Review – Death Be Not Proud

C. F. Dunn in her new book, “Death Be Not Proud” Book Two in The Secret Of The Journal series published by Monarch Books continues the adventure of Emma D’Eresby in a contemporary thriller.

From the back cover:  Following the vicious attack by a psychotic colleague, and reeling from the suspicion that Matthew Lynes is not all that he seems, Professor Emma D’Eresby flees her college teaching position in Maine to her hometown in England– taking the mysterious seventeenth-century journal she stole from the college’s archives with her.

Broken physically and emotionally, Emma drifts until, fearing for their daughter’s sanity, her parents invite a family friend to assess her. In the course of their conversation, Emma discovers that he spoke to Matthew over thirty years before.

This finally spurs her into action and soon, when she finds what certainly must be a reference to Matthew in the journal, she begins to understand Matthew’s profound secret.

But when Matthew arrives to confess his love for her, she must decide if she can trust him–and he must decide if he can share his extraordinary secret with her. Drawn by a deep connection that both feel but don’t quite understand they find they must set aside their doubts and trust each other.

Readers will be thrilled by the second installment in The Secret of the Journal from British author C. F. Dunn. Mixing suspense, romance, and the supernatural, Death Be Not Proud explores the profound moral implications of a life seemingly invulnerable to time.

The adventure and suspense continue as Emma returns home to her parents in England to rest and recuperate from the events of book one. She also wants to get away from Matthew, read the journal and sort things out.  Obviously that was not going to happen as Matthew appears on her doorstep and offers to take her back to America.  Through bits we learn from the doctor in England, the journal and from Matthew himself we find all is not what it seems.  And even though Emma has feelings for him I have to say I, personally, do not trust this guy.  “Death Be Not Proud” is also a mystery filled with twists and turns that will make a roller coaster kneel in surrender.  I think C. F. Dunn is an extremely talented writer who really knows how to tell a story that will grab you and keep you flipping pages until you find out what is going on.  “Death Be Not Proud” is a very exciting book that will keep you engrossed in the characters.  I am looking forward to all being revealed in the next book.