If you enjoy nonstop action, intrigue, and suspense with some romance thrown in for extra measure, you’ll enjoy Shadow of Truth by Susan Sleeman. Creating realistic, flawed, but engaging characters is one of this author’s strengths along with her obvious research skills. This book is part of a series, but it can be read as a stand alone. However, it’s fun to see some of the characters from previous books make appearances in this one.

Megan Cash and Reid Maddox had some baggage from a shared history, but that didn’t stop Reid from stepping in when Megan and her ill child needed protection from a dangerous man. I liked Reid’s compassion and willingness to do what he could to help others out.

For clean Christian suspense that will keep you reading late into the night, this story is one you should pick up. Threads of forgiveness, trust, and hope bring some inspiration and depth to it.

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy. All opinions are my own. ( )

BREATHTAKING

“Norman Fowler was free to terrorize her again.”
With this opening sentence, bestselling author Susan Sleeman takes readers through a breathtaking plot that involves a bank robbery witness who was threatened with revenge when she would not back down from her testimony. Years have passed, and now she is a single mom with a critically ill child in the hospital, again, and just in time for Christmas. Can you imagine the fear and helplessness a parent would feel if their vulnerable child were suddenly the focus of a crazed killer? And, the killer was after her, too? To complicate matters even more, the person who responds to her bloodcurdling screams for help is none other than the Former FBI Agent who worked her case, and they also crossed the line and developed feelings for each other. That is until he decided his career was more important and left. There are still a lot of feelings between them, and they are not all positive. It is at this point in the plot that Sleeman works her magic and uses all the intense suspense to build the romance. She is masterful at this! This book is another winner! ( )