"Chasing Secrets" by Lynette Eason

About this book:

  “Elite Guardians bodyguard Haley Callaghan may be in South Carolina, but when a photo leads investigators in West Ireland to open a twenty-five-year-old cold case, her life is suddenly in danger. Haley knows how to take care of herself; after all, she's made a career out of taking care of others. But after an uncomfortably close call, Detective Steven Rothwell takes it upon himself to stay with her--and the young client she has taken under her wing. A protector at heart, he's not about to let Haley fight this battle alone.
  In a sweeping plot that takes them into long-buried memories--and the depths of the heart--Haley and Steven will have to solve the mystery of Haley's past while dodging bullets, bombs, and bad guys who just won't quit.”


Series: Book #4 in “Elite Guardians” series. Reviews of Books: #1 Here!, #2 Here!, and #3 Here!

Spiritual Content- Prayers; Talks about God, believing, & forgiving; ‘H’s are not capital when referring to God; Steven says he isn’t happy with God right now, but still prays; Mentions of God, peace, & forgiving; Mentions of talks about God; Mentions of prayers & praying; Mentions of pastors & preaching; Mentions of Heaven; A few mentions of thanking God; A few mentions of blessings & being blessed; A couple mentions of Bibles; A couple mentions of Bible studies; A couple mentions of a cathedral;

*Note: A couple mentions of evil; A mention of demons; A mention of Midas.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘rats’, a ‘son of a gun’, four ‘dumb’s, four forms of ‘idiot’, eight ‘stupid’s, and nine ‘shut up’s; Mentions of curses (said, not written); Sarcasm & Eye rolling; Prologue has terror and a young girl seeing her father dead & mentions of gunshots, shooters, blood/bleeding, and screams (up to semi-detailed); Being held hostage, being held at gunpoint, almost being drowned, being bait, fighting, pain, knifes, threatened, & blood/bleeding (semi-detailed); Being shot, gunfire, bullets, pain, blood/bleeding, & screams (up to semi-detailed); Seeing someone die & blood (up to semi-detailed); Being kidnapped, being gassed, & passing out (up to semi-detailed); Villain’s POV after shooting someone & being willing to kill again (up to semi-detailed); Nearly all about mentions of violence, murders, how they happened, killers, dead bodies, gunshots, bullets, shooting, being shot, pain, screams, injuries, blood/bleeding & the smell; Many mentions of an assumed mafia hit & slaughtered people (including an infant, barely-above-not-detailed); Many mentions of an explosion, deaths of children and adults, & trying to find the killer (up to semi-detailed); Many mentions of murders, murderers, killing, & shooting (up to semi-detailed); Many mentions of drive-by shooting, shooters, & violence; Many mentions of mafias, gangs, hit-men, & thugs; Many mentions of criminals, crimes, felons, arrests, jails, prisons, & parole; Many mentions of pain, surgeries, stitches, & scars; Mentions of being shot, bullets, blood/bleeding, & brain matter (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of serial killers; Mentions of being willing to kill & hired assassins; Mentions of supposed to die & be killed; Mentions of the possibility of being killed; Mentions of threats of killing; Mentions of blood and deaths being on someone’s hands; Mentions of suicides, depression, & guilt (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of almost being drowned (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of fighting, blood, bruises, & injuries (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of a drunk driver that killed/hit a child (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of terrorists & plots; Mentions of car accidents & deaths; Mentions of morgues & autopsies; Mentions of hostages, snipers, & gunshots; Mentions of explosive devices; Mentions of illegal businesses & dealings; Mentions of stealing, muggings, robberies, break-ins, & knives; Mentions of car jackings; Mentions of a sting; Mentions of nightmares & remembering unpleasant events (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of domestic abuse, beatings, & injuries; Mentions of drugs, drug abuse, drug users, & addicts; Mentions of alcohol, drinking, drunks, & bars; Mentions of tattoos; Mentions of debts; Mentions of bullies & bulling; Mentions of stalkers; Mentions of hatred, threats, & betrayal; Mentions of lies, lying, & liars; A few mentions of an attack & kidnapping (Book #3); A few mentions of pirates, drownings, & deaths; A few mentions of graffiti; A few mentions of partying; A few mentions of jealousy; A few mentions of gossip; A few mentions of hunting & dressing a dear;

*Note: Mentions of & going to Starbucks; Mentions of car brands; A mention of Converse shoes.

Sexual Content- a not-detailed kiss, two cheek kisses, and two semi-detailed kisses; Touches, Embraces, & Heat (up to semi-detailed); Noticing; Blushes; Mentions of a woman’s (possible) pimp; Mentions of noticing; Mentions of a player; Mentions of dates & romance; A few mentions of embraces & wanting to embrace; A few mentions of an ex-boyfriend; A few mentions of a teen boy being interested in pretty girls; A few mentions of blushes; A couple mentions of a (possible) affair; A couple mentions of staring at another’s lips; A couple mentions of seeing couples kiss; A mention of a (possibility) of a man looking for a prostitute; A mention of prostitution; Love, falling in love, & the emotions;

            *Note: A mention of butting out of someone’s business; A mention of butting heads; A mention of a sorry butt through in jail; A mention of not giving a rat’s behind.  

-Haley Callaghan

-Steven Rothwell
                         P.O.V. of switches between them, The Killer (5x), Ian (2x), and Michelle (2x)
                                                     320 pages

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My personal Rating-

{Add a ½ star for older girls interested in law enforcement}

This is the last of this series and it's bittersweet to say the least. I've really enjoyed seeing all these tough women take down baddies and fall in love.
Since the first book, I've been looking forward to learning Haley's story--and was a story it is.
While this novel did take on a more sensitive role with all the mentions of murders of children and minors, I knew that Haley (& Steven too) would find out who was behind it all. I love reading Christian suspense because there's always a hope of good in all the well done books, like this one! :)

Come back tomorrow for a special release day interview with the author, Lynette Eason!

*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.

"Moving Target" by Lynette Eason

About this book:

  “When Maddy McKay and Quinn Holcombe don't show up for Quinn's surprise birthday party, his friends know that something is very wrong. Their search turns up little beyond evidence that Quinn and Maddy just decided to take off for a long overdue vacation. But it soon becomes apparent that they did not leave of their own accord.
  Maddy awakens in a cement room with no idea where she is. But it's not long before she realizes she's in the clutches of a madman exacting revenge by hunting. His prey of choice? Humans. Now Maddy and Quinn must run for their lives, hoping to find their killer before the next game begins. Because if they don't win this game, they die.”


Series: Book #3 in the “Elite Guardians” series. Review of Book #1 review Here! and Book #2 Here!

Spiritual Content- Scriptures are quoted, read & thought on (and twisted by the killer); Prayers; Going to a chapel; A bit of witnessing to Quinn; Talks about God, believing & getting right with Him; ‘H’s are not capital when referring to God; Maddy has a faith, but Quinn does not; Quinn doesn’t understand why God would allow pain and suffering to happen & is still mad at Him; *Spoiler* Quinn does ask God for protection for someone & hopes He hears it; Near the end, he starts talking to God & later says he knows God is the real deal. *End of Spoiler*; Mentions of God, His plans & faiths; Mentions of peace & wanting peace; Mentions of prayers & praying; Mentions of faiths; Mentions of biblical numerology, those in the Bible & events in the Bible; A few mentions of Bible reading; A few mentions of a priest; A few mentions of a fire-and-brimstone preacher; A few mentions of Judgement Day (from the madman); A couple mentions of church going; A couple mentions of mission work & a missionary; A couple mentions of divine perfection; A couple mentions of sin; A mention of a hymn; A mention of a miracle; A mention of a religious fanatic; A mention of spiritual perfection;

*Note: The madman thinks he is God’s chosen one to ensure justice and vengeance (twisting Scriptures) and has a very twisted sense of religion; A mention of helping someone have peace in the afterlife.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘darn’, two ‘shoot’s, two ‘stupid’s, three ‘dumb’s, and three ‘idiot’s; Sarcasm & Eye rolling; A couple mentions of curses (said, not written); Pain, screams, being drugged, being kidnapped & passing out (semi-detailed to detailed); Threats, fighting, attackers, shooting and killing someone, kicking/fight dogs, blood/bleeding, being shot, injuries & fevers (semi-detailed to detailed); Watching a couple of recordings of deaths (up to semi-detailed); Finding a bleeding body (thought to be suicide, up to semi-detailed); Being held at gunpoint, knife point & crossbow point (?); Bombs, knifes, Crossbows & crossbow bolts (up to semi-detailed); Bombs at a school, children are put in danger & smoke (the killer is willing that a few children die to get his end goal, up to semi-detailed); Throwing up; All about a serial killer (who says he’s a hunter), people disappearing (his victims), his game with the victims having a high possibility of dying (semi-detailed), his dead victims, chasing him & running away from him; The thought/plans to kill evil people or bring vengeance to others; We see the Killer’s point of view (including a couple times when he wanted to kill someone, but didn’t, and later suffocating another); Many mentions of dying, the possibility of dying, slow painful deaths, cheating death, those who should’ve been dead, killing innocents & bodies (barely-above-not-detailed); Many mentions of Quinn’s sister’s suicide that others think was a hunting accident & Quinn finding her (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of brutal serial killers, their dismembered/mutilated victims & the bodies being burned or delivered to the families (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of serial killers finding pleasure in killing their victims; Mentions of killers, a slit throat, being left to die, injuries & broken bones (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of the smell of death, bodies decomposing in a mass grave & those victims and how they died (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of an ambush, a sting to rescue trafficked illegals and arrest the perpetrators, & the agents’ deaths (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of coming upon what looks like to be another suicide (up to semi-detailed);Mentions of crossbows, being shot at, pain & blood/bleeding (semi-detailed); Mentions of a drop-off with spears & the pain it could’ve caused (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of hurting a dog (though he didn’t want to) & trying to help it later (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of a hit-and-run, a girl being hit on her bike & her injuries (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of threats & threats of killing; Mentions of hatred; Mentions of being drugged, poisons & poisonous gas; Mentions of traitors; Mentions of embezzlement, arresting someone, an attempted murder & car accident; Mentions of drinking, drinks, alcohol, a bar & (not) being drunk; Mentions of hunting & shooting animals; Mentions of lies & lying; Mentions of nightmares; Mentions of inflections of wounds & fevers; Mentions of throwing up (barely-above-not-detailed); A few mentions of punching someone; A few mentions of a divorce; A couple mentions of a terrorist; A couple mentions of a mafia case; A couple mentions of someone killed in a car wreck; A couple mentions of prisons; A couple mentions of stealing; A couple mentions of jealousy; A mention of a serial killer killed in a prison riot; A mention of a mugging;

*Note: A mention of GQ magazine.  

Sexual Content- two almost kisses, a cheek kiss, an ear kiss, three head/forehead kisses, two barely-above-not-detailed kisses, two semi-detailed kisses, and a detailed kiss; Touches, Nearness, Smelling, Embraces & Warmth/Heat (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of a cheating spouse, an affair & her unfaithfulness; Mentions of a kiss & kissing (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of noticing a couple of men’s muscles; A couple mentions of pictures of a woman with a lot of men (nothing too suggestive, but some could be questionable); A couple mentions of helping someone of the opposite gender shower that could be taken the wrong way; A mention of a serial killer raping & then killing his victims; A mention of sexual assault; Love, falling in love, & the emotions.

-Maddy McKay

-Quinn Holcombe
                              P.O.V. of switches between them, Olivia (2x), Bobby (1x), & The Killer (7x)
                                                     318 pages

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My personal Rating-

{Add ½ a star for older girls interested in law enforcement}

I had a feeling this one would be creepier than the first two, and in a lot of ways it was. I honestly can’t recommend it for anyone who doesn’t like insanely suspenseful or serial killer chasing the main characters kind of books. It’s definitely both. I admit, there were some times I though “Eww, gore” or “Did I really need to know that?” (because my imagination is quite active, y’all) and did lower ratings for those parts. The whole plot wasn’t a walk in the park, though. It’s all about a sociopathic serial killer trying to get revenge (in justice, in his eyes, more on that below) on Maddy & Quinn. There were some parts I didn’t seen coming, but the majority of the time, I had an inkling what was going to happen next.

I’m not a fan of books that even mention twisting Scriptures. That’s not okay to me. This one was different, however, in the fact you kind of figure out the killer is a madman and you really don’t take him at his word.

There was quite a bit of Spiritual Content (and not just from the twisted killer’s POV), which was nice and seemed realistic. I really liked Maddy and Quinn, and do plan on read the fourth and final book in this series when it comes out. But, this series really isn’t for those who don’t like suspenseful reads or books with serial killers—and nothing is wrong with that, I definitely didn’t when I was younger, but have become highly interested in Criminal Justice, so that’s why I have read (and mostly enjoyed) this series. ;)

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.