Review: Good suspenseful, contemporary romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 18, 2014
At first, I was a little lost. After finishing the book, I re-read the first chapter and it clicked, but for some odd reason it just didn't the first time around. Once I got past that initial rocky start, the story began to make sense and I quickly got caught up in all of the suspense.The story begins with Jack and Morgan on a ferry, and it is apparent that they were familiar with each other, but not quite on the same page. He seems totally into her, and although she is insanely attracted to him and just spent the night with him, she is running away from something and obviously doesn't trust him nor want to get him involved. What she doesn't know is that he is doing his job, which is trying to catch her and turn her in to the authorities. At this point I wasn't sure if I should be indignant on her behalf or if I should like him. I'd definitely say that she was entitled to hate him. Morgan is a scientist who was working on a project to help people safely lose weight without having to diet. After finding out that someone was stealing her notes, she takes everything and runs to avoid the death of innocent people. Jack only knows that she stole the data behind the project and was hired to retrieve her. That is what he does...he tracks down people. Things start to get really complicated when emotions and attraction get in the way, and he starts to wonder if things are not quite as clear cut as he was led to believe. From here on out, they'll both be on the run and looking for answers, while battling their feelings and lack of trust given the lies and secrets between them.What I liked is that although we had bits and pieces of who was doing what throughout the story, it really took getting to the end before it all came together and we now knew all of the players involved. There was enough to keep me intrigued even if I did want to choke a character or two at several points in the story. The love scenes were pretty hot, and Jack was consistent for the most part. However, Morgan's reactions surprised me at times. Meaning, I struggled to relate to her. When you think about it, she kept things from him because she didn't want to get him involved in her problems, while he flat out lied to her and in addition, got naked with her knowing it was all under false pretenses....and she let it go a little easier than I would have. To be fair, the author did do a good job trying to rationalize it by his unexpected reaction to her, and the fact that he was now on her side and willing to take a bullet for her, if needed. There were several places where the characters would say something that I just didn't get. It could just be me not knowing or understanding the reference, but I would read it again thinking it would come to me and just ended up shrugging my shoulders and moving on, assuming it wasn't critical to the story. I still don't think they were, but it stuck with me. The book wasn't perfect and definitely needs some editing, but not annoying enough to make me want to stop reading.All in all, I did enjoy the story. The above is just my opinion and I don't think everyone who reads this would agree with me. In addition, there is quite a bit of sex going on so if you aren't in to that beware. This book is a contemporary romantic suspense.