Review: Indigo Ridge (The Edens #1)

Indigo Ridge (The Edens #1)
by Devney Perry

Published By: Penguin
Publication Date: October 26, 2021
Date Read: April 28, 2024
Genre: Adult – Romantic Suspense / Mystery
Source: Bought
Format: E-Book
Pages: 340

From Goodreads:
Winslow Covington believes in life, liberty and the letter of the law. As Quincy, Montana’s new chief of police, she’s determined to prove herself to the community and show them she didn’t earn her position because her grandfather is the mayor.

According to her pops, all she has to do is earn favor with the Edens. But winning over the town’s founding family might have been easier if not for her one-night stand with their oldest son. In her defense, it was her first night in town and she didn’t realize that the rugged and charming man who wooed her into bed was Quincy royalty.

Sleeping with Griffin Eden was a huge mistake, one she’s trying to forget. He’s insufferable, arrogant and keeps reminding everyone that she’s an outsider. Winslow does her best to avoid Griffin, but when a woman is found dead on Eden property, the two of them have no choice but to cross paths.

As clues to the murderer lead to one of Quincy’s own, Griffin realizes Winslow is more than he gave her credit for. Beautiful and intelligent, she proves hard to resist. For him. And the killer.

“In the absence of a clear ambition, serving others is a mighty purpose.”

Indigo Ridge is a book I never would have picked up if it hadn’t been selected as one of the monthly reads in my book club. Despite being a fan of romantic suspense books, I don’t tend to read them all that often. In addition to this, I honestly had never heard of this series before. I am so very glad that this was chosen because I absolutely loved this book. It truly was fantastic, start to finish.

Indigo Ridge follows Winslow, a police captain who moves to her grandfather’s small town to take over as their new chief. There have been a string of teenage suicides in town over the past few years, and Winslow is determined to figure out whether these are actual suicides or something more sinister. As she starts to dig up these cases, things may just end up getting a bit too dangerous for even Winslow to handle.

One thing I loved about this book was the balance of romance and plot. I thought it was the perfect balance of both for a book like this. I’m a plot girl through and through and so I loved this focus on the plot. It’s really made me realise that I need to read more books in this genre in the future as I really do love them. I love the mystery of trying to figure what is going on but it also has that romance going alongside to soften the horrible things going on plot wise. Indigo Ridge was a perfect example of this. It’s really renewed my love for romantic suspense.

Another thing I adored about this book was the lack of spice. Don’t stop reading here if you’re a spice lover… I promise you will still love this book. I am the sort of reader who loves romance, but doesn’t love smut. I find in a lot of romance books now that there is smut/spice happening really early in the books and I miss that tension and that angst of waiting for the couple of get together. Despite there being a one night stand very early on in the book, it’s not overly graphic and you still have that slow and sweet developing of the romance. I loved that and it showed how you can have an amazing adult romance without the need for lots of smut. That was a definite plus for me.

Indigo Ridge kept me guessing right to the very end… and I didn’t figure the mystery out. This is such a huge thing for me because usually in mystery/thriller/suspense books, I figure out ‘who dunnit’ really early. This book has the twist of all twists and I absolutely adored every single moment of that. I love a book that can surprise me and that’s exactly what this one did.

Indigo Ridge was fantastic. I was surprised by how much I loved it. I loved everything about it. The plot, the mystery, the twists and the romance. I will definitely be picking up the other books in this series in the future and I can’t wait to dive into them. Devney Perry has definitely made it on my authors to watch list and I will definitely be checking out more of her work soon. If you’re a romance fan, this book is a definite must-read.

“You fucked up and lost her. She’s mine. And I won’t fuck it up.”