"Sabotaged" by Dani Pettrey

Sabotaged (Feb. 3, 2015) by Dani Pettrey.*

Talk about opposites. Former troublemaking playboy Reef McKenna and goody-two-shoes veterinarian Kirra Jacobs were always at odds as youngsters. Different locales for life (Reef) and school (Kirra) separated them, but they’ve both returned to their hometown of Yancey and have even more recently been paired together as search-and-rescue (SAR) volunteers for the world-famous Iditarod race. Reef wants Kirra to see him as he is now: an upstanding guy close to his family and his relationship with God, and her opinion of him matters, not that he’d have expected that in a million years. The true can be said of Kirra, but first, her Uncle Frank, a highly experienced musher, has her very worried. Frank’s taken himself out of the race with nothing more than a cryptic explanation right before their lives are threatened. She is to find her cousin before he reaches the finish line in Nome so Meg lives and lots of people remain uninjured. And so begins a frantic search by Reef, Kirra and the entire McKenna family to stop a villain who’s willing to risk, not just one life, but the lives of so many others to get the result wanted. Reef and Kirra will do a lot of traveling around the state of Alaska … and they’ll be followed almost every step of the way.

            “Sabotaged” rounds out the five books in Dani Pettrey’s Alaskan Courage series, and I have enjoyed it every step of the way. The novel is deemed romantic suspense, but it’s also Christian inspirational fiction, so one can expect suspense, yet also the satisfaction of a happy ending. And I love happy endings! Throughout this story and her others, it is nice to see the burgeoning faith of her main characters (especially Kirra, who’s holding onto much anger, guilt and pain from the past) and the steadfast faith of the previous main characters. She pairs the suspense and faith with strong characters who have distinct personalities, plenty of adventures and clean romance. The story moves as fast as those top-running sled dogs of the Iditarod! I highly recommend this story, but like with any race, I’d start at the beginning of the series.

            Alaskan Courage 1: Submerged

            Alaskan Courage 2: Shattered

            Alaskan Courage 3: Stranded

            Alaskan Courage 4: Silenced

* Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Bethany House Publishers. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions are expressly my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”