Don't Resist . . . She's CALLED TO PROTECT!

I didn't get a chance to buckle my seatbelt.  So not fair.

Lynette Eason writes the way machine guns shoot . . . incredibly fast, and in a way that overloads your senses.  But that's a good thing, when you are writing a story.

With incredible ease, the reader is introduced to the characters, and forms an immediate bond with them.  At the same time, Eason ratchets up the tension to the point where you aren't putting this book down until the final page.

You've been warned.  Now, please open your book, CALLED TO PROTECT, to the prologue.  But first . . . buckle up!

Chloe St. John has BLUE running through her veins.  The daughter of the Chief of Police, she has two brothers, a sister, and a brother-in-law all dedicated to fighting crime.  You might say it's a family affair.  And one at which they all excel.

Chloe's partner, Hank, has two left feet.  He also has two right feet.  They are kind of a prerequisite for Dutch Shepherds.  And Hank excels in his job, as well.  While trained mainly for sniffing out narcotics, Hank's nose is versatile.  If he can smell it . . . he can track it.  A neat trick, that.

Chloe's recovering from a broken relationship, and the crime she's currently investigating is guaranteed to take her mind off of her personal issues.  It seems that a certain judge has a vendetta against human trafficking, and the criminals just want him to back off.  To the point where two innocent teenage girls have been kidnapped in an effort to get the judge eliminated by one of his own bodyguards.

U.S. Marshall Blake MacCallum's daughter has been kidnapped, and the ransom note has been delivered:  one dead judge, or else.  The Marshall's daughter is a Type 1 diabetic, so her health issues  further exacerbate the situation. 

As the task force closes in on the human trafficking ring, Chloe and Blake are drawn closer and closer together.  Is it just business, or could things actually be getting personal?

Touching on one of the most polarizing issues of this century - human trafficking - Lynette Eason exposes the crime in sufficient detail while still maintaining the dignity of its victims, conveying concern and compassion in equal measures.

CALLED TO PROTECT is the second book in the BLUE JUSTICE series by Lynette Eason.

I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review.

5 stars for riveting action and memorable characters

CALLED TO PROTECT

Lynette Eason

ISBN 9780800727031 (E-Book)

Criminal Investigation / Christian suspense

Revell

181 pages

$15.99

How Can A 12-year Old Boy Survive Overwhelming Odds? ONLY BY DEATH!

I’ve found a new favorite author.  Her name is Kathy Herman, she has authored twenty novels, and her writing will grab you from page one, and will not turn you loose until you arrive at the last page, emotionally wrung out, wondering “What just happened?”

It’s not just the fully-developed, complex characters.  It’s more than scenes so detailed you feel as if you were actually there.  There’s a theme of God’s grace, forgiveness, and mercy, as well as his righteousness, holiness and justice.  And Kathy doesn’t preach, so much as she speaks the truth . . . a truth that she has experienced for herself, and so she can faithfully express it through the pages of her novels.

12-year old Jesse Cummings has just witnessed a murder.  He just doesn’t know it yet.

50-something year old Liam Berne has just committed a murder.  He just doesn’t see it that way.

To Liam’s way of thinking, his mother – diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease – would never have wanted to live as she is living.  And she certainly wouldn’t have wanted her children to spend every last dime of the investment’s she and her husband had so carefully built up over the years.  So Liam is simply killing two birds with one stone . . . in a manner of speaking.

Colleen, Liam’s sister, isn’t convinced that her mother, Dixie, simply wandered off, fell into the river, and subsequently drowned.  She’s got questions, and she’s determined to find answers – even if it means spending her share of the inheritance in order to do so.

As details emerge, Jesse finds himself having to grow up a lot sooner than he anticipated.  His faith will be tested almost to the breaking point, and this fictional character will learn a lot more about trusting God and the nature of forgiveness than many of us will in a lifetime.

I received this book in exchange for my honest review.

5 stars for a work of fiction that unashamedly tells the truth.