By Kelly Bridgewater
When she was just five years old, Melissa Braxton watched her
father take her mother's life. Separated from her sister, Lola, at that time,
Melissa grew up with a strong desire to help those stuck in abusive
relationships. It's why she became a family therapist and opened a domestic
abuse shelter.
After losing a leg to a gunshot wound in the
line of duty, Phil Osbourne has felt like a man without a purpose--until he
hears Melissa's story and decides to use his Special Forces contacts to track
down her missing sister. He knows what he discovers will break Melissa's heart.
What he doesn't realize is that helping the women reunite will bring the cartel
down on them like the Category 5 hurricane striking Miami.
Bruised yet not quite broken, Melissa and Phil
battle the storm and the cartel, calling on strength they didn't know they had
to escape death, save the innocent, and--just maybe--find healing in each
other's arms.
My Thoughts:
Honor’s Refuge
by Hallee Bridgeman was much better than the previous two books in this series.
The plot still had a lot of down time, but there were moments thrown in where
the readers were actually paying close attention to Melissa and Phil’s story as
they tried to help one abused victim. The climactic moment near the end of the
novel was a struggle for the characters, but it was nice to see Phil in action
even though he has one less leg. Melissa is a brave woman who puts herself in
the line of danger to help abused women to escape their abuse partners and learn
how to move forward. Bridgeman does a good job at showing the guilt some of
these women feel from their abusers. Of course, what romantic suspense novel
would be without a touch of romance to the story. It was not overwhelming, but
the happily-ever-after moment at the end of the novel was predictable and
unoriginal. I wish romantic suspense novels would stop ending like that.
Overall, Honor’s Refuge by Hallee Bridgeman had more suspense with a
touch of romance.
I received a complimentary copy of Honor’s
Refuge by Hallee Bridgeman from Revell Publishing, but the opinions stated
are all my own.
My Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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