Backlash by Rachel Dylan

 CIA analyst Layla Karam is thrust into a dangerous DEA field operation against a cartel that puts a target on her back. Though Layla never wanted to be a field agent, Langley had other ideas. After one of her team members is murdered because of fallout from the op, Layla is left scrambling to find safety.

At the same time, the CIA opens up an internal investigation against her. Out of options, Layla turns to ex-boyfriend and private investigator Hunter McCoy for help finding out who might want to ruin her career.

Layla and Hunter soon discover a mole inside the DEA has sold out the team's identity to the cartel. She must clear her name with the Agency and protect herself and her teammates from cartel retaliation. With threats on all sides, Layla must put her trust in Hunter--the man who broke her heart--and hope they both come out of it alive. 

  Layla never wanted to be a field agent for the CIA.  They had other ideas.  They put her in the field and now there is a price on her head.

This is a great edge of your seat book.  I didn't want to put it down. I recommend this book to all mystery/thriller fans.

 

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Her Secret Song by Mary Connealy

 After a rough winter spent alone, Ursula Nordegren realizes she must overcome her fears of the outside world and begins a trek down Hope Mountain. Along the way she finds a badly wounded stranger and realizes God may have used her decision to leave as a way of saving the man. 

Wax Mosby was climbing Hope Mountain in part to atone for his terrible choices. He was hired to drive out the Warden family and now knows he was duped. But when he's wounded during the climb, the last person he expects to rescue him is a beautiful blond woman with the voice of an angel. 

As both Ursula and Wax weigh the costs of living new lives, the two find an unlikely bond. And they're joined by Ursula's sisters and the Warden family as the final showdown over the family ranch looms with the coming of spring. 

This is a great ending to this series.  I wasn't sure I was going to care for Ursula before the I started to read this book.  Her character was brought to life and explained in a way that I had to like her and want her to have a good life.  Who would have thought that  it would be with Wax Mosby!  You really need to read the other two books in the series to find out why Wax is not someone you would have thought would have changed his ways.  It just goes to show what God can do when he gets a hold of you.  

I was given this book Bethany House Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.

The Price of Valor by Susan May Warren

 Former Navy SEAL Hamilton Jones thought that the love of his life was dead. But when a girl claiming to be his daughter shows up with a dire message from his wife, Ham knows he will stop at nothing to find her and bring her home.

Kidnapped by rebels while serving as an interpreter in Ukraine, Signe Kincaid has spent the past decade secreting out valuable information about Russian assets in the US to her CIA handler. Fearing for her daughter after being discovered as an operative, Signe sends her to Ham for safekeeping. She's ready to give her life for her country, and she can hardly expect Ham to rescue her after breaking his heart over and over.

When Ham discovers the reason Signe has kept her distance, he must choose between love for his wife and love for the nation he has vowed to protect. Will he save the many? Or the few?

This was a great conclusion to this series.  It would be helpful to read the other books in this series to fully know what is going on in this book. There is also a conclusion for who is the traitor that was spoken of in the Montana Marshall series.  Also, a good series and should be read.

Ham is faced with a lot of choices in this book.  Most of all does he forgive Signe for what she has done to him by keeping his daughter a secret from him.  

I enjoyed reading this book and couldn't put it down.  I highly recommend to all mystery buffs.

I was given this book by Revell Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.

Point of Danger by Irene Hannon

 Radio talk show host Eve Reilly is used to backlash from her pot-stirring on-air commentary and interviews, but now it seems a disgruntled listener is resorting to more than angry words to express their displeasure. When a suspicious package arrives on her doorstep, Eve turns to law enforcement for help.

Police detective Brent Lange can't find any evidence to link the string of unsettling incidents that follows, but he's convinced they're connected. As the harassment grows more menacing, it becomes clear someone wants Eve's voice silenced--permanently. 

But unless he can track down her foe, fast, the gutsy woman who is willing to take risks for what she believes--and who is swiftly winning his heart--may not survive.

This book could have been taken straight from todays headlines.  It was a great book and kept me reading when I should have been doing other things.  I recommend this book to all mystery/suspense readers.

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Until I Met You by Tari Faris

 When she hears that the small town of Heritage, Michigan, is looking for a new librarian, Libby Kingsley jumps at the opportunity. Little did she know the library is barely more than a storage closet stuffed with dusty, outdated books. What the community really needs is a new building. But the only funds available are those being channeled into the new town square, and the landscape architect in charge of the project wants nothing to do with her plans.

All Austin Williams wants to do is get the town square project finished so he can do right by the family business and then extricate himself from the town that reveres the brother who cost him so much. But the local media and the town's new librarian seem to be conspiring against him at every turn. Will the determined bookworm find her way into his blueprints--and possibly even his heart?

I had a lot of trouble liking Austin during most of the book.  He had a lot of anger issues and Whitney didn’t know which Austin would show up.  The kind or angry one.  Most of Austin’s anger was directed at his brother.  The local pastor.  But he took his anger out on those around him.  He had a lot of work ahead of him to resolve the issues.  Whitney had a lot of trust issues she needed to work through.  Her former boyfriend ended up robbing the store she worked at and held a gun on her. 

It was a good book and I did enjoy the story line.

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Everywhere to Hide by Siri Mitchell

The story line was great.  Whitney has a handicap that I had never heard of.  It’s called face blindness.  I looked it up to see if it even exists.  Sure enough it does.  This makes her unable to identify the killer.  The killer doesn’t know this about her so they come after her trying to tie up loose ends.  The is a good mystery and kept me reading.

The cons:  It seemed like the author was trying to push the cyber currency and went into great detail about it. She went into detail several times during the book. I skimmed that part.  Another thing I didn’t like was the reference to Whitney and her ex-boyfriend moving in together.  There was also the part where she wanted Leo to sleep with her.  Although, they did nothing but sleep.  I found this quite disturbing as this book was from Thomas Nelson Publishing.  They are a Christian Publishing House.  To me this gives people the impression that since a Christian publisher is publishing the book it must be ok.  I’m very disappointed in Thomas Nelson.  For this reason I would not recommend this book. 

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