“Air Marshal Kristine Duncan is not on duty when a hijacker attempts to seize control of the plane she and her friends are on as they head out on a much-needed vacation. Jumping into action and aided by FBI Special Agent Andrew Ross, Kristine thwarts the attack and the plane lands safely. But as the investigation into the incident gets underway, Kristine and Andrew are confused at every step. Nothing about the investigation goes as it should, and each layer they peel back just reveals another layer of perplexity.
As the two work together to navigate a web of deception, blame, and personal reckoning, they find there's more to this story than meets the eye--and more to love and admire about each other. They'll have to put their skills to the test--and their hearts on the line--to unravel the truth and ensure that justice prevails.”
Series: Book #4 in the “Lake City Heroes” series. Reviews of Book #1 Here!, Book #2 Here!, and Book #3 Here! (Also connected to the novella “In The Dark” by this author.)
Spiritual Content- A Scripture is remembered; Prayers, Thanking God, & Talking to Him; Talks about God; ‘H’s are not capital when referring to God; Kristine knows she should honor her father and mother, but wonders where the line is (because of her father’s behavior); Kristine isn’t sure that her father could change, but still prays for a miracle about him; Kristine talks to her brother about their mother being the spiritual head of their family rather than their father, adding that she gets it because “it’s what a lot of women have to do these days if they want to raise kids who love the Lord.”; Andrew says to Kristine that it feels like his prayers are hitting a brick wall and she tells him that they are not (which he knows that in his head, but it’s hard to convince his heart); Mention of God; Mentions of prayers, praying, & thanking God; Mentions of churches & church going; A few mentions of miracles; A couple mentions of Heaven; A couple mentions of godly role models; A couple mentions of being blessed; A mention of a Bible & Bible reading; A mention of a godsend; A mention of a Christian Fiction Suspense author (Kate Angelo);
*Note: Kristine has a conversation with her mother at her grave and asks Andrew to not think of it being weird; A teenager thinks the people at his church are all hypocrites.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘screwup’, a ‘what in blazes’, an unfinished ‘what the—‘, three ‘stinking’, four ‘idiot’s, four forms of ‘shut up’, six ‘stupid’s, and seven ‘dumb’s; A couple mentions of curses (said, not written); Some sarcasm & eye rolling; Some lying (due to work & to avoid telling another about feelings); Eavesdropping; Dealing with a plane hijacking & hostage situation (up to semi-detailed); Fighting, Gunfire, Shooting, Being shot/shot at (x3), Being held at gun-point, Being stabbed, Car crashes (x2), An explosion, Being kidnapped & tied-up (x2), Being drugged (x2), Pain, Injuries, Blood/Bleeding, & Passing out (semi-detailed); Seeing someone killed, fights/fighting, someone who overdosed, someone stabbed, a bad car accident, held at knife-point, injuries, & blood/bleeding (up to semi-detailed); All about & many mentions of plane hijackings, deaths and almost deaths, hostages, weapons, & threats of killing loved ones and harm; Many mentions of gangs, criminal bosses, deaths, identifying gang tattoos, & a sting; Many mentions of gunfire, being shot, being shot at, & the shooters; Many mentions of injuries, pain, blood/bleeding, & passing out (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of deaths (including of loved ones), grief, & guilt; Mentions of a terminal cancer diagnosis & death; Mentions of slit throats, a snapped neck, & brain matter showing after someone was shot in the head (all bluntly said and/or written); Mentions/hints of suicides, possible and planned suicides, suicide attempts, & an accidental overdose; Mentions of terrorism & terrorists; Mentions of car accidents, deliberate car crashes, major injuries, & a death; Mentions of crime scenes; Mentions of break-ins, robberies, stealing, a mugging, & thieves; Mentions of arrests & prison; Mentions of gas leaks & an explosion; Mentions of nightmares (of seeing deaths of others and other pas events); Mentions of blackmail; Mentions of parental abuse (emotional & manipulation); Mentions of DUIs & drunks; Mentions of drugs, drug use, & drug dealing; Mentions of gambling & addicts; Mentions of a teen running away; Mentions of divorces; Mentions of lies, lying, & liars; Mentions of hatred & a teen daughter telling her mother she hates her; A few mentions of a drive-by shooting & deaths; A few mentions of a killer & events in Book 3; A few mentions of throwing up; A couple mentions of bullying/bullies; A couple mentions of eavesdropping; A mention of torture; A mention of arson; A mention of rumors;
*Note: Kristine feels guilt over her mother’s death; Kristine and her siblings have very strained relationships with their father due to his controlling behavior and manipulation (this is a big part of the book and is shown in different ways: Kristine notes about her father wholeheartedly believing in the “spare the rod, spoil the child” philosophy and they would earn the belt for the littlest thing; Because of his controlling, Kristine and her siblings had sparks of defiance and rebellion from growing up to now (which is mentioned a few times); Kristine prepares to defend herself (verbally and physically, if needed) against her father when he is angry; Kristine talks to her brother about their father’s emotional abuse they faced growing up; *Major Spoilers* Towards the end, Kristine finds a letter from her mother to her father about her plan to divorce him if he wouldn’t go to counseling; Because of her saying this, Kristine’s father organized a hijacking to make her mother realize that she needs to stay home with their family, but it went farther than he wanted and ended in her death (he blames her mother for everyone dying, not himself); Kristine wonders if her father is a psychopath or has antisocial personality disorder; He shoots Kristine with a drugged dart and kidnaps her with the intent for their family to live in an island together; He was a cop and Kristine points out what he is doing is criminal, but he says he is protecting his kids from the world *End of Major Spoilers*); A teen says her mother doesn’t abuse her, but is controlling and doesn’t let her do what she wants, Mentions of brand names & items (Canon, SIG, Glock, Airbnb, iPad, FaceTime, Narcan, Percocet, Motrin, Keurig, Coke, Jell-O, Band-Aids, Xbox, & FedEx); A few mentions of mental health (when referring to Kristine’s father); A few mentions of car brands; A few mentions of Uber; A few mentions of superheroes (Iron Man & Captain America); A couple mentions of a sports team; A mention of a movie (The Maltese Falcon); A mention of Thomas Edison; A mention of McDonald’s; A mention of the Weather Channel; A mention of Google Earth.
Sexual Content- A fingers-to-lips touch, an almost kiss, two not-detailed kisses, two barely-above-not-detailed kisses, and a semi-detailed kiss; Wanting to kiss, touch, & embrace (barely-above-not-detailed); Touches, Embraces, Hand holding, Warmth, & Nearness (up to semi-detailed); Noticing (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of affairs & cheating; Mentions of kisses & kissing; Mentions of dates, dating, break-ups, & exes; A couple mentions of an ex-boyfriend of Kristine’s wanting to sleep with her before they were married (which she wouldn’t do); A mention of a married couple kissing; Love, falling in love, & the emotions.
- Kristine Duncan, age 32
P.O.V. switches between them
320 pages
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My personal Rating-
The bittersweet end to another Lynette Eason series is here! As a reading suggestion, I think this series would be best to read close to together as the friend group is quite large and some of the later couples first meetings happen in the first books.
I did like some elements of this book, but some elements also fell a bit flat to me. I think it was mainly because at the beginning, both Kristine & Andrew harped on their baggage a bit too much and how they couldn’t ask someone else to deal with it for my tastes. Besides that, it was more of a slow-burn romance and I liked the two of them together.
While I don’t think I actually have too many thoughts on this book, I think it would be fair to say that I did overall enjoy it. It’s not a new favorite by this author or in this series, but I really liked seeing the friend group again and seeing all the different ties of the mysteries in this book come together. It was also a nice change of pace of some classic suspense tropes being turned on its head and not the normal layout—I have to be vague for spoilers, but it made the book feel different. Like normal, however, I guessed the culprit halfway through. This fourth book had some similarities to the prior book in the series because of both Kristine & Jesslyn’s family background, though, which made me think I was reading Jesslyn’s story in a different font. Which brings me to wondering, again, how much trauma is too much trauma for main characters to go through? Both Kristine & Andrew have gone through a lot personally and also through their careers. It’s not graphic, but would be a book I would only suggest to older teens who have read and enjoyed other suspense books.
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.
*I received this book for free from the Publisher (Revell) for this honest review.
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