General Fiction (Adult) | Romance
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A panicked woman drives through the night to find her mother's trailer engulfed in flames — the little sister she's never met peeking out from behind a rusted metal shack...
Teslyn McGregor had been estranged from her mother for
years when a sudden phone call and a plea for help set a disaster in
motion. I'm scared, Tessie. Promise you'll take care of Ivy if anything
happens to me. Teslyn races across two states, her entire world
exploding when she finds her mother's home ablaze and her terrified
five-year-old sister hiding nearby. She calls the only person she
believes could help — her friend Rayne's boyfriend, Ghost — but he's on a
mission and asks a friend to help in his place.
Former
Navy SEAL Wyatt Sorensen should be on a HERO Force mission hunting down
a notorious criminal in the mountains of Colorado. Instead, he's
driving across two states to help a woman he's never met, her panicked
voice on the other end of the line summoning him simply: Ghost said you
would help me.
Ghost. A Delta Force soldier, more like a
brother to Wyatt than a friend. If Ghost sent this woman to him, he
would do everything in his power to protect her. Wyatt sends a teammate
to Colorado in his place and meets the woman at a safe house, but her
Jeep matches the plate number on the AMBER alert he passed on the
highway, and she's carrying a little girl who seems uncomfortable in her
care. How can he trust this stranger who appears to be guilty of
kidnapping, and is wanted for arson to boot?
Teslyn
must convince Wyatt of her innocence, even with the forces of evil in
hot pursuit. Sparks fly between them as they unravel the web of lies
surrounding Ivy, but when the HERO Force mission in Colorado goes
horribly awry, can Wyatt forgive himself for coming to Teslyn's aid and sending a teammate in his place?
4 STARS
This story ended up being even better than I had hoped. Wyatt was one grumpy guy when it came to having this favor called in by Ghost. Wyatt had big things in the works, something that he had trained long and hard for. But for Ghost? Whatever he needs, whenever he needs whatever the cost. But that doesn't mean he has a good attitude about it especially at first. Things do slowly start to change in that area and was happy to see some tenderness and caring on his part.
Yikes what Teslyn has gone through as a child! And now coming to rescuing her sister that she knew nothing about, ups some of the worse memories. Five year old, Ivy is living the life that Teslyn escaped years ago. No matter what she felt about her mother, Teslyn was going to keep her promise to take care of Ivy. She is way out of her element and the forces gathering against her are massive. There is plenty of deliberate misinformation out there about Teslyn and quite a few close calls.
The emotions are so well shown and it didn't take long to want a better life for Teslyn, Ivy and even Wyatt.
Things come to a head between at least one main adversary that includes a spectacular chase. Good ending with hope for the future.
“I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”
(NETGALLEY)
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