Review: Gotta Love a Man Who Never Gives Up on His Wife!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 30, 2013
Extreme Measures is a suspense-crime-romance story.  The main characters are: Erin Prescott (Matt's ex-wife sort of --hint), Matt Giles - FBI agent (and Erin's reluctant ex-husband), Stuart O'Malley - Erin's murderous drug addict brother.The story begins with two men escaping Attica Prison via tunnels.  One is Erin's brother sentenced to life for murdering their parents for drug money; the other is Arlin Murphy killer and criminal.  Stuart is escaping with one thought in mind, killing his sister Erin and making her suffer for abandoning him (as if killing their parents wouldn't put her off a bit...).Erin and Matt were very much in love, but when Stuart killed her parents the grief for them as well as her guilt at not being able to support or help her brother sent her into a huge depression/denial phase.  She didn't feel she could turn to Matt and lack of communication had her pushing him away and out of her life.  After the divorce (which Matt didn't want) she moved a place she remembered being happy with her parents as a girl, Charleston, SC.Matt is brought into the case due to the authorities finding evidence that Stuart was intent on killing his sister and Matt's boss Jacob Brandon thought Matt would handle this better (knowing that Matt still loved Erin). Matt simply wouldn't trust anyone else to protect Erin.That's the setup.  I won't spoil the story by giving all the juicy details.  So you have quite a story unfolding here, people who still love each other and need to get back together, but are reluctant to admit that; escaped convicts leaving a trail of bodies on their way to Charleston.  The twisting and movement are very well done as are the conversations.This is a great story, not exactly complicated - but intricate in the way it all comes about and the amount of emotion and rediscovery done along the way.There were a few editing issues in the copy I read, perhaps they will be edited out in final copy.  Not many and not biggies.This is a really intense and good read for those who love the romance complications and coupled with the dramatic danger, a wonderfully good story.