Romantic Suspense published by Sourcebooks Casablanca 01 Sep 20
During this stay-at-home period, I have been reading a lot and so inevitably began to cast a wider net looking for authors who write in the genres I enjoy but haven’t read before. Ms. Mann is one such author who I discovered thanks to the awesome power of NetGalley.
Her writing style fits right into my personal sweet spot with enough suspense and action to keep that adrenaline flowing and the sweet romance that keeps my romantic heart beating.
Delilah Atwood escaped from the wild lands of the Florida forests where she grew up, earned a degree, and reinvented herself, but now she’s back where it all started. Her sixteen-year-old sister is at the cusp of womanhood and the new sacrificial lamb for the family, as attested by the burnt toy doll that Delilah finds at one of the family camping sites. Determined to rescue her sister, she roams the forests researching the monkeys she loves who helped her escape her hellish life so long ago, all the while trying to locate her sister.
But someone’s watching and they are not hesitate to use guns, fire, and other tools to smoke her out and potentially kill her. Fortunately for Delilah, the handsome forestry officer Josh Tanner comes to her rescue, even as he and his team have suspicions of her. Drugs and guns are being smuggled through these lands and Delilah’s family is definitely complicit. As they try to stay one step ahead of trouble and operate within the bounds of the law, the attraction between them grows to conflagration that might burn them alive.
I enjoyed the characters so much that I need to go back to the beginning. Fortunately, there’s just one earlier book in the series and I’ve just downloaded that to my Kindle. Can’t wait to see this series evolve.
Grade: A
Summary:
A slow-burn sultry romantic suspense set in Florida’s untamed wilderness filled with mystery, action, and adventure…
When your heart’s involved…
If you dare venture beyond Disney’s magic and Miami’s high-rises, you’ll find yourself in Florida’s untamed wilderness. A bush pilot and officer for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Josh Tanner is one of the tough cops needed to manage these rugged areas. And the minute he finds Delilah Atwood deep in the woods without a good explanation, he knows something is very wrong…All the stakes are raised…
Delilah barely escaped her ultra-fundamental militia family years ago. Now she’s back to save her sixteen-year-old sister, and no government man is going to stop her. Josh isn’t going to stand by and watch Delilah risk her life, but unless he can get her to trust him, she may end up being the next victim.
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