Review: Second chance for Anna and Nick
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 28, 2014
I think this is the first book by this author, and it does read like that. Anna and Nick grew up together in foster care, later married, then divorced. The story of this book is set 5 years after their divorce. Anna has made a life for herself, and in fact started the family she has always wanted via an anonymous sperm donation pregnancy. But then she has a series of incidents which indicate her life is in danger. Nick, an agent, is just the person to help her.I liked several things about this book, including the fact that the main characters have a long history, and our heroine is no weakling. She has mad computer skills and owns her own company. She is strong. I like the setting in Britain, which is different.However, the two main characters bicker and snipe at each other throughout the whole book. I know many people will not mind this, in fact enjoy it likely, but I did not. That is just a personal preference of mine. I did not feel at all like these characters were meant for each other. The dismal backgrounds depicted as the "why" they acted this way just did not go far enough to make me believe they could overcome and be together.The suspense plot was a bit far fetched, but this is fiction so I didn't feel that detracted any. It was well thought out and different. I liked that part. I liked the last chapter as well, the "resolution" and HEA or at least HFN. This isn't a cliffhanger at all, though I suppose it's possible there could be another book or series. Enough was left open for that, but I didn't at all feel that the author didn't complete this book to my satisfaction.I wish we heard more about the history of the hero and heroine in a less happenstance way. The little snippets shown of their history gave me the only hope I had that they were indeed in love at least at one time. Those were just tossed in randomly though. The flow wasn't perfect in this book unfortunately, but I think that is very very common of newer authors. It is great to see a new romantic suspense author! I would read another by this author.I received a copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley for an honest review.