Tell Me When It Hurts

By Christine M. Whitehead and Annabeth Albert

Book Overview

ASSASSIN, VIGILANTE, LOVER Archer Loh, Ivy League grad and Olympic-level rider, has been groomed as a government assassin. First in her class, she?s a prime asset to her agency. However, she rejects... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0982294603
• ISBN13: 9780982294604
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Hadley Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

True love will help you heal

True love will help you heal... Archer Loh has a secret. She was once trained as a government assassin. She was the best in her class. Instead of following through with this life she decided to live the life of a wife, mother, and lawyer. Everything was picture perfect until her daughter was found murdered. Archer's life fell apart. The murderer was set free on a technicality. Unable to receive justice, Archer falls back on her training and joins a secretive vigilante group. Their job is to provide justice through means not handed out by the justice system. The Group helps Archer through her toughest days, but she is only existing. A chance meeting with Connor McCall at a remote cabin in the Berkshires forces Archer to face the reality of where she's at in this world. Her world will never be the same. I liked this story. Christine Whitehead's portrayal of the struggle that Archer has after the death of her daughter is gut-wrenching. The love story between Archer and Connor was really subtle. That was the only way to weave the two together. The beauty of their meeting was like a blanket slowly covering the horror of Annie's brutal murder. Even Archer's "justice" assignments weren't "in your face". There was a quietness to all of it. This was a wonderful story showing all the levels and facets of human pain and healing.

How to Write Redemption...

"Tell Me When It Hurts" is part mystery, part romance, made all the more real with heartfelt family history. The story closes its grip on the reader in the first pages, with a compelling introduction to its heroine, Archer Loh. That grip will keep you reading through to the last line. This fast-paced story runs the gamut from nightmare to wishful dream. It questions our conceptions of law, love and justice, while looking into the most violent urges of the human psyche. In the process Ms. Whitehead explores marriage, parenthood, and the tragicomic consequences of passion. "Tell Me When It Hurts" is a book well worth reading. Let's hope its author writes many more.

A Great Way to relax, much better than TV

I have read the first 100 pages of Tell Me When It Hurts and I had to get out this review because more people need to know that this book has the potential for a number 1 Best Seller. I mostly read self-help books, marketing books and articles and sometimes science fiction. So generally I do not read romantic thrillers like this. Boy am I glad I made an exception with this one. Last night I even chose reading instead of TV to relax and I never do that. It starts out attention grabbing and it almost forces me to read the next chapter and the next to see what will happen. I feel that I am the "fly on the wall" observing everything Archer and Connor experience. My only concern is to figure out what activity to cut out so I can quickly finish the book.

A book to hold interest

I found Tell me When It Hurts a very engrossing, well written book. The way it was written, the author makes it very easy to visualize the characters and the settings. The author could make you smile in one chaper and cry in another. This book was one of the best books I have read in a long time. I would definitely recommend it and I look forward to reading more books by Christine Whitehead.

A gripping read!

When I picked up this book I was intrigued. It looked like a good story, but I had no idea that I would not be able to put it down until I finished the whole thing! Each time I had to put it down I was annoyed by the distractions! The characters are highly relatable and their struggles real. What is unexpected but masterfully crafted is their redemption. This is the kind of story that I will return to again and again. Let's hope we hear more from this new and exciting author!