Saturday, August 19, 2023

"Countdown" by Lynette Eason

Countdown (Aug. 1, 2023) by Lynette Eason.*
<This is the fourth novel in a series.>
It’s been so long since flight paramedic Raina Price has been Brianne, so long that she’s been running. Somewhere still in the world, there is Kevin Anderson, and she knows that’s not his real name. When she sees a national interview of a young, teenage snowboarding sensation, she prepares for her past to finally catch up to her. She’s been training for it all these years, and looking over her shoulder for her stalker has become second nature. She will sacrifice her own safety to protect the son of her abusive ex-boyfriend.
            US Marshal Vincent (Vince) Covelli is a tracker (of fugitives) and a protector (of his assignees). When Raina is almost killed, he vows to protect her at all costs, even taking personal time off in order to do so. It is apparent that someone wants Raina gone, and that doesn’t settle well with Vince, because he wants to build a relationship with her. He wants her to trust him. And he wants her to give her struggles and fears to God.
            Eason doesn’t write idly on. Nope, she catapults readers straight into the high-stakes melee of this cat-and-mouse game. As readers discover, it turns into more of a cat-and-cat-and-mouse game. There is tension and danger, little moments of whimsy, solid faith and shaky faith, friendships so strong that they could move mountains and the tentativeness of new love. Eason is a master raconteur of Christian romantic suspense, and I can count on her stories to be riveting and hold my attention from first page to last. My only wish is that her stories would showcase some racially diverse characters, as all of the main and supporting characters cue as Caucasian. This novel in the Extreme Measures series features a woman determined to put her traumatic past in the past, while I look forward to a future full of many more stories from Eason!
            Book One: Life Flight
            Book Two: Crossfire
            Book Three: Critical Threat

* Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Revell Books. 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.”

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