"Identity Withheld" by Sandra Orchard

About this book:

  “WITNESS IN HIDING
  After exposing an illegal adoption ring, newly named "Kara Grant" is promised safety in Witness Protection. But someone has found her—and wants her dead. If only she could trust the handsome firefighter who catches her fleeing from a suspicious fire. Jake Steele seems to think she's guilty of burning her own home. But how can she tell him who she really is and what she's been through without bringing danger to the widowed single father's door? Yet with the criminals quickly closing in, taking such a risk might be her only chance at survival. Because the price she'll pay for her silence could be her life.”


Series: Not officially part of a series, but is connected to two of the author’s other books: “Perilous Waters” and “Emergency Reunion”.


Spiritual Content- Psalm 139:9-12 at the beginning; A few Scriptures are quoted & mentioned; Many Prayers; Talks about God; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Mentions of God; Mentions of prayers & blessings over food; Mentions of church going; A few mentions of a Bible & Bible reading; A few mentions of Heaven; A few mentions of being blessed & blessings; A couple mentions of Christmas; A mention of those in the Bible.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a form of ‘screw up’, a ‘shoot’, three ‘idiot’s, and three ‘stupid’s; Mentions of curses (said, not written); Pain, Injuries, Blood, Gunfire, & being shot (semi-detailed); All about mentions of threats of killing, criminals/mobs, hitmen, crimes, an illegal adoption ring, & being followed; Many mentions of fires, an arsonist, a break-in, pain, & burns (up to semi-detailed); Many mentions of abusive husbands, abuse, bruises, leaving them, & a death from an abusive husband; Mentions of murders & bodies (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of being followed & nearly killed; Mentions of a kidnapping & hypothermia; Mentions of being suffocated; Mentions of a gunman, fighting, & blood/bleeding (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of gunfire, a sniper, injuries, blood/bleeding, & a murder (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of bars, drinking, & abusive drunks; Mentions of a bomb & losing a dog to a bomb (not-detailed); Mentions of lies & lying; Mentions of nightmares; A few mentions of jail; A couple mentions of tattoos.

Sexual Content- two thumbs-to-lips touch, two hand kisses, three forehead/hair kisses, an almost kiss, three barely-above-not-detailed kisses, and four semi-detailed kisses; Noticing, Smelling, & Flutters (up to semi-detailed); Touches, Embraces, Tingles, Warmth, & Butterflies (semi-detailed); Remembering touches, an almost kiss, & a kiss (up to semi-detailed); a ‘babe’ and a ‘baby’; Mentions of kisses, stolen kisses, & married couples kissing; Mentions of touches & embraces; Mentions of blushes; Love, falling in love, & the emotions;

             *Note: Mentions of a wife dying after childbirth (barely-above-not-detailed); A few mentions of a stillborn baby.

-‘Kara Grant’

-Jake Steele
                                P.O.V. switches between them
                                                        215 pages

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My personal Rating-

I enjoyed reading this book. It felt more suspenseful than previous books by Sandra Orchard. I found the adoption parts interesting, but it did get a bit much in other content for my tastes. Not my favorite by this author, but still a good suspense!

See y’all on Friday with a new review!

*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.