of his tunnel is Winter Meadows. She is a meditation therapist and she is helping Jack through his dark times. She seems to be the only person who can help him and does her best to get him out of the darkness.

The characters were well rounded and well developed. Jack is a damaged man and he is driven by his own demons. Winter has not had an easy life but she is like a burst of sunshine as far as Jack is concerned. I really enjoyed the relationship between the two of them, their struggles and triumphs. Zane is pure evil and as a reader, you really want him to get what he deserves before he harms even more people.

I found the meditation and dream aspect of this book fascinating. It gave the book a paranormal feel, which I really like. The author is very talented in her descriptive writing. She is able to create tension and uncertainty concerning what was going to happen next. I was swiping the pages as fast as I could with some trepidation because of what I might find. The cat and mouse game between Jack, Winter and Zane was so intense and keep me engaged throughout the whole book.

I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a well crafted romantic suspense. This author is very good at her craft and you should really check this book and series.

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Jack Lancaster, an FBI consultant specializing in cold cases, has a calling to help get justice for victims. All along also hoping to find justice for himself from Quinton Zane. Zane wrecked havoc on his life and his two adopted brothers. The only time Jack feels at peace is with Winter Meadows who is a meditation therapist. Winer has her own dreams to deal with and soon she’ll be joining forces with Jack to help save their lives. This book is the third in the Cutter, Sutter & Salinas trilogy but can be read on its own. Actually, if you’ve read the first two and expect a lot of interaction between the previous characters you may be disappointed. This book falls a bit more in the romantic suspense category with the usual strong characters the author creates and readers can enjoy even if the mystery was a bit farfetched.

It's my own fault for not reading the first two books in the series so I'd know what's going on, so story-wise, I'm giving this 3.5 stars, but character-wise, I'm giving Jack and Winter five. Their chemistry was spot-on and relatable, and I l love Jack's process in investigating cold cases.

Jayne Ann Krentz plunges us into Untouchable with the attempted murder of Winter Meadows by a crazed stalker and her rescue by Jack Lancaster who has been her patient. Together they use their hypnotic and analytic powers to track the conspirators behind this and later attacks. Fast paced read with interesting hero and heroine.

I love Jayne Ann Krentz and all of her pseudonyms. Her strong female protagonist and slightly flawed hero finally resolve the
mystery carried over from the first 2 books of the trilogy. As with her Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle books, there is a
touch of paranormal to the plot.

The last book in the Cutler, Sutter and Salinas trilogy and the pay off is big. We finally get into the mind of Quentin Zane and to be honest it isn't pretty. Quentin is a man obsessed with arson and Jack Lancaster and his brothers but his biggest obsession is power and money. It's also his biggest weakness. Well that and his ego. He believes that he is smarter than everyone else.
He has targeted Jack Lancaster and Winter. Winter is a hypnotist and a dream analyst and the key to getting Jack Lancaster.

The relationship between Winter and Jack builds slowly. They both have trust issues. Jack is haunted by his dreams, yet it is also the way he solves cold cases. It is through dreams that he can enter a state of consciousness that guides him through the different layers of his cases, almost like a maze. Winter helps him to keep control during his dream-like state.

When Quentin makes an attempt on her life, Winter and Jack must work together with his family to find Quentin and get rid of him for good. First they have to find him. Quentin has found his biological father and has taken a new identity and taken over his father's company.

We must follow the clues and all the twists and turns to lead to the final face off. Quentin is truly disturbing and it can be difficult at times to read from his point of view but it is an important part of the story.

The whole family must work together to take him down. I don't want to give anything away so I can't give more details. The book does get drawn out at times, being on the run is used as a device to get Winter and Jack time alone together. But I was satisfied with the ending of the trilogy and it is a must read if you have read the other two books.

I jumped in on this title ahead of reading the prior two books in the trilogy. I found that it did not diminish my enjoyment of the book. I understood everything that was going on, because the author is very skilled at weaving in background without hitting the reader over the head and/or taking forever. Very fast paced thriller with good characters. I will be recommending this to readers who also enjoy Julie Garwood, Nora Roberts, Catherine Coulter, and Stephanie Lawrence, to name a few.

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Krentz is back! Oh how I love this author! I have been a fan of hers for a decade or more and read everything she puts out. And I am glad I did not miss this one! She always adds a bit of the unbelievable to keep you involved and in this one Jack has a gift of figuring out arson cases.

Zane is the arch-enemy in this series and in this one he is after Jack and his “brothers”. They watched him kill the cult they were raised at and Zane is not going to let them just walk away.

What a great series! Like I said I read everything of Krentz’s but I have really enjoyed this series. A must read!

Disclaimer:
I received a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team

Avid Reader – ☆☆☆☆
M/F Thriller
Triggers: Stalking, Murder, Arson

Jack Lancaster is at it again. While he’s trying to figure out if there is a connection between several fires all around, he also happens upon Winter who is also kind of hiding out.

Winter has an ability that has saved her on numerous occasions. She can hypnotize people at will. But with her ability, she has someone who is stalking her and she knows that if she doesn’t escape, it will come to violence.

Winter and Jack have to team up in order to solve the mystery of who is trying to kill them. They also have the added issue of not knowing who the real target is.

While this was an enjoyable read, I liked book two much more. I thought that this one was well developed, but it lacked chemistry between the two main characters. Also, the “bad guy” was difficult for me to relate to. Overall, this was okay, but it was missing something to really grab the audience.

A fast paced and satisfying end to the Quinton Zane saga! There was great chemistry between Winter and Jack right from the get-go (which was lovely!), and the plot was brisk without feeling rushed. I would have loved more of Winter's backstory - I feel that there was a whole bunch that was edited out (which is a shame. Did her foster father end up having a heart attack? Where did she and Alice go when they lived on the streets for two months? Some of us are curious!)
Another great read by Ms Krentz.

I quite liked the first in this series, though to be completely honest my memory is horrible and I don’t remember a whole lot. I didn’t love the second one, I struggled with it and didn’t click with the writing. After that one, I thought okay, I’m done with this author – I wasn’t mad, I just didn’t love it. But then I saw this one on netgalley and couldn’t resist. I’m glad I got it too because I really enjoyed it! About as much as the first, I think, definitely more than the second. I still don’t 100% click with the writing, something about it feels just a little clunky to me and I don’t think the dialogue is super flowy or realistic, but it didn’t annoy me this time so whatever. I’m also really glad I read it because finally, we have some closure and I am glad I found out what happened. I really liked Winter and Jack and the ending was adorable with the sofa.

This novel is a fast-paced conclusion to Krentz's Cuttler, Sutter, and Salinas trilogy and it doesn't leave readers disappointed. The story centers around Jack Lancaster, the third of Anson Salinas's foster sons, and his hunt to find Quinton Zane before it's too late. It's hard to say too much about the book without what has happened in the previous two books, but it suffices to say that this novel is filled with the usual twists and turns of a Krentz novel and that all the characters in the series play a role in closing the book on Quinton Zane and the way he has haunted their lives. I stayed up far later than I should have because once you start this book you have to know how it ends!

Another great read from Krentz, the conclusion to the Cutler, Sutter, & Salinas trilogy was most satisfying. It it had all the hallmarks of her writing but tying in the new locations and old locations of previous books just makes me want to know about the world that she has created both in the past, present and the future. 10/10 would recommend.

Part of a series. Jack Lancaster solves cold cases that involve fire. He has been troubled by dreams and sleepwalking that come with these cases and he has tried various therapies, now he is trying meditation with Winter Meadows who also lives in the small town of Eclipse Bay, OR. Quinton Zane is a one of those cold cases, and he has decided to it is time to eliminate Jack. Winter is attacked by a former obsessive client, and when they try to investigate further, are attacked again. Jack, whose family has a private investigation agency, is trying to link all the pieces together. Action packed, I enjoyed the book and it was fun to see how all the strands were connected. Characters from previous books are in this one, but it can be read as a standalone.

Jack Lancaster is a consultant for the FBI who solves cold cases. As a survivor of a fire, he is drawn to arson cases. Because of his unusual ability to get inside the killer's head he has garnered a reputation in some circles but complicates his personal life. The more cases Jack solves, the closer he slips into the darkness. But meeting meditation therapist Winter Meadows helps Jack to find peace. They become a unique couple who compliments each other.

For twenty years Jack and his foster father and brothers have been looking for Quinton Zane, Zane is back with the sole purpose of getting rid of Jack and his family. If Jack has any hope of enjoying the peace he has finally found with Winter he and his family, along with Winter will have to outsmart Zane once and for all..

“They say you can buy anything online these days.” In this case, the “they” in question are the two protagonists in Untouchable. Certainly one of the “anything” you can buy is a good book.

Unfortunately, while Untouchable isn’t a bad read at all, it just doesn’t quite live up to the thrill-a-minute pace of its predecessors, When All the Girls Have Gone and Promise Not to Tell. But anyone who has read the first two really needs to read this one as well. Because Untouchable is where we finally get the closure that we’ve (along with Max Cutler, Caleb Sutter and Anson Salinas) have been waiting for.

Jack Lancaster is the “fourth Musketeer” of the private investigations firm of Cutler, Sutter and Salinas. He’s one of the children that retired police officer Anson Salinas rescued from the fire that was intended to tie up all of the loose ends at Quinton Zane’s cult headquarters. It almost worked. The fire covered Zane’s tracks and killed all the adults in the compound, including the mothers of all three boys.

And it left those boys, along with their foster father, with a burning desire to bring Quinton Zane to justice – no matter how many times Zane managed to fake his own death, or how long it might take.

The cases that Max Cutler (When All the Girls Have Gone) and Caleb Sutter (Promise Not to Tell) have solved have led the team to the conclusion that Quinton Zane isn’t just alive, but that he’s back in the U.S. after years abroad.

Now it’s Jack’s turn to do what he does best – put all the nebulous pieces together and solve the ice cold case that began in so much fire.

Escape Rating B-: I’m putting the rating in early in the review so that I can talk about the story in a bit more detail.

I’m in a bit of a quandary, because the closure provided by this story is really necessary after the first two books in the series. But in the end, it just doesn’t live up to them. I’m not sure that’s a big problem, because it also can’t be read as a standalone. So much of the tension in this story revolves around Jack’s (and his foster father and brothers’) lifelong obsession with Quinton Zane. If you weren’t there for the first books you’re not going be interested in this one.

This book also has a feel that reminds me a lot more of the author’s Arcane Society books. Jack’s talent for lucid dreaming, and the way that it is expressed, reads a lot like the way that Arcane talents manifest in the Dreamlight trilogy, and Jack himself reads a lot like one of the hunters from Harmony.

Winter Meadows’ master of hypnotism also fits right into the Arcane Society. As does the conspiracy theorist Arizona Snow. Both Snow and the little town of Eclipse Bay feature in Running Hot, a story in the Arcane Society series. There’s also a nod to Burning Cove – the location of her currently in-progress historical romantic suspense series under her Amanda Quick pen name.

So this story contains a lot of nods to other places and scenarios that this author has created. Not enough to pull readers unfamiliar out of this story, but certainly enough to put a smile of recognition on the face of those who ARE familiar.

As romantic suspense, Untouchable needs both a mystery/thriller plot and a romantic element. The mystery is provided by the cat and mouse game between Jack and Quinton Zane. The romance is provided by the relationship that springs up between Jack and Winter Meadows.

And while their love scenes are plenty hot, there’s not enough emotional build-up to “sell” the romance. Not that we don’t want them to find their HEA, but we don’t feel with them enough. Or at least I didn’t. Your mileage, of course, may vary.

In the end the wrap up of the series was satisfactory, but the individual entry in it was not. I usually love this author and wish that I’d liked this book better. I’m now very curious to see how her next book, Tightrope, third in the Burning Cove series written as Amanda Quick, works for me – and everyone else.