Lakeview is a series of Christian romantic suspense novels written by American bestselling author Shirlee McCoy. The series is to date one of Shirlee’s most popular fast winning and critiques alike with its unique take on Christian romance. The first novel in the Lakeview series of novels was the 2003 published Still Waters series that spawned several more titles in the series to become the second longest running series for the author. McCoy grew up daydreaming of invincible strong and gutsy heroines and a strong desire for writing inspirational fiction, and all these aspects are reflected in her novel series. The novels are set in Lakeview, Virginia a small rural town where the characters suddenly find themselves in some kind of danger that …show more content…
The author herself lived in Thailand and in Smith Mountain Lake area of Virginia, which explains the setting of the Lakeview series in the two places. She uses the settings and the characters to offer pointed views of Christianity and faith based living. The Lakeview series asserts that living for oneself may seem to be satisfying and it could be for almost everyone, but ultimately living to help and serve others will give a better sense of satisfaction than a life of selfishness. Combining crime, tragedy, age-old secrets, mysteries and romance, McCoy writes highly charged novels full of hair-raising tension and suspense that culminate in explosive finales. The narratives in the series are suspense-filled stories that start with all out action that never slows down until the very end. From the time the characters run into some tragedy or other, the series treats the readers to highly charged narrative of a man and woman evading or escaping from a determined assailant that typically starts out in the mountains of Virginia and ends with the protagonists finding refuge in Thailand. Nonetheless, running away from the bad guys is never easy as our protagonists have to contend with being framed, kidnapping, violent crime among other obstacles yet in the midst of it all bond in an amazing way that makes it all