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I love to read, have always loved to read. In fact, I can have three to four books going at a time usually. This is a blog of my journey through different reading challenges, in which I hope to share the books I read along with my thoughts, inspirations and the weird ideas gleaned from each book along the way. Come and join me! In addition, I will be attempting to improve my own writing to move along the path I see before me, a path strewn with the words I desire to form into stories.
Oh my goodness, Lethal Danger by Jerusha Agen is an amazing romantic suspense story. This is my first book by this author but it won't be my last. I had the opportunity to be on the launch team for this book, and, even though I usually prefer to read series in order, I decided I would read this anyway because it sounded so good. I will say, if you are like me and prefer to read series in order, yes, you probably should with this series. I'm assuming each book focuses on one of the ladies in the Phoenix K-9 agency, and by reading this book I already have some spoilers regarding the previous books in the series. I have every intention of going back and reading from the beginning though. If this book was any indication, the rest of this series is going to be awesome as well.
This book focuses on Jazz Lamont, one of the ladies in the Phoenix K-9 agency. One who doesn't quite feel like she belongs. The has felt alone all her life and has put up walls. She is also a huge fan of Hawthorne Emerson's thrillers. Hawthorne Emerson just happens to be the male lead in this book. Both are working security for the Tri-City Fair. The Fair is where Jazz has all her happy memories from her childhood, and she is concerned when accidents start occuring at her beloved fair. Hawthorne has joined the security at the fair to dig into what his younger sister deems the suspicious death of her boyfriend two years earlier. Jazz and Hawthorne meet as they try to rescue someone at the scene of the first accident.
The story takes off from there. With more suspicious accidents, attacks on more than one character's life, danger, suspense, twists and turns (quite a few I didn't see coming), and a possible romance between Jazz and Hawthorne. Though is this a relationship that will be able to develop with the baggage from their pasts. And will they both survive the danger that seems to be coming at them from multiple sources?
I have to tell you, I did NOT want to have to put this book down. It grabbed me from the very beginning. The author did a wonderful job making me care for these characters, the main characters and all the supporting characters, including Flash, Jazz's K-9 partner. So yes, I definitely want to read their stories.
Most importantly, faith plays a crucial role in this story. We see the importance of forgiveness, and redemption, and putting our faith in Christ. We see the importance of no longer being a slave to sin, but of giving our all to Jesus.
I highly recommend this book, but yeah, make sure you do what I didn't do, and read the previous books first. LOL.
I received an e-copy of this book as a member of the launch team and was not required to write a favorable review. These are my own honest thoughts.
Oh my goodness, this book was so good! I am a huge fan of time travel stories, so when I realized Sarah Hank's newest book had time travel in it, I was so excited. This has got to be my favorite book of hers. I was even more excited to realize it is the first book of the Time Sailors series, so more books are to come.
What a unique take on time travel. Stella and her best friends, Wendy and Claire, are on a cruise on their way to Hawaii prior to her marriage to Everett. Though they are such close friends, they are all hiding something from the other two. Suddenly, Stella mysteriously steps out of the elevator to find herself on a steamboat over a hundred years in the past, in anti-bellum Missouri. A Dr. Duncan comes to her aid, but is he someone she should put her trust in? Adding to the mystery is that there is a Dr. Duncan who introduces himself to her friends in the current day timeline. Yes, we get to see the story from both timelines, and from all three friends' points of view. And Wendy and Claire are able to communicate to Stella, and vice versa, through an antique mailbox.
Stella has a mission to fulfill in order to make it back to her time, but she's not sure how she can accomplish that when she has no clue what it is. Wendy and Claire attempt to help her, researching what they can, discovering what happened to the steamboat she is on back in the 1850s. But they are dealing with their own issues as well.
This story drew me right in and wouldn't let go. I was intrigued by the time sailor take on time travel. The author did a great job making me care for all the characters, though there were quite a few times I was frustrated with them when they failed to communicate with each other. Which I guess is sort of hypocritical seeing as I am bad at communicating and opening up. The conflict and danger in the 1856 timeline gripped me and kept me swiping through the pages. As did the relationship issues in modern day. But most importantly there was the faith thread that wove through each of these storylines. Learning to fully trust in Jesus and put one's life in His all-powerful hands.
I received an e-copy of this book as a member of the launch team and was not required to write a favorable review. These are my own honest thoughts.