Leslie Jones (3)

Intelligence officer, Heather Langstrom is taken captive and tortured, but in a lucky break, a Delta Force team led by Captain Jace Reed intercepts Heather as she is escaping during their mission. Once Heather begins to recover from her injuries, she and Jace along with a counterterrorism team, work together to ferret out a plot that might involve a death threat to the President on his upcoming visit or to innocent victims in the vicinity. While their attraction to each other builds, Jace and Heather have to figure out how to work together to overcome this threat.

Night Hush is the first book in the Duty and Honor series. While there are romantic elements to this plot, the number of characters and the amount of political discourse, makes this seem more like a Tom Clancy novel rather than a romance. However, there are points in the story when the romance between the protagonists takes center stage, but those moments are almost like a separate story. There is a lot of military speak in this book, but since the author has a military background, it seems authentic, if not overdone. Overall, Night Hush is a good beginning to the Duty and Honor series, introducing many characters and plot lines for future books.… (mehr)

The fact that I had never read the prior books in this series had a tiny effect on the outcome of this book for me. I only say tiny because it seemed like I should have been able to just connect with the characters without a problem. Yet, I did have a problem. Although, it seemed like it was more the storyline then the characters. Lark is the type of female that I could get behind. As a male type driven story, it was nice to have a female perspective.

As far as the story goes. There was a lot happening but at the same time there wasn't. What I mean by this is that there was a lot of talking and at times the kidnapping and cyber security aspects played parts in the story; however, the story as a whole for me was choppy and disjointed. Therefore, it did not grab my attention. Because I like Lark, I may go back and check out the first book in this series.… (mehr)