Tuesday, February 15, 2022

**Book Review- Once Burned (Task Force Eagle Book 3) by Susan Vaughan

 

 

NEW COVER!

Part of a series, but a stand-alone novel with its own conclusion. No cliff-hangers.


Once burned
ATF agent Jake Wescott goes undercover in his Maine hometown to find the local connection to Mexican drug-and-arms cartel’s New England operation. Who would suspect a local son living on a boat and fixing up his grandmother’s house? On his own time, he can’t resist digging into the old fire that killed his girlfriend. What he finds makes him suspect the cause wasn’t accidental but arson.

Twice shy
Lani Cameron's return to Maine throws her into a tinderbox of danger. She has no memory of the fire that killed her twin sister and scarred her, inside and out. When she learns Jake is investigating the fire’s cause, she wants in. She couldn't save her twin but maybe she can dispel the guilt and nightmares by finding the truth. Seeing Jake again revives attraction she kept hidden, but who does he see when he touches her, Lani or her twin?

And into the fire
Because of his girlfriend's death and that of a colleague, Jake doesn't trust himself to protect anyone, especially Lani, as daring and determined as she is sexy. He fears she'll become a target, but he needs her lost memories of that night. When the arsonist tries to kill her, Jake becomes her reluctant protector. The search binds them together, and intimacy ignites passion. As they uncover secrets, they face danger more explosive than they’d feared.
5 STARS
 This story was outrageously good. It had action and mystery off the charts intense and unpredictable. I did develop a suspicion about one particular person being a baddie. But that didn't happen until ALMOST the end of the book. And there was more involved than I had originally guessed. I enjoyed that a lot.
I just have to also mention how much I liked both Lani and Jake. Lani could cop an attitude like no one else but it was to guard a tender heart. It was her armor; sarcastic snark. She was also so tired of people just leaving her, not being trustworthy or dependable. Jake really had his hands full when it came to dealing with her. He had no luck at all when it came to try to keep her out of any investigations. Especially the one that killed her twin sister. Gail.
I was very satisfied with how everything ended. Villains uncovered and dealt with and hope for the future.

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