This is the 5th book in this series and they just get better each time. Sheriff Bree Taggert stops on her way home to to a wellness check and discovers 2 victims, one being the deputy she recently fired. Then it is full steam ahead! This book is so fasted paced I read it in one day, I didn't want to stop! I really like the team Bree has around her, Matt, Todd, Collins, Dana, Marge I have not read any of the Morgan Dane books, but enjoyed meeting her in this book so much that I will put that series on my list to read. I am looking forward to more in this series! I thank NetGalley for the advances copy for my opinion

would like to thank netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this brilliant book

bree goes to a welfare check but she is not expecting to find two dead bodies murdered....

bree also has to deal with the fall out of a hate campaign against her with emails of a threatening violent and sexual nature keep hounding her work email

but the advent of a porn video featuring her face imposed over the lead actress leads quite a few people calling for her to resignation and so she only has one recourse and thats to hire morgan dane to help her get the videos and photos taken down....

but the higherups are getting nervous and with the investigation hotting up things get even worse when one of her deputies goes missing....

who is out to blacken brees name and get her sacked from her job....

my oh my what a book...couldnt put it down at all...its fast paced and gritty in places but how it grabs you in

love this series and that ending was brilliant, was lovely to catch up with all the gang in this series

this was the first book I've read from this series but it didn't make understanding of the characters hard at all. I've read books by Melinda Leigh before and I love her way of writing. a very fast read and deliciously mysterious. no doubt I'll read the previous four books. definitely recommend the series. perfect perfect,

lots of thanks to NetGallery for providing me this amazing mystery,

Dead Against Her is a great 5th installment in the Bree Taggert series. Leigh did a great job.. It was a page turner. Kept you guessing on who did it. Plus, seeing Bree continue to grow and learn with her personal life. Definitely recommend this book!

Leigh always has a fresh new mystery for us and this one was no exception. What a great story! I enjoy the dynamics between Bree and her family, as well as Bree and Matt, and her settling in with her position as sheriff and bringing on new officers to replace corrupt ones. I look forward to the next case that Bree investigates.

Melinda Leigh has done it again. Bree Taggart finds a double homicide at a local farm. One victim is the elderly woman who owns the farm. The other victim is an ex-deputy, Eugene Oscar. Eugene had taken retirement rather than being fired by Bree. As Bree and her boyfriend, Investigator Matt Flynn, discover, there are many people who would like to have hurt Eugene. But who would want to kill his mother? In addition to solving a double murder, Bree is being targeted by an on-line smear campaign with includes supposed naked pictures of Bree. And, to top it off her chief deputy, Todd, goes missing. Morgan Dane and Lance Kruger also make an appearance in the story. Dead Against Her is an engrossing read. Some of the issues were not completely resolved so I’m hoping there is more about it in the next book.

Part of a series featuring Bree Taggert. Another set of murders to solve ,a missing deputy and a lot of twists and turns. Another great story.

When the mutilated bodies of a mother and her ex-deputy son are found in the woman’s home, Sheriff Bree Taggert is called to investigate the murders.

Bree is reminded of her own family’s murder/suicide when she was a child and has to fight to set her feelings aside in order to do her job- made more difficult by her tumultuous past with one of the victims.

Deputy Eugene Oscar caused her nothing but misery when she took over from the previous corrupt sheriff until she let him go. Now he’s dead and the pressure is on her to find the killers with a conflict-of-interest threat hanging over her head. Adding to the stress, someone is trying to dirty her image by distributing fake deep web photos and videos of Bree in sexual poses. It’s upsetting and demeaning, but she’s determined to ignore it and work on her investigation until a threat to her life amps up the stakes.

This is a fast-paced drama with plenty of red herrings. I didn’t guess who was behind the murders until the last few chapters- I love when that happens!

“I voluntarily read an ARC of this book which was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.”

This book was pretty good, it was a bit slow in the beginning with what felt like too many details. but overall it was a fast read and a decent story A sheriff deals with a double homicide, threats against her and family issues

Bree is back and she has become the target of a smear campaign to ruin her reputation and scare her family. This is in addition the to the nightmare of finding an elderly lady and her son excuted in their home. After her Chief Deputy is kidnapped, she will stop at nothing to save his life and bring the killer to justice.
This is a great series with many twists and turns to keep me guessing. I cannot wait to read the next book in this series to see the continuing developments in Bree's personal life.
Thank you to Netgalley and Montlake Publishing for providing a copy of this book for review.

I was expecting this to be a bulk standard detective book, but by the end I really cared about the characters (even if they seemed to sweat a lot😂)
I hope there are more books in this series.

Dead Against Her was maybe one of the most intense of the Bree Taggert books to date. It starts out with a double homicide of a mother and son who just happens to be an officer that Bree had recently forced out of the department. As she and her crew and Matt start investigating they learn someone is out to sabotage Bree but why? It was awesome having Morgan Dane pop back in for a bit. Outstanding read with some close calls and thrills and chills! Thank you Melinda and Netgalley for the ARC! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I've read this series before, and I have to admit this wasn't my favorite. Love the characters and the world as always. But it just didn't hook me in as the other's before had!

Will still continue with this series!

Called to an isolated farm to check on an elderly widow, Sheriff Bree Taggert finds a brutal double homicide. One of the victims is Eugene Oscar, the bitter and corrupt former deputy she recently forced out of the department. There's nothing worse than being able to figure out the ending of a thriller, and this one kept me guessing!

Dead Against Her is the first novel in months I can say I literally could not put down. (I read this book while cleaning the house, tablet on every available surface.) Bree is back and busier than ever as the past always rears its ugly head. Bree is called in for a welfare check by a worried neighbor to find the murdered bodies of her disgraced former deputy and his elderly mom. To make matters worse, the threats on Bree are escalating and someone has launched deepfake videos of Bree as revenge. The pages fly by as Bree’s case twists and turns in nonstop suspense for another addicting read from Ms. Leigh. Can I just say fan girl here? My voluntary, unbiased review is based upon a review copy from NetGalley.

Bree Taggart has her work cut out for her in this book (5th in the series ) juggling, double homicide, raising her sisters kids, dealing with a fake porn scandal, and her relationship with Matt. There is also an appearance from Morgan Dane( another one of Leigh's heroines) and a budding romance between Cady and Todd. All in all, this book gives you a little of everything and delivers a great story!

Thank you NetGalley, Melinda Leigh and the publishers for the ARC for an honest review. #NeTGalley #DeadAgainstHer

I received an arc from NetGalley and this is my honest opinion.
Very intriguing romantic suspense and the storyline was told beautifully.
Great read and one I would recommend to others.

I’m getting a little behind in this series, and jumped ahead to this one. I was a little lost at first, but soon caught up to what I had missed in Bree Taggert’s world. This time around, our intrepid Sheriff catches a call from a concerned individual regarding the well being of his elderly neighbor. On her arrival, a quick look around reveals things are quiet, a little too quiet. As she enters the home, the smell hits her immediately, and she cringes, believing the old woman died alone of natural causes. But the sight she finds stops her short. There are two individuals, tied to chairs facing one another, and both have been shot. As she surveys the scene, she realizes that one of the victims is none other than Deputy Eugene Oscar, who was recently fired from the Sheriff’s Department because of Bree.

Good read in a good suspense series. Didn’t have any problems having missed a couple of books in the series, but plan got back and catch up. Recommended.

Melinda Leigh delivers again. This is the series of Bree who is the sheriff in a small town. Yes, it's a series and you'll want to read them all to get the background just because they are all so good. However, it can be read stand-alone. Bree goes out on a wellness check and finds her former deputy - one she forced out because of his actions - murdered and his mother also. She and her investigator and love interest, Matt, work together to solve the murder. Bree herself is being attacked on the deep web with scandalous images that reach the public. Someone is also threatening her but she must concentrate on solving the double murder. So many events happening and some that could end her career.
I highly recommend this book. It's fast-paced, interesting, with good characters, I love Bree and Matt’s dynamics, plus you never get bored and never want to put it down. Another winner.
Thank you, Melinda Leigh, NetGalley, and Montlake publishers for allowing me to give my honest opinion with this eARC. Yes, read it!

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed catching up with sheriff Bree Taggert and her family again. Seeing how she’s grown with her family and commanding change in the department is amazing and I look forward to the next one