Review: Great balance of romance and suspense
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 14, 2011
Tightly written and well-balanced romantic suspense story about a mother on a quest to save her son and a fallen hero on a quest for redemption. The best part about this book for me was the action scenes. They were fast-paced and moved the story as well as the romantic involvement between Grace and Keith along with the right sense of tension and adventure. It's always difficult to involve children in a romance or suspense plot, but I felt Her Own Best Enemy managed to handle Grace's concern for her son, Ryker, and her growing feelings for Keith in a believable way. At times it felt like the past connection between Grace and Keith was just thrown in to add obstacles in a scenario that was already chock-full, but it was only a minor distraction for me as the characters and the adventure were executed really well.There are also some nice hints dropped in of other Special Ops team members who are fascinating characters in their own rights that I'm sure have stories of their own coming up.