BOOK REVIEW- Dead Drift (Chesapeake Valor Book #4) by Dani Pettrey

Burning debris littering the ground . . . smoke pluming in the acrid air . . . this is just the beginning if he fails.

Seven years ago, operative Luke Gallagher vanished to become part of an elite team set on capturing a deadly terrorist. When Luke returns to face those he left behind, their help becomes his only hope of stopping his target's latest threat of an attack that would shake America to its core.

Private investigator Kate Maxwell never stopped loving or looking for Luke after he disappeared. But she also never imagined he left her or his life by choice. Now he's back, and together they must unravel a twisting thread of secrets, lies, and betrayal, all while on the brink of a biological disaster.

Will they and their love survive, or will Luke and Kate become the terrorist's next mark? 
AMAZON 4 STARS


I've been waiting to get my hands on this one for a while.  I have read the previous books in this series.   I enjoyed them all and really wanted to know what happened to Luke Gallagher.  I had my fingers crossed hoping that this book lived up to not only the other ones but my expectations.  And I did end up liking it.  It brought to conclusion more than one mystery, one of which is directly related to Luke.  It shows where he has been, what he has been up to and reveals some more of his enemies than the one terrorist he is after.  That thread alone was dangerous with plenty of action.
Another action play has to do with finding out who and where the serial killer is that killed Jenna many years ago.  The tension is high on this one too.  
It was good to see the whole team of friends working together once again.  They are more matured and skilled than when Luke knew them but so is he.  Luke has more than one attack of conscience when it comes to what he had to do while working for the CIA.
Kate still loves Luke but it's going to be a while before she opens her heart up to him again.  I liked how her faith in God was also a part of her surviving that hurt for 7 years.  Faith also plays a part in the rest of the friend but it adds and doesn't detract from the story.
It did take me a while to get back in the swing of all the cast of characters when it came to all the friends and their wives/girlfriends.  But it didn't take too long and I think it could be read as a stand-alone book because you get enough of the background to know what is going on.  I am glad that I had read the others  in the series though because they were good too.  
Everything does get tied up at the end and I was kind of sorry to see the end of it.  But who knows maybe the team will work together in the future on another "job".