I have two words that you'll need to remember about Hush Little Girl. BUCKLE UP. When you crack the spine on this edition of Josie Quinn and Gang, you'll be lulled into a sense of sweet harmony, only to have the veil of love ripped away from you almost instantly to be thrown into a world of deception and neverending twists and turns that only Lisa Regan can accomplish with such aptitude.

Josie and Noah sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-ing. First comes love! Then comes marriage...oh, wait, then comes a dead body. Because, after all, it IS Josie and Noah!

When the body of a young girl is found, Josie has no doubt in her mind she knows who it is and she and Noah are on the same page, they need to find her killer. But, in true Josie Quinn fashion, when they find the girl's identity and home, they discover another grisly murder scene and a young girl hiding from it all. Josie and Noah are determined to solve the crime and get back to their pre-martial bliss at Harper's Peak resort until the very crime scene leads them right back there.

Writing a review for a Lisa Regan novel is treacherous and filled with land mines that you could set off without even realizing it, so you must tread carefully with your words. Oh, the tangled webs she weaves, and I REFUSE to pull any of those threads to give away how brilliant this novel was. Lisa is the kind of writer that lulls you into a false sense of security. You think you KNOW what to expect from her characters and how everything is going to go down and then BAM she hits you with something so out of the blue that you can't help but gasp. Get ready to gasp a lot in Hush Little Girl.

Fair warning: I have never cried while reading a Lisa Regan novel. Her books are dirty, gritty, and about the depravity of the human mind most often, but not this time. I cried. I ached. I felt the pain Josie felt. It was a brilliant ending written by a master wordsmith who plucked your heartstrings while keeping you wrapped up in the final culmination of the case.

Lisa Regan deserves all the accolades for telling a story that is part of many households around the nation but is usually hidden as shameful or something that shouldn't be talked about. Lisa's characters bring it to life in a way that should remind us all about the importance of asking for help before it's too late. Sometimes, bringing the 'bad things' into the light is the only way to defeat them.

I will say this. The depths in which Lisa Regan writes her characters are often overlooked as the drama, mystery, and action unfold. That is not the case in this book. This book is ABOUT the depth of Josie's and Noah's character. This book shows you the gaping wounds this job can leave on the real people who do it every day. The team members aren't the only ones who are affected by the things they see and experience. Everyone they love is too, and Lisa Regan shows us that in exquisite detail in Hush Little Girl. It was painful, honest, and in the end, showed us exactly who Josie is, but also, what she can become.