Seconds to Live (Scarlet Falls #3) by Melinda Leigh

Wildlife biologist Mac Barrett avoided his hometown of Scarlet Falls for years—too many bad memories. But when he receives the news that his father is dying, he rushes home only to discover he’s too late. Shaken, Mac retreats to his remote cabin seeking peace and solace. Instead, he crashes his jeep to narrowly avoid running over the naked body of a woman lying in the road. Even more disturbing, when he regains consciousness, the body is gone.
Police detective Stella Dane wants to believe Mac, even if his story about the vanishing body seems far-fetched. But when Mac’s description matches the missing woman she’s been searching for, it raises a disturbing question: How does a dead body disappear?
Mac and Stella will have to work together to find the answer and catch a psychotic kidnapper—and quickly. The killer has a deadly message to send, and the case is about to become personal…

Review: I was given an ARC of Seconds to Live from NetGalley for an honest review and this is my review.
This was the third book in the Scarlet Falls series and it can be a stand alone book even though it does refer to some things that happened in previous books it really does not give anything away. However, I personally would recommend to read the books in order so you get the entire feel of the series the way the author meant for it to be read and I can honestly say it has been an excellent series and well worth reading it in its entirety.
Now for my review of Seconds to Live. I really enjoyed Stella and Mac's story and their pairing as a couple in this series. She is the person who saw beyond the "show" he was putting on for his family and saw there was more to Mac then he was letting on. And man was there more when he came clean and let Stella and his family know he had been working for the DEA and not just avoiding the family in the rainforest observing otters. As for Mac he was always running from commitments and his family until he realized they needed him and wanted him around and he could not get Stella out of his head. Needless to say these two had sparks flying off them throughout the book.
As for the mystery part that was also interesting. A person was taking people who had prior drug habits but had been clean for some time and for some reason was killing them and making it look like an OD. Stella has a number of suspects from a husband who seems to abuse his wife to a skin head who has a problem with women in authority. With Mac's help will she be able to figure out who her killer is before he kills his third victim who is also a very close friend of hers who she has taken under her wing and has been helping or will they be too late?
I am giving Seconds to Live five out of five stars.