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A review by kame
HOT Pursuit by Lynn Raye Harris
5.0
Evie and Matt grew up together in the small town of Rochambeau. They had been friends in their youth, but grew apart as they got older. Matt left for a military career; he is a member of the military’s elite Hostile Operations team. Evie left town as fast as she could and became a chef. She would have stayed away too if her business partner hadn’t stolen from her; after selling everything and paying all the debts she was left with nothing, so she came home to be the shampoo girl in her mother’s hair salon. Imagine her surprise when Matt walks in the door one afternoon looking for a haircut before his sister’s wedding. It doesn’t seem like he can sit back and enjoy some R&R before the wedding though, Evie’s little sister has been kidnapped!
Evie and Matt have deep feelings for each other, but Evie has some deep pain associated with the last time she saw Matt; pain he has no idea he had a part in. This pain is so deep Evie does not have any happy memories of her hometown and can’t wait to save enough money to leave again. But deep in her heart there is still love for Matt. It would have been easy for Evie to loathe Matt, and then this book could be the tired cliché of hero works to get his lost love to love him again. In this book Evie from the beginning admits she shoulders some of the blame. Matt is just a perfect specimen of military hero hotness with a little MacGyver thrown in (he is home for his sister’s wedding, this wasn’t a planned op!). While Evie is trying to live down the past, Matt is also trying to emotionally manage the feelings and regrets he has from his last operation, where failing to follow his gut caused the deaths of two men. The prologue of this book was excellent and that feeling of loss and failure set the tone of Matt’s inner fight so well.
I love romantic suspense, and this book was a five star on both parts. The suspense kept my heart pumping and the romance kept it pattering. Evie and Matt are strong characters, but we meet some of Matt’s teammates that I hope will be the heroes of future Hostile Operations books. And maybe if we can catch a glimpse of Evie and Matt’s continued love story too!
I received this book from the publisher for my honest review.
Evie and Matt have deep feelings for each other, but Evie has some deep pain associated with the last time she saw Matt; pain he has no idea he had a part in. This pain is so deep Evie does not have any happy memories of her hometown and can’t wait to save enough money to leave again. But deep in her heart there is still love for Matt. It would have been easy for Evie to loathe Matt, and then this book could be the tired cliché of hero works to get his lost love to love him again. In this book Evie from the beginning admits she shoulders some of the blame. Matt is just a perfect specimen of military hero hotness with a little MacGyver thrown in (he is home for his sister’s wedding, this wasn’t a planned op!). While Evie is trying to live down the past, Matt is also trying to emotionally manage the feelings and regrets he has from his last operation, where failing to follow his gut caused the deaths of two men. The prologue of this book was excellent and that feeling of loss and failure set the tone of Matt’s inner fight so well.
I love romantic suspense, and this book was a five star on both parts. The suspense kept my heart pumping and the romance kept it pattering. Evie and Matt are strong characters, but we meet some of Matt’s teammates that I hope will be the heroes of future Hostile Operations books. And maybe if we can catch a glimpse of Evie and Matt’s continued love story too!
I received this book from the publisher for my honest review.