Piper Millbrook has taken over her family’s business after the death of her father.  Her grandfather has decided that his only grandchild would run the business since Piper has been trained, practically, from birth for this role.  Enter Tyler Quinn, Piper’s brand new client, a world-renowned painter who has skyrocketed to the top of the art world.  Piper knows everything that there is to know about him, or does she?

Tyler Quinn, otherwise known as Detective Tyler Muldoon, is investigating a drug laundering business in which all of the evidence suggests that Piper and her grandfather are managing in addition to their artists.  He doesn’t mind the case and wants to put everyone connected to in prison.  Is Piper really involved in the money laundering, or are his instincts about her correct?

CAPTURED HEART was an entertaining romance novel set in a big city. The obvious plot line was the romance, while the back-story was the money laundering case.  I felt that there were clichés used to move the story along.  For example, Tyler was supposed to be some kind of a maverick police officer and smooth guy, but he was really a man who has a son and is close to his family.  I realize that this was the reputation that the author was trying to develop for the character, but I felt that she was trying to hard.  I also felt that the other characters weren’t as well developed.  I really didn’t feel that I got to know any of the characters, even though they were introduced early into the story.  As a result, I didn’t develop any empathy for them.

CAPTURED HEART is truly a form of light reading. The prologue really captured my interest and I guess I was a little disappointed when Ms. Getridge used such obvious clichés to further the plot of her book.