author: Nicole Vidal
series: Blackthorne Security #1
published: 9 August 2021
publisher: Jasper Media LLC
genre(s): romance
pages: 392
source: client
format: eARC
buy/shelve it: Amazon | Goodreads
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the blurb
Our lives have been profoundly touched by death.
I lost many friends during my service to our country and my twin sister.
She was orphaned by the September Eleventh terrorist attack.
All the time afterwards before we met was less than perfect for both of us.
I was hired to protect her body.
We might be able to save each other's souls instead.
my review
This is the first book in the new Blackthorne Security series. Calliope is a pop artist who is on tour and needs new security. Connor is assigned to protect her, and the sparks fly. But while there is attraction, there is also baggage that they both must work through.
The book is very emotional in parts, with a lot of sadness and angst with the romance. That part of it I deeply loved. But there were some abrupt moments that hinted at some paranormal aspects that were never acknowledged or developed. That felt odd to me, and it took me out of the story more than once. As did the rather abrupt conversations and POV changes that made it hard to keep track of what was happening from time to time. The suspense of the novel is what really kept it moving for me. There was always something going on, although sometimes it got a little convoluted.
In the end, it was a good book that I liked, but it left feeling as if there should have been more to it.
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