By Kelly Bridgewater
After the brutal murder of her mother and brother twelve years ago, Corina Roberts built a new life in Kentucky. But then strange things begin to happen, and she is thrust into a perilous game of life and death. With nowhere else to turn, her best hope of survival depends on her ex, army veteran Bryce Jessup.Recently returned from service, Bryce has every intention of staying away from Corina, but when threats close in around her, he isn't willing to leave her safety to chance. As their search for answers uncovers lethal secrets her detective father kept hidden, Bryce and Corina must untangle the mystery of the merciless killer intent on terrorizing and eliminating Corina's family before it's too late.
Secondary Target by Angela Carlisle is a first
time author. She wrote in a romantic suspense genre. While the climactic moment
and the revealing of the stalker has a nice twist to it, the rest of the plot
was pretty predictable and formulaic. The characters gave a nod to previous
romantic suspense heroines and heroes especially when they have a past and are
going to work through the pain of the past and try to move forward with helping
each other. Of course, I love a romantic suspense novel which features plenty
of moments of running from their lives whether it being bullets flying or cars
chasing and hitting the heroine or hero. Unfortunately, in this novel, both of
these elements happened over and over again. Totally predictable. I believe
Carlisle might become a better suspense writer. Her villain was nicely covered
throughout the story. She gave him pronouns instead of saying who the villain
is. She did a wonderful job at diving into the characters' emotions and
thoughts. I just wish, personally, that the story was unique, and not
formulaic.
I received a complimentary copy of Secondary Target by Angela Carlisle from Bethany House Publishing, but the opinions stated are all my own.
My
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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