Maggie Malone is on the run
and desperate. She knows that if her
father-in-law catches her, she’s dead, just
like her husband and possibly her sister.
She’s doing her best to hide her trail but
bus tickets can be traced and she’s not
wanting that which is why when she sees a
man obviously broke and frustrated at the
garage with a car needing repairs, she
approaches him with a deal. Maggie will fix
the car if he will give her a ride to wherever he is going.
Logan Rydell has been out of
prison for a couple of days and is down to
$50. He’s heading from AZ to MN to find out
who framed him. He didn’t plan on needing to
repair the car he traded his $3000 watch
for. When the woman from the bus stop
approaches him, he can’t believe his luck.
He has no choice but to take her offer if he
wants to get back on the road but he also
can’t take chances of getting pulled over by
the cops. He knows she’s running from
something or someone. Does he dare take the
chance?
It doesn’t take long before
Maggie realizes that her father-in-law is
bribing people to help him. Can she get
away? Can she trust Logan? Will she have a
choice?
Once again, Ms Hoffman has
written an action packed suspense that will
keep you on the edge of your seat.
This story has not one but two
plots going on that end up as intertwined as
her characters.
Maggie has changed her name
and is running as fast and as far as she can
from her in-laws. She has proof of illegal
activity that will put all of them away from
a very long time, if she can get it to
someone not on their payroll! Logan was set
up and sent to prison. He has a mental list
of whom it might have been and just about
everyone is on it. He’s not sure how he’s
going to figure out who did it but he is
going to try his hardest to find out.
As Maggie and Logan work their
way across the country, they learn to trust
each other and learn about each other. Logan
doesn’t want to tell Maggie too much,
especially as she doesn’t trust the cops and
he’s a former police detective. Logan
doesn’t want Maggie to know that he’s just
been released from prison. Unfortunately,
Maggie makes up her own scenario which could
cause problems later. With adrenaline
pumping as they play cat and mouse with the
in-laws, Maggie and Logan find it hard to
not take their strange relationship to a
closer level in bed. But, as some point,
does it even matter?
Car chases, modern technology
and more money to spend than you could ever
imagine gives this suspense more of a
thriller/action feel. Private jets are used
to move the bad guys around and cell phones
keep track of Maggie’s movements. With all
the high tech gadgetry given, the only thing
missing was a cell phone charger! Of course,
most chargers are universal but that small
fact can be forgotten.
Add to all that, a long kept
secret that will change Logan’s life, a
loving but slightly strange grandmother, a
bad guy with a soft spot and lots of guns
and you might have an idea of all the plot
twists and turns. Every time things look
like they might begin to calm down,
something else pops up and instead of
feeling forces or being just thrown in
there, it feels possible and at times
probable.
I really enjoyed this book. It
kept my interest and had me wondering how
all the loose ends were going to be tied up.
Things weren’t always as they seemed and
kept me guessing. This is a terrific book to
start off your summer, or pretty much any
time.
Review from, and Copyright held by,
Literary Nymphs Reviews Only
Review by
Goddess Minx
Rating:
4 Nymphs
Maggie Carpelli is in a bad
situation, not of her own doing. She’s all
alone, and needing to make a quick escape is
at the top of her list of things to do to
survive. When she finds a clerical error
among some papers at work one day and makes
an attempt to bring it to light to her
father-in-law/boss, he fires her on the
spot. So now she is recovering from a hit
and run and decides to listen to her
deceased husband’s advice; disappear without
leaving a trail for anyone to follow her.
Logan has had only one thing
on his mind the whole two and a half years
he was in prison, and that is to find out
who framed him. He is always writing notes
in his little tablet to keep track of
things, and revenge might not be as sweet as
he imagined when he gets back to his home
town Duluth, Minnesota. What he didn’t
count on was having to get help from a mousy
woman, who is in need of his help.
Edge of Daybreak is a
thrilling suspense story that had me
wondering what would happen next. I had to
make myself focus on Logan and Maggie’s
travels instead of trying to think about
when the villains would catch up to them. Believe me, I was not disappointed doing
that!
This is a new author for me. Ms. Hoffman’s creativity kept my
attention through the whole book. She makes
an eventful story you will want to read to
know what is going to happen to the
characters. The way she presented the
personalities of Logan and Maggie are truly
believable and I was cheering them on all
the way to their destination. They were
able to accomplish their goals, both
together and separately to some degree, and
they never stopped trusting each other.
Logan may have started out as
a tough guy, but quickly developed into the
strong manly person his grandmother taught
him to be. Maggie did surprise me because
I thought she would never grow a backbone
but once she did, she never let go of it. I
applaud Logan and Maggie for their
determination to stick together and solve
their problems for each other. Adding in
loyalty, steaming hot sexual attraction and
love only made reading this story better for
me.
I really enjoyed reading Ms.
Hoffman’s Edge of Daybreak that told of
beautiful scenic areas, and will add this one
to my keeper list.
