5 stars
2 spice

Every single time I think I'll be able to guess the villain, I'm wrong. I even made a list with reasons as to who the villain could be. Fun fact! I was not even close.

I love a good enemies to lovers and Catherine delivered on this one. The banter was BANTERINGGGG! These two can't stand each other at the start and it's so good. Colt can't handle the outspoken, stubborn woman in a van with her three-legged cat.

Catherine did a great job of developing these characters. Colt really needs someone like Ridley to bring a little chaos into his life. He loves a routine and to have things in order. He likes the control. But Ridley takes his routine and throws it to the wind. She travels for her podcast and lives out of her van.

With any Catherine Cowles book, I find myself drawn into the world and walking with the characters. I love how easy it is to get lost in the book and drown out the rest of the world. This might be my fave CC book yet honestly!

tropes:
- law enforcement hero
- grumpy x sunshine
- enemies to lovers
- small town suspense
- forced proximity
- who hurt you?

I have no notes, this book was perfect! I cannot explain the experience that was reading this book because everything worked so well together.

Catherine is so good at creating characters that are relatable, complex, and emotional. And even though they’re going through hell they don’t let it take them under, they still look for the light and fight for love every day, and I love that so much.

I think this might be my favourite CC book yet, and I know that it’s a standalone but I desperately need more of Shady Cove and everyone who lives there!

Thanks to NetGalley and SourseCasa books for the eARC.

I loved this book so much! From the start I was hooked to figuring out how all the cases connected. I had my suspicions, but boy were they wrong! I absolutely loved Ridley and Colt together. They had such great chemistry together. This book blends mystery and romance together perfectly.

Wow this was such a beautiful book! I love everything by Catherine Cowles and I knew this would be no exception. Ridley is such a spitfire and I absolutely adored her spirit. But Colt?! My goodness that lawman is perfect. This had the perfect combination of romance and humor while still simultaneously being emotional and telling such a tragic but meaningful story. What a beautiful but haunting way these two lives intertwined. The townspeople were also such a riot and quirky. And you can’t forget the perfect animal sidekicks that brought levity to all the situations! I loved watching this enemies to lovers blossom and seeing them hunt down the bad guy together was phenomenal. Such an easy 5 stars!

All the Missing Pieces is a new, romantic suspense from Catherine Cowles and this delivers on small town, true crime, and suspense!

“Colt, you helped me find all the missing pieces. Even the ones I didn’t realize I needed.”

Ridley is a true crime podcaster (Sounds like Serial) who investigates cold cases hoping to find answers for families. She ends up in Shady Cove for a story she wants to work on that she has a personal attachment to as well. There she meets Colt, the grumpy sheriff in town who is not happy with her poking around in town. He has personal reasons why he doesn’t want her in town stirring things up, but he also isn’t a fan of anyone trying to come in town and exploit their tragedy. Over time, they both figure out more about one another and as Ridley breaks down the walls, he starts to help her on the case instead!

“Haven’t you figured it out yet, Chaos? You’ve had me breaking all the rules since the day I met you.”

I’m always a sucker for a Catherine Cowles book, she does romantic suspense so well and I couldn’t wait to see how this story played out! The prologue immediately grabbed my attention and I was along for the ride with Ridley. The personal, emotional connections both Ridley and Colt have to the story was just so well done. I really enjoyed this one, plus fell in love with another small town and slew of characters Catherine wrote! All the moments: Law Man and Chaos, Tater the cat, glow in the dark stars on the ceiling, Emerson (oh how I love her), Bowser the dog, all the side characters, the true crime aspect! Another win from Catherine Cowles, I hope we get more in Shady Cove! 👀

I received an ARC, all thoughts in this review are my own!

In true Catherine Cowles style, the suspense was top-notch. No matter how many times I guessed who the culprit was, I was wrong 🤣

What stood out to me most about this book was Ridley’s resilience. Despite facing something horrifying, she didn’t become bitter—instead, she used her experience to help others. And I think that’s true strength.

The journey of healing felt so real and beautiful for all characters involved, offering an inspiring lesson.

All The Missing Pieces is Catherine's new standalone romantic suspense and it is absolute perfection. I loved every single second of it. It completely consumed me from the start, I was unable to put this book down, if I didn't have to sleep I would've finished in one sitting. It's that good. I don't know how she does it every single time but her words are just so gripping, the story was so intriguing, the characters had me rooting for them right from the beginning. The plot was intricately constructed and unraveled at the perfect pace keeping me utterly addicted throughout.

I loved Ridley so much, she is so fierce and strong. She goes after what she wants and doesn't give up. Colt is a grumpy sheriff with the softest interior. Once they finally get together it is a true explosion. They were a flame waiting to ignite. Their chemistry is off the charts, the tension was palpable and the way they care for one another was so heartwarming. As usual the side characters (found family) is one of Catherine’s strong suits, they were all absolutely lovable, every single interaction added value to the story and made me care for each of them even more. Tater the devil cat added the right amount of humor throughout.

A stellar romantic suspense that truly delivered on every aspect. It had it all. I really hope this is the start of a new series, because there is a lot of potential with some side characters here!! Absolutely loved it and can't find one single thing I did not enjoy. Highly recommend it!!

✨️Thank you to @sourcebookscasa & @catherinecowles for my gifted copy in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks to Netgalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for an eARC. Ridley travels the country helping others find peace by helping to solve cold cases. She has been on this mission since her twin sister went missing and was never found. She may finally be close to solving her sister’s disappearance while looking into another case. A grumpy sheriff might be the extra help she needs to solve this case. Loved the suspense and romance. Enjoyed seeing the story of someone move forward after a horrible trauma. Cute light hearted moments with Tatter. A story I couldn’t put down.

All the Missing Pieces is a story about finding the missing piece for yourself, for others, and for a community. Ridley Sawyer is a true crime podcast host, but more than that she is a victim of a crime committed years ago towards her twin sister. It's a loss she feels every day deep within her soul. Colter Brooks is the Sheriff in Shady Cove, and he knows all too well about emotional guilt. His sister, Emerson, was also involved in an attempted kidnapping years ago.
Ridley comes to town to investigate the crime against Emerson and the crimes against so many others, including her twin sister for her podcast.
When Ridley and Colt first meet, they are like oil and water but soon come to realize they have more in common and a pull towards each other. She is his Chaos, and he is her Law Man. They learn to trust, to heal and to open themselves up to love and forgiveness.
As they spend time together and start to put the pieces together, they develop a deep caring towards one another. Ridley has changed Colt, as well as the town that she has come to start to feel as her home.
Tropes: True Crime heroine, grumpy sheriff, enemies to lover banter, twists throughout, small town romantic suspense
This book was amazing. I couldn't put it down. It had intrigue, mystery, romance and great storytelling. I definitely recommend it!

This was my first Catherine Cowles and I really enjoyed it! I loved the true crime aspect and how the MC Ridley has her own podcast where she travels around and works old cases in hopes of finally cracking them open. She has her own traumatic past with her twin sister having been abducted when they were teens, and you could really tell how much she cared about getting justice for other victims.

I adore a small town setting and all of the kooky characters that come along with it, and this was no exception. The suspense was great and I was constantly holding my breath waiting for the next break in the case or the next move by the killer. The romance was tied in really nicely and I enjoyed the grumpy x sunshine / dislike to love thing Ridley and Colt had going on.

I do feel like something kept me from becoming fully invested in the romance and some of the dialogue during the spicy scenes felt a little off to me. I was surprised by the big killer reveal but I kind of wanted it to be someone even more shocking. All in all I would definitely read more from Catherine in the future!

Thank you to Sourcebooks Casablanca and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for the honest review.

Hands down my favorite by Catherine Cowles!!!

I was absolutely hooked from the very beginning. I loved loved loved Ridley. There is just something about her that makes you fall in love with her. And Colt 😍 but the two of them together - gosh they really do fit together like puzzle pieces. From their banter, the team work and of course the spice😉

I loved the story line - Cathrine writes romantic suspense so well but this one felt on another level. I loved seeing the investigative side of it more in this one. You really feel like you’re there with Ridley trying to put all the pieces together.

Love love love!!! Cannot wait to see where this story line goes! I hope we get to go back to Shady Cove in the future!!

My goodness, Catherine Cowles knows how to weave an absolutely INCREDIBLE mystery filled with so much care and love. I was hooked from word one, wondering what would happen. The love Colt and Ridley had for their sisters made them incredibly strong individuals who would stop at nothing to find the justice they deserved, and I loved it so, so much. I hope we get to see more of these characters in the future!!!

UM HELLO?! Catherine Cowles came into the ring absolutely SWINGING with this masterpiece! I've never been much of a true crime girlie, but All the Missing Pieces had me rethinking that with the investigation I was having in my own mind.
Catherine's ability to write a compelling mystery while simultaneously giving us the romance and world building that we so desperately need is amazing to say the least. I couldn't get enough of this story, and I have a feeling you'll feel the same way when you read this!

I did a fully immersive read and I was a huge fan of this audiobook. Andi Arndt and Sebastian York did an outstanding job of bringing Ridley and Colt to life. This is one I can foresee myself re-reading in the future.

This is a perfect book to pick up if you want to start reading Catherine Cowles but are daunted by longer series.

Ridley arrives in Shady Cove to work on the next season of her true-crime podcast, determined to uncover new leads in a missing persons case tied to her sister’s disappearance. Her arrival catches the attention of Colt, the town’s sheriff, who is wary of her digging up old wounds. However, as Ridley begins uncovering clues that no one else has noticed, Colt finds himself drawn into her investigation and into her life.

I adored the romance, was mind blown by the suspense and could not put the book down, even during all the holiday chaos. If you enjoy audiobooks, I highly recommend listening to this one. The narrators did a phenomenal job bringing the characters and emotions to life, making the experience even more immersive.

Read if you like:
-True crime podcasters
-Grumpy law enforcement heros
-Enemies to lovers vibes
-Romantic suspense
-Small town romances

Thank you Dreamscape and Sourcebooks for the ARC/ALC

All The Missing Pieces

Catherine Cowles always has me falling for her fictional men and expert storytelling abilities, but All The Missing Pieces stands out in an exceptional way. I have been a fan of this author’s work for a long time, but this story was so inherently unique and spoke to my true crime loving heart. Ridley and Colt had a grief stricken beginning that blossomed into a steamy and unforgettable romance. Ridley is a true crime podcaster on a mission in Shady Cove to reveal the unsub she believes is responsible for a slew of murders and kidnappings, including her own sister’s disappearance. Her goal is to bring healing to others, but she ends up finding her own healing along the way. Colt is a grumpy sheriff whose stormy aura is the perfect juxtaposition to the ray of sunshine that is Ridley. Cowles’ ability to make me question each suspect in this story only to throw me for a complete whiplash at the end goes to show how masterful this author weaves a story. This book floored me, and I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind since finishing it. I will be HIGHLY recommending this book to any true crime and romance loving reader!

I was HOOKED on every single word. Catherine really showed out for this one. I’m obsessed!! You know if Catherine Cowles writes it, from the first page I’m looking for the culprit. IYKYK.

Ridley has made it her life’s mission to bring justice to the open disappearance cases around the country. And she gonna do that with the help of her podcast followers. They don’t know it, but her twin sister is one of those disappearance cases that deserves to see justice. Ridley has found herself in a small town trying to get to the bottom of a case that could be the break through she needs. Ridley is trying to get some quotes for her podcast, when she realizes she has hit a nerve in the small town, in the form of the town Sheriff. As Colt starts to breathe down her back, the towns people giving her the cold shoulder, and some mysterious sounds going bump in the night, Ridley knows she getting close to a break through. She just hopes people will let her down what she’s good at to get the justice all those people who have disappeared deserved.

There is one person in the world Colt will protect till the day he takes his last breath, his sister. He takes his big brother job as seriously as his real Sheriff job and when some podcaster comes into his town and starts asking questions about the past, he knows he needs to step in to stop the heartbreak. Too bad his instincts are to protect and defend the new town addition. When breakthroughs start to happen, grumpy Colt finds himself opening up his home in order to “key an eye” on the newbie, so how did he find himself in an enemies with benefits situation, he truly doesn’t know himself. Colt starts to think Ridley loves walking into trouble, and trouble is not something Colt wants in his small town. So, how can he get rid of the trouble and keep Ridley to stay all at the same time? He has his work cut out for him for sure.

I truly hope this doesn’t stay a stand-alone because I NEED more to the story with the couple that I know will be my favorite. Catherine I beg of you to give me more!! What a read!!

3.5⭐️ rounded up.

If you’re new to the world of Catherine Cowles and her special brand of romantic suspense, I think you are going to absolutely love this book. While I completely enjoyed All the Missing Pieces, for me it was a touch watered down from Catherine’s usual books.

Ridley and Colt were both interesting and great characters and I liked them both but they didn’t feel fully fleshed out to me as a couple. They went from strangers/enemies to lovers in a flash with no lead up of sexual tension or flirting. I think it had all the elements of a classic Catherine Cowles book but without as much personality. The plot was SO intriguing though, and I really liked the podcast aspect. It made the plot fresh and unique. The entire vibe of the town was fun and cozy and as usual, all of the extra characters were personable. The signature twist was a surprise as it usually is with a classic Cowles book. I’ll definitely keep reading the series as it progresses.

Thank you to NetGalley and Catherine Cowles for an eARC of this book for review.

This is a fast paced romantic suspense that I found really fun to read. It’s definitely heavier on the romance, and leans in the cheesy/predictable…but I still read through it super quick wanting to see what happens next. Ridley was an interesting character, though Colt leaned more typical stereotype. The plot was interesting and kept the pages turning. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to provide my honest review.

5 ⭐ 3.5 🌶️

I think this may be my favorite Catherine story yet. The banter, the tension, the mystery the spice, all. of. it. It was freaking fantastic.

Colt and Ridley were amazing together. Their enemies to frenemies with benefits to friends to lovers vibe was a whole dang thing and I couldn't get enough. Their back and forths had me cracking up non stop I swear and their spice was possibly the spiciest from Catherine I've read. It was a bit of a slow burn, but once it hit, it was fire.

I'm really hoping Em and Trey are next. Please. I beg you, Catherine.

I highly recommend closing down this review and going in blind, but just in case you wanna hear my thoughts....

This mystery reveal literally had my jaw on the floor. I was so confident in the culprit and yet I had it vv wrong. I loved the podcast angle and how Ridley investigated, especially when she put her heart on her sleeve. It was really wonderful watching these characters throughout this story and the suspense was so good.

I am SO excited to have had the opportunity to read and review this ARC! have only read one other Catherine Cowles book before and I am reminded just how much I liked it! All the Missing Pieces pulled me in right away and I finished it in a day. Ridley is a true crime Podcaster who is on the case of an abduction that hits too close to home for her. When she arrives in the small town where the crime took place she meets the grumpy sheriff and quickly dislikes him. Of course that leads to tension and angst and longing that hits you right in all the feels. There is suspense, action and romance in this story that will keep you invested until the very end. I loved this book and will be bumping Catherine's other book back up to the top of my TBR!