I absolutely loved Angela Carlisle's debut novel, Secondary Target. What an awesome Christian Romantic Suspense. This story gripped me from the first page and would not let go. I didn't want to have to set it aside to get stuff done, and when I did set it down it took me a while to get my mind to focus on "real" life, because I was so invested in Corina and Bryce's story.
This story is told mainly from the points of view of Corina Roberts and Bryce Jessup. Corina has been living in Kentucky since her father moved them there after the tragic murder of her mother and brother. She is now the owner of an outdoor outfitters shop. At the start of the story she is staying at her overprotective, somewhat paranoid dad's place where there is lots of security. Yet even with all these precautions weird, suspenseful, dangerous events start to take place.
Though we don't know much about her and Bryce's previous relationship when the book starts, it is clear that they used to be close, but are now avoiding each other. However, these events have brought them back together, not that Corina is happy about that. But he and his sister Allye, Corina's best friend, are determined to help keep Corina safe though the threatening events taking place.
As the story progresses we learn more about their past, both the tragedy that took Corina's mother and brother from her, and the past relationship between Corina and Bryce, and what drove them apart. We also see how Corina's faith has been faltering due to all these events.
The suspense ratches up as we start to see small snippets though the eyes of the person threatening Corina. As he gets closer and closer to her we see what danger she truly is in.
The reader has to wonder if they will figure out who is after her and why in time to prevent the unthinkable.
I absolutely LOVED this book. The suspense. The mystery. The second chance love story. The faith journey. All those things were woven together wonderfully by this debut author. I can't wait to read the next story in this series. And even though this is a series, this story was perfectly wrapped up and there are no cliff hangers, which I appreciated.
I received an ARC 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.
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