In New York Times Bestselling Author Cynthia Eden's gripping new LOST novel, who's the cat and who's the mouse…?
SHE
LEFT HIM ONCE.LOST Agent Ana Young was only fourteen when she was
abducted by a madman, but unlike many kidnapping victims, she did go
home. Now, her mission is to find the missing. But her new case has her
on the hunt for the escaped convict who's obsessed with her. And Ana has
an unlikely partner-the sexy, supposedly-by-the-book FBI agent she had
one amazing night with and had to forget.
NOW HE HAS TO PROTECT
HER 24/7…FBI Special Agent Cash Knox knows that Ana, the petite,
tough-ass former bounty hunter, can get the job done again. But this
time, someone else leads them to "Bernie-the-Butcher," someone who's
been watching Ana. Waiting for her.
FROM A CRAZED KILLER.
Now,
catching a deranged murderer means Ana must trust her guarded heart to
the gorgeous, complicated G-man she wasn't supposed to fall for.
5 STARS
I was looking forward to Ana's story. And it was good, with plenty of depth but also plenty of darkness that Ana went through. She's a survivor for sure but as tough as she is, she also felt like parts of her died during her torture. Her twin brother Asher shows up in the story and he is still aggressive in his trying to continue to protect Ana. He also does a deep dive on Cash and discovers some really surprising things!
Cash keeps telling Ana he is NOT a white knight but she's looked in killers eyes before and feels that he is one of the good guys. Good guys weren't someone she usually was interested in. So there is part of the struggle right there, because although he is fighting it, Cash is all in where she is concerned. He has his reasons for trying to keep his distance but it's not really working.
Once again a really clever opponent/killer is running everyone around. And there are PLENTY of surprises during that time. It was totally unpredictable and I never saw things coming. I liked that.
One thing that I found kind of distracting was the often repeated, replaying of Ana & Asher's being tortured. It was same session over and over and even shows up in the nightmare's that she was having. Oh, I get why she was having that kind of nightmare but it felt a bit overplayed. But that is the only thing that slowed me down about it.
I liked what Asher wanted for Ana. He wanted her to be happy. And to find a man who was worthy of her, who made her the center of his universe and would lie down his life if needed. That whole section was so special.
The tension and danger just keeps getting higher. The romance between Ana and Cash keeps getting better too.
The story comes to a stunning conclusion and with an Epilogue that presents come interesting ideas.
I read this through the Hoopla Library App
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