Thanksgiving Target by Laura Scott is a 2009 publication.

Tara is watching over her friend and client, Melissa as she lies in a coma due to a vicious beating by her boyfriend. When Melissa’s brother, Max, an army Lieutenant on leave, arrives, he steps in to help Melissa when it becomes clear that someone has Tara in their crosshairs...

I’ve been a mission to find some Thanksgiving themed books this year. Surprisingly, I have stumbled across a few, after doing a deep dive at my Overdrive library- and this was one of them.

This is a romantic suspense novel, and though it is a few years old now, it hasn’t aged all that much. The story moves at a brisk pace, and the mystery is solid enough- though it was easy to figure out who the stalker was Still, it didn’t deflate the suspense.

Because these books are so short, some situations were rushed through, and not fleshed out properly, when they desperately needed to be.

Since this is a “Love Inspired” novel of suspense- which, (for those who don't know, is a Christian/ Faith-based/ Inspirational imprint), there was a strong Christian message included in the story.

While I expected the story to be clean, this one was chaste to the extreme- but that’s fine since the mystery/suspense was the big draw for me anyway.

As to the main reason I chose this book- the Thanksgiving theme…

Well…

Thanksgiving does finally come up- though I was beginning to wonder- and it was a sweet part of the happily ever after for Tara and Max.

Overall, this is not a story that will stick with me for very long. It was highly implausible at times, but was still a quick, easy, and enjoyable holiday diversion on a very cold, wet, dreary afternoon.

3 stars ( )