When Black Raven Private Security Contractors is hired to beef up security at several US prisons, Sebastian Connelly, Black Raven's owner, sees this as a way to increase his company's already sterling reputation. However, when there is a jail break the day before Black Raven's systems go online, Sebastian knows that everything he has worked for may be on the line. One of the escapees is a famous computer genius, so Sebastian tracks down his daughter, Skye, hoping she will lead him to her father, but when Sebastian arrives at Skye's bakery, he stops a kidnapping attempt on Skye and her mentally challenged sister, Spring. Skye believes that her father did not escape from prison but was kidnapped for his advanced computer security program. As Skye and Sebastian track her father, they have to fight an attraction that has grown since the first time they met.
Shadows contains a well thought out mystery that includes the timely issue of government surveillance and how much is too much. Both of the main characters are very likable, and Spring's personality adds to the story. Overall, a very good read. ( )

Shadows kicks off a new series that is loosely tied to the authors first book Deceived which was a fabulous debut book.

Main premise for the series is the private security group called Black Raven which is owned and run by Sebastian Connelly. When the federal prison they were setting up security for is hacked and a group of prisoners escape Sebastian mission is to make sure all the prisoners are recaptured and returned especially Richard Barrows who was serving time for tax evasion but is also one the world smartest men but also a huge conspiracy theorist. The author lets us as the reader know there is a lot more going on that just a prison break but Sebastian and his team don’t believe that’s it anything more than a man who wanted out of prison.

Richard has two daughters. One is as smart as he is and the other suffers from a few different disorders. When Skye gets a message from her father she knows bad things are about to happen and tries to take her sister and run. Before they can get away Sebastian and his team catch up to them and things go from bad to worse as someone wants the girls to use as leverage to make their father give up codes to a program that would have devastating consequences if in the wrong hands.

The concept of a private security group isn’t a new one but how this group is run had a lot of unique things about it that made it different. The two main leads – Skye and Sebastian were defiantly not your normal romantic suspense couple.

I was impressed with the first book I read from this author and looked forward to her second book and I wasn’t disappointed. She writes stories full of intrigue and fast paced plots that keep you on the edge of your set.
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