Dangerous Beauty by Melissa Koslin

This book starts out with Liliana being kidnapped by human traffickers.  She escapes and finds a gas station to hide in.  She is found but Meric steps in and asks her to marry him as a way to save her from the traffickers.  This is just in the first several pages.  

I found Liliana to be a very strong woman who was determined to rise above what has happened to her.  At first she seemed very naive.  As the story progresses, she is shown as a very intelligent woman.  I had trouble liking and understanding Meric.  He seemed like a very sullen unapproachable person.  As his story unfolded, I began to understand his character better.  I would class this book as a dark book as it deals with human trafficking.  I kept my interest and I would like to read more books by this author. This book was published by a Christian publishing house.  But there little if any real reference to Christianity.  

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Deception by Patricia Bradley

As an FBI agent, Madison is happy with her transfer to white collar crimes after she had to fatally shoot a fellow agent who turned traitor.  As far as she was concerned, she never wanted to be involved in another violent crime.  That all changes when her grandfather is shot and left for dead.  Then another person who looks exactly like her is attacked.  She reconnects with Clay, who she always looked at as someone who tormented her as a child.  Clay is now a park ranger who has been tasked with helping her in the investigation.  

This book has a lot of twists and turns that I didn't see coming.  As I read the book, a lot of characters were introduced that was at first hard to keep straight.  But they all played a role in the story.  It seemed they were out in left field.  But they were all brought around to being vital parts of the story.  I was never bored with book and stayed up reading several nights.

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Crossfire by Lynette Eason

This is the second book in the series "Extreme Measures".  It is not necessary to read the first book to read this one.  Julianna is a FBI negotiator who has the reputation of never having lost a hostage.  Clay is a former military sniper who is now a police officer at the local high school.  Clay and Julianna meet while Julianna is negotiating with a person holding hostages in a court room where Clay's sister is a juror.  There's a lot of action is this book.  Sometimes I thought it was almost overdone with so much happening to Julianna and Clay.  But I thoroughly enjoyed the book.  Julianna and Clay both had issues from their pasts to overcome which played a big part in the story.  

Ms. Eason did not disappoint and I look forward to the next book in the series.

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