Series:
Lost Legacy (Book 2)
A deadly foe…
Meets a lawman's secret weapon
When a family is brutally attacked in Texas Hill Country,
Sheriff Hayden Hale-Walker knows exactly who he needs: search-and-rescue expert
Kate McClafferty. Sure, his disgruntled former deputy cracked open his heart
years before…but she's the best of the best. It's only with Kate's help that
the lawman can foil a killer and kidnapper attempting to ensnare them both!
Excellent suspense combined with a second-chance love
story. When the sheriff is called to the scene of a car crash that rapidly
turns into a murder and missing persons scene, he knows he needs expert help. But
calling in SAR expert Kate opens a whole raft of complications, as he and Kate
have a turbulent personal and professional past. As high school sweethearts, tragedy
tore them apart. Years later, they were fellow deputies until competition for
the sheriff's job caused their work relationship to implode. Any interactions
since then lean on the acrimonious side.
The story's suspense sucked me in from the start, and
didn't let go until the end. The search scene had me on the edge of my seat as
Hayden and Kate searched for the mother and two little girls, only to discover
them in extreme danger. I could feel Hayden and Kate's determination to save
the children and injured woman. I liked the realism of this encounter, as Hayden
and Kate did not emerge injury-free. The effects of those injuries are also
realistically portrayed and influence the rest of the story. Following the
investigation kept me glued to the pages as changing information altered perceived
suspects and motivations. Several twists led to an exciting ending.
I enjoyed seeing the rekindling of the relationship
between Hayden and Kate. Eighteen years have passed since their high school
romance, and neither has truly moved on. Memories of their time together and
the circumstances that tore them apart are never far from the surface. It is evident
that sparks of attraction still burn underneath the animosity they exhibit, but
both try to ignore them. However, as they work together on the investigation
and have a chance to get to know each other again, those sparks become harder
to resist. Each also begins to see how youth and grief contributed to their
parting. I ached for Hayden, the first to acknowledge his feelings, because Kate
feared risking her heart again. It takes a deeply emotional revisiting of their
past for them to be able to look to a future together.
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