This Book Review is posted by Anna Patterson.
Writer, Journalist, Book Reviewer,
I
received a copy of this book to read through the Net Galley program in exchange
for an honest and unbiased review which I am happy to share now.
There is something immediately engaging about
the couple, Amanda and Jake. She was a business administration professional and
met him in the same capacity. They also had something else in common, as he
explained it; a basic belief that “spirituality was best kept in your own mind
and soul.”
Once married they found their
friendship grew even more, but he had a little trouble accepting her special
gifts to catch mental glimpses of the future, both good and bad. It was this
gift, and their willingness to help out a friend, which interrupted their break
they were enjoying in a condo in Hawaii .
Confronted with a friend’s heart-felt plea for help finding his missing wife
and daughter and a former friend of his they found innocently that this sent
the couple into a gripping adventure into terror.
While they found themselves
locked into one perilous situation after the other, a girl they sought
struggled with survival and agonized over the events which had brought her to
this point. The author described this in this way, “She had to figure a way to
get her family out of this mess. Carlos was supposed to be her friend.”
Meanwhile a Hawaiian police
detective doesn’t know what to make of this couple when they arrive on the
scene of his on-going investigation. Nonetheless, he takes them seriously since
he knew they had once helped Canadian authorities track leads and finally break
a case which had seemed too tough to solve.
I would give this book Four Stars,
I did enjoy it, and found the couple and their exploits very enjoyable reading.
The villains of the piece were in sharp contrast, rather a surprise, and the
book’s descriptions of their lives and outlook was rather a shock of violence
compared to the couple’s daring and yet very pleasant situations. Nonetheless,
Amanda and Jake had hidden depths of character and abilities which came out as
the book progressed. I did enjoy the read, and would have liked the book to be
longer. I look forward to reading the next mystery involving this
couple.
The book
description tells of Jake Bannon and his wife, Amanda, and how their successful
careers later gave way to a rescue mission involving something else they showed
expertise in: firearms and serious survival skills.
The author, Desiree A. Bombenon,
was born in Colombo ,
Siri Lanka, and has been a successful CEO and certified strategic leader. She
is a member of the Young Presidents Organization and has won several industry
and leadership awards globally.
