Rising Danger

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AGEN, JERUSHA

RISING DANGER

It's up to a K-9 handler and her canine partner to stop a bomber before it's too late.

Someone's planting explosives on dams in the Twin Cities, and Bristol Bachmann and her bomb-sniffing dog must move quickly to find them before everything ends up underwater. That means relying on the dams' supervisor -- an ex-boyfriend Bristol never thought she'd see again. Hopefully Remington Jones has grown up from the rakish charmer she knew in her academy days. Because lives now depend entirely on them.

It's an environmental terrorist who wants the dams gone, and his bid to set the waters free has lethal consequences. When he sees Bristol and her K-9 working to stop him, he sets his sights on them. Can they evade him in a lethal game of cat and mouse and protect the cities from devastating destruction before the clock runs out?

My Review:

From the compelling opening scene to the hair-raising conclusion, Rising Danger delivers a page-turner (or compulsive listener in my case) triumph. 

Any K-9 story is always a lure for me and Labrador Retriever Toby is the true hero of this one. Loved the training details and getting the inside scoop on the day-in-the-life of a K-9 team. I fell in love with Toby's goof ball side as well as his focused on-the-job persona. His partner, on the other hand, took time to warm up to. 

That's because Bristol is hyper diligent when it comes to...well everything she does. She has a need to be in control, a compulsion actually. And an unforgiving nature. Which becomes all too evident when she's forced to work with her ex-boyfriend on the most important case of her career. My, but she gives poor Remington a hard time right from the get go and doesn't let up for the majority of the book.

Rem has changed since his police academy days. Back then, his devil-may-care, roguish ways got him expelled and caused him to lose the woman he loved. But Rem has become a Christian in the intervening years and his new faith has transformed his life. If only Bristol could let her guard down long enough to notice! There's plenty of angst in their romance and I was solidly on team Rem all the way!

Love how the author takes the time to develop solid faith threads that bring extra depth and meaning to the story. So many wonderful truths spoken (not preached) into the lives of these characters (and readers!)

Intense suspense, with tons of action and a hair-raising, doomsday kinda vibe from the environmental terrorist angle had me holding my breath through most of the read. But all that intensity is punctuated by lighter moments too and I especially enjoyed getting to know the  Phoenix K-9 Security and Detection Agency's diverse all-female team. (Yay, girl power!) I'm looking forward to reading their stories in future novels.

I listened to the audible edition narrated by Eleanor Caudill and enjoyed the way she captured the intensity of the suspense and the emotions of the characters. Really plummeted me into the heart of the story.

Side note: This is the second book in Love Inspired's new Love Inspired Trade line and I'm loving these longer, meatier reads. They are only released in ebook and audible format. I know the plan is to release one book a month but I can't figure out how to source them. They don't seem to have a series tag on the Harlequin site and I'm not sure how to check what's coming up next and when. Anyone have any inside scoops for me? I don't want to miss out!

GIVEAWAY OPPORTUNITY:

This giveaway is for an ebook copy of this book

If you would like a chance to win a copy of Rising Danger, leave a comment below or email me at kavluvstoreadATyahooDOTca. If you add an email to your comment, remember to use AT and DOT instead of @ and . in order to protect yourself from spammers. If you enter the draw via email, please add the title to the subject line so it's easy to spot your entry. Draw will be held and winners announced on Saturday June 5  2021. Offer open to International Readers. Good luck!