So, be ready there is many spoilers in my review and my review is long as hell. To start off, the plot line in this story is actually really great and the way everything ties in together is so nice.But the characters in this book are TERRIBLY written. For example: One of the main characters in this book: Detective Hatcher. What genuinely bothered me about his character was that he constantly sexualized Elise. (Another character in this book). Elise could be literally wearing a trash bag and a expired, black banana on her head AND he would still think “umff, I wonder what’s going on under there🤤.” This happens so many times in the book to the point where you get so uncomfortable. Even worse he sexually harassed her and even managed to sleep with her knowing dang well she’s desperate.But what really put the cherry on this cake was the fact that the author would in a way, excuse his actions and try to make us, the readers, pity him. “Oh he’s a church boy.....His dad is a minister.....He normally never does this......He always does his job right, this is the one time he messes up.....He can’t ever....”.Also, the way he handled the entire case, was complete GARBAGE. He hid/ didn’t mention details that would’ve helped the case by ALOT and slept with a potential suspect. It was so frustrating to read because he was soooo close to ruining the ENTIRE case. Had his partner, DeeDee (who btw is the only good character in this book), handled the case with Elise, she would’ve done a 10 times better job than Duncan.Now let’s talk about another character: Elise.Elise was actually a really sad character because of her upbringing and the hell she went through. This woman put up a marriage for 3 years to try and get revenge for her step brother and now her husband was out here trying to kill her. I’m pretty sure her mental health was deteriorating a lot. In my opinion, she has gained mental health issues over the years that needed to be resolved. I feel like, the only reason she’s fell in love with the detective was because the poor woman didn’t have anybody else in her life who told her they love her and it sounded so genuinely meaningful.Which leads me to my third point: This entire book is basically a whole month. In this entire month, Detective Hatcher and Elise have only known each other for about 2/3rds of the entire month. In that time period, detective Hatcher “falls in love” with Elise and Elise (with her mental state) “falls in love” with detective Hatcher. THEY GET MARRIED AFTER 3 WEEKS OF KNOWING ONE ANOTHER........**Please, take a moment to let that sink in.**Now I understand, some like to rush right in. No problem with that if each party knows what the hell they’re doing. But in this case: THEIR WHOLE LOVE STORY WAS A BIG WHAT THE HELL. IT DIDN’T MAKE ANY SENSE.Just to give y’all a percentile of all their get togethers in the entire book:60% was them sleeping with one another25% was them actually getting to know one another.15% was them discussing a plan on what the hell to do concerning the situation surrounding them.Now I don’t know about you, but I think marriage seems a little questionable considering they had more time doing the devils tango then actually getting to know one another.Another problem with this marriage, one may ask? Detective Hatcher loved her for her looks. He would make all kinds of comments about her body, her face, her lips, her legs, you get the gist. But rarely did I see him actually praise her for her intelligence, for her diligence, and the amount of patience and strength she had over the years. BIG MAJOR 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩.To be honest, it feels like a whole other book could be made about how their marriage failed cause father was after the looks and mom is still not in the right state of mind but they got a child. The child is depressed, yada yada yada. You get the gist.Im writing this review because I want y’all to know, that at the end of this book, I was satisfied but not satisfied. I was satisfied because I loved the plot and the way the plot tied the knot was great! But I was unsatisfied because I felt like I just read an entire romance based on perception, lack of mental health care, and just overall a lack of sensibility among the both of them.I don’t know about you guys, but when I read books, I like to put myself in the characters shoes and try and think the way they do. But in this case, I felt like I couldn’t because I wouldn’t make the stupid decisions that were created by these “adults”. ESPECIALLY Detective Hatcher.If the plot line wasn’t as good as it is, I would’ve thrown the book in the trash right from the beginning.Thank you for coming to my ted talk.