Review of Unknown Threat by Lynn H. Blackburn

U.S. Secret Service Special Agent Luke Powell should be dead. Surviving an attack against he and his friend, Luke is on a mission to find out who is after him, and who killed three other special agents that were his friends. FBI Special Agent Faith Malone is assigned to oversee the case. Her tenacity of not losing a case has her determined to solve this one. Luke and Faith have to work together, and put aside their differences, to catch a killer before the killer catches them.

This is the 1st book in the Defend and Protect Series by Lynn Blackburn. She does a great job weaving together a thrilling story where the action doesn't stop until the very end. What I did enjoy was you had no idea who the "bad guy" was until the end. I think this kept the reader engaged throughout the entire story. I also enjoyed the crossover characters from her previous series and how they played a small, but integral part, in this book. If you enjoy a page turner that keeps you guessing until the end, you will enjoy the first book in this new series.

Revell Reads sent me this complimentary copy to review for them. Opinions expressed are my own.

Review of Facing the Dawn by Cynthia Ruchti

Mara Jacobs is barely holding life together. With her husband on the other side of the world saving people by providing clean water, she is back home raising three kids, two of which are heading down the dangerous paths. Tragedy strikes. Again and again. And Mara is plunged in to grief, despair, depression and does not even know how to begin to hold it together. 

What a beautifully tragic story of how to grow amid walking in grief. This is the first book I have read by Ruchti and she did an amazing job bringing the reader in to the Jacobs' home, in to their lives, their emotions, their grief. This was by far from a light, airy book, but one with heaviness, but redemptive heaviness. You can see the cracks of light shine through the darkness as the story progresses all the way to the end. You can feel the pain, the anger, the love, the forgiveness that takes place within the characters. How forever friends are always there. How new forever friends are formed. How family rallies. A fantastic read by ruchti.

Revell Reads sent me this copy to review for them. Opinions expressed are my own.