Series: Detectives Kane and Alton #0
Published by Bookouture on September 6, 2021
Format: eARC
Source: Net Galley
Pages: 153
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Also by this author: Don't Tell A Soul , Bring Me Flowers , Follow Me Home, The Crying Season, Where Angels Fear , Whisper in the Night , Break the Silence, Her Broken Wings, Her Shallow Grave, Promises in the Dark, Be Mine Forever, Cross My Heart , Fallen Angel, Don't Look Back , Pray for Mercy, Kiss Her Goodnight, Her Bleeding Heart , Chase Her Shadow , Now You See Me, Their Wicked Games, Dark Angel, Where Hidden Souls Lie
David Kane’s completely gripping origin story. Find out how he went from Black Ops to Black Rock Falls in this short 150-page read you won’t be able to put down.
She pulls the door of her office closed and hurries over to her beaten-up old Toyota parked in a deserted alley. Slipping into the driver’s seat, she checks the rear-view mirror, and her heart stops. Staring back at her are the dark eyes of a stranger. She opens her mouth to scream, but it’s already too late…
When secretary Annie Parkes is snatched from the street outside of her workplace, David Kane is tasked with finding her. Strong, highly skilled, and secretive, he’s a loner and an outsider; the only man the military trust to find Annie before her kidnappers make good on their promise to kill her.
But as Kane pulls Annie from a derelict building, gunshots ringing through the deserted streets around them, he realizes rescuing her is just the beginning. He needs to keep her close to find out who is behind her capture, and to keep her safe.
Hiding out in a remote part of town, Kane feels the walls he put up around himself many years ago begin to slip in front of Annie. Could she be more than just a job? With an old enemy hot on his tail, showing any weakness could be fatal—but when Annie is dragged back into danger once again, could he already be too late?
Oh god, this book broke me! I love Dave Kane and learning his backstory of him and Annie was just bittersweet as we already know the outcome. Although I do love that we found out what Dave did when he went away with Shane and I love how Dave got his name!!
I still want a backstory for Shane but I loved that he featured so heavily in this. Again, all bring us to Kane and Alton finally meeting.
I love Annie, I am so in Annie camp. I didn’t expect to cry as I did. I had to put it down a couple of times because the scenario with Dave and Annie was tough to read. It was dark, but light, and damn near frightening. Then when we see other things about Dave and his past, his family, well god that was sad too.
It sounds like this book is all sad, but it’s not. We have been given a gift, a gift of seeing Dave with Annie. We meet her, we watch their love and it was magical. I feel like I have been let in on a secret and it’s not one I will take for granted. I already miss Annie!
I loved this short story and seeing it behind the scenes. It worked and when you love a series as much as I love this one, then I will lap up all the stories I can get! Thank you Ms Hood for this!!!
Until next time xxx
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2022 Backlist Challenge
- 2022 NetGalley
- 2022 Reading
- Published before 2022
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