This was different to anything else I've read of Cristine's. And I say this as a good thing.
The community built around this group of friends is lovely, I can definitely add this to my fictional location bucket list.
I loves how each of the women are strong, I dependant and so supportive of each other.
Sam is quiet and strong. I liked him. He was a good match for Stella.
I had so many ideas as to who the killer was. And even though I predicted him a time or two, I was still shocked.
I hope to read more of this tight-knit group.

The narrator was putting me to sleep, and I really had to persevere to get to the interesting part, but glad I did. I admit I had to keep checking to see if this really was a Christine Feehan book as it was totally different from her other books but once I got over the boring beginning it improved even if it did feel like it was written by someone else.

TRIGGER WARNINGS⚠️ this book I gave it five stars because I don't know what else to say. I love friends to lovers. It's a very slow burn, sometimes painful. SPOILER if your strictly against animal cruelty (even though he's fine) then do not pick up this book. If your dealing with some kind of TRAMA do not read this book.

There was also no "promise of romance" but the main two characters do get together in the end they are super adorable together, and I just don't understand If you don't like a book, bench it and move on. There is no reason to leave a trash review, it just goes to show u how low people are. This is all about finding the bad guy and dealing with him. If u can't deal with it read something else the author writes, because there's a thousand "sex books" she writes. This wasn't one of them. I liked that she could write characters with out the need for sex and you sickos need to slow your roll.

This was something a little different for me but I did enjoy it. Unfortunately it wasn't very well edited and consequently there was quite a bit of repetition (especially early on) which was really annoying.

I love paranormal romance/mystery the more books I read in this genre the more I get excited when a new one comes out. This book had me falling in love with characters.
Stella Harrison is rebuilding her life in the Sierra Nevada mountains. She’s well loved and looks out for the other smaller business. When she begins to have nightmares about a serial killer, who is staging their murders to look like accidents she’s immediately thrown back to her childhood.
When Stella was four, five and six the nightmares of a different serial killer had began, the only person in her life that has ever believed she was telling the truth and who helped her through them was her foster mother. When the killer was caught Stella went to college and put the nightmares behind her. So Stella is shocked when the nightmares have started again after so many years have passed. With a new romance with her handy man Sam who seems to have his own dark dark she finally feels the love she so desperately looked for. She enlists the help of her close set of friends, Raine who does secret work for the government, Zehra who refused her arranged marriage in her home country, Vienna who is a surgical nurse and happens to be a senators daughter and Shabina who runs her own cafe. Stella is determined to use the clues in her dreams to save the innocent people that this serial killer is stalking. Four stars!

This was an interesting beginning to what feels like a new series. Overall, it was a little too slow for me and lacked the action I expected from a Christine Feehan suspense, but I enjoyed the characters. This group of women all carry deep secrets and I'm curious to discover more about them.

Never in my life would I think I’d be reporting that CF wrote a closed door romance with zero tension between her leads. What. Is. Happening?

The paranormal was so thin I almost didn’t want to tag it as such. So weird. I haven’t read a CF book in years, but does this one even count?

Le pongo un 3 de manera confusa porque creo que en verdad este libro está suspenso.
Es un 0 en la construcción de personajes, las amigas de la prota son una extensión de ella. No tienen personalidad, no pueden ser más planas.
Los diálogos son forzados, parecen robots hablando. No sé si es culpa de la traducción o si simplemente es una escritura rudimentaria. Una cebolla te emociona más que esto, básicamente.
Ahora sí, es MUY original la historia y creo que por eso he conseguido terminármelo. Quería llegar al final, saber quién era el asesino, qué iba a suceder y demás. Me parece que es una idea maravillosa a la que le falta ejecutarla bien.

Murder at Sunrise Lake is the most recent release from Christine Feehan, and this is a novel I think I was having mixed feelings on whether I wanted to read it or not. I wasn't sure if this would be typical Christine Feehan style or if she going into another genre of writing like I have seen from other authors. But I also trust this author and so I was able to go into this book with an open mind. And while I did enjoy this one, it was vastly different from anything I have read from her previously. This is a story that does contain a romance, but its not a full-frontal seat like what I expected to find from her, as the mystery thriller plotline is what became the driving force of the story.

Murder at Sunrise Lake begins with our heroine, Stella Harrison, who is having psychic dreams to a serial killer. Stella has had these "gifts" since she was little, but she has in her own way found her way to peace in a lake mountain town up in the Sierra's. For two years, she has been drawn to her handyman, Sam, but they have remained friends, until a full trust is formed and now Sam is pursuing her in his gentle but firm way. There is a sense of mystery surrounding Sam and his abilities, she knows he has a past, but he has been her biggest support and when he is almost killed from the killer she is having psychic visions of, she is more determined than ever to find this man before he hurts anyone else. But as she gets closer and closer, the attacks get closer to home, threatening all those she loves, and the reveal of the killer will be someone she least suspects and only working in unity with each other will she and Sam take down this threat to everything and everyone they hold most dear.

I found Murder at Sunrise Lake to be such an interesting story. I will say that the first half of the story I was much more drawn to, the romance between Sam and Stella seemed to be much more focused than in the later half. So I have a feeling that is why the first half of the story kept me more in tune than the later half. Sam was such a different hero. He does have a past in the military, and has familial connections to the mafia, but he is also a stong and steady male who will do anything to stand for and protect his woman. He definitely is an alpha male but with plenty of soft and tender spots which I found endearing. The heroine Stella, is a character that my heart just broke for. I absolutely adored her in many ways, but I also wanted so much more for her. She has suffered so much over the years and wanted her to find her HEA with Sam. You see what a fighter that she is for her friends and how tormented she becomes over the victims of the serial killer. I am very curious if this will just be a standalone or if this is a new series that Christine Feehan will be cultivating. It should prove interesting to see how it all plays out in the end. I still have some mixed feelings about this book in some ways. I did find the plot so richly packed in unique elements, and I did enjoy seeing one of my favorite authors delve into a different genre, but the writing did feel a bit different. It has the Feehan style in some ways, in another way, it had a unique touch that I don't think I have ever seen from her.

Overall I found Murder at Sunrise Lake to be a thrilling penned novel, it has its own beauty in its moments, a intense but secure romance, lighter on the heat but found a stronger play on the plot, a story that will leave you on edge in its development of mystery and edgy suspense. Its a story that is steady and sure in its intricate play of plot points and one which will stun you in the least suspecting of ways.