Wednesday, June 03, 2020

Book Review Club - June 2020


This month I will be reviewing Surrender at Canyon Road by Debora Dale. Debbie is a friend of mine and she sent me a copy prior to its release, even though she knew I had already pre-ordered it.  That said, I would not be reviewing it or recommending it if I didn't really like it.  With that, my review is below.

Blake’s sister and nephew have been kidnapped and he will do whatever it takes to save them, even if it means hijacking a car and kidnapping its owner in the process.

Dani is on a tight deadline to enter a contest that, if she wins, will change her life and she believes will allow her to put the ghosts and demons from her past squarely in her past.

When Blake “kidnaps” Dani, she’s determined to do whatever it takes to get him out of her car and out of her life.  If he goes to prison for life, she can live with that.  She’s not buying his story about his sister and nephew’s kidnapping.  That is until she hears the desperate pleas from the nephew when the kidnappers call Blake to give him directions for the ransom drop off.

She finds herself drawn to the man who would put it all on the line for his family, something she feels she lacked in her own family.  It is then that she decides to do whatever she can to help him.

Blake has always been the one in his family to be responsible and make sure everyone else is okay and he’s had to do it on his own so when the woman he’s kidnapped starts actively helping him – even though he derailed her own goals – he finds himself drawn to her.

In a race against time, can Blake and Dani save Blake’s sister and nephew?  Will Dani be able to reach her goal of completing the contest that she feels is essential to her future and putting the past behind her?  And will there be a future for the two or was it all just passion of the moment that can’t withstand daily life?

This is a fast paced story, very well written story.  The author ratchets up the tension and I did not want to put the book down.  Very good story.  I highly recommend it.