🎸 ⚖️ 🚔 Deadly Commitment (TheDeadly Secrets #1) (2019) 🚔 ⚖️ 🎸 - Book Review
MY REVIEW
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: New Hope Publishers
(October 14, 2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1563093049
ISBN-13: 978-1563093043
“Will
the truth about her fiancé be more unsettling than the stranger stalking her?
Danni
Kemp fears she's being stalked―but the truth is much more deadly. Her new
fiance, Robert Evans, has a dangerous secret. The homeless man who is stalking
her, Caleb, may prove to be her only escape from a hidden world of crime. Will
she discover in time that neither Robert nor Caleb are who they appear to be and
the one person she fears may be the one person she needs to trust?
The Deadly
Secrets series drops the reader into the frightening world of illicit drugs,
where ordinary lives are lost, and families are changed forever―and in a setting
so commonplace you will wonder if you or someone you love could become the next
victim.”
Thank you in advance to JustRead Publicity Tours, New Hope Publishers, and author Kathy Harris for providing a review copy. A positive review was not required, all words and thoughts are my own.
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| ["Deadly Commitment" - Kathy Harris] |
“Deadly Commitment”, a
Christian Suspense/Christian Fiction novel, is the first in the “Deadly Secrets”
series by author Kathy Harris. The novel is set in the author’s home town of
Nashville, Tennessee which is also known as Music City.
What immediately grabbed
me was “will she discover in time who she can trust”.
“Deadly Commitment”
centers around Danni Kemp, a restaurant owner. She is engaged to be engaged to
Robert Evans, a music promoter who spends almost 40+ weeks on the road.
Danni thinks she is being
stalked. But it is a secret that her fiancé is keeping that proves to be far
more dangerous. Despite Robert handing her a suitcase full of cash to “hold”,
she doesn’t have any suspicions as to what he is doing.
Homeless man Caleb
Samuels isn’t what he seems either, and Danni learns who he is quite by
accident. But, she also learns another truth – Rob isn’t all he claims to be.
Now, Danni finds herself
doubting everything he told her and caught up in his lies and crime. Danni also
finds herself drawn to Caleb who finds himself drawn to her.
She also sees the “other
side” of the drug trade which has cost her mother her life, as well as the life
of one of Danni’s employees. She at first vows to clear Robert; and then later,
helps to convict him as she learns more and more. Kidnappings, car bombs, and stalking
aside – Danni is in it for better or worse in this engaging, fast-paced, captive
novel.
The author, Kathy Harris,
expertly tackles both sides of the drug trade – the dealer/supplier who is in
it for the money as well as the addict who cannot escape the drug’s deadly
hold. The novel moves at a fast, but not rapid (or break-neck) speed as some
suspense books do. I read half the book in one session and finished it in the
second. The short-medium length chapters make this an easy read, in addition to
the pacing of the novel. I found myself cheering for Caleb and Danni early on
in this novel.
Caleb is strong, honest,
but not over-bearing. He carries his own demons which makes him believable as
the hero. Danni has her own demons as well. I would’ve liked to have seen more
of Danni’s family featured a bit more, especially towards the end. I would’ve
liked to see more of what happened with Rachel, one of the women at the “center”.
I hope to see her in the next book or book #3. Danni’s connection and words to her
were very moving.
Being that it falls under
the “Christian” genre, there is non-existent to “mind” sexual tension (kissing)
between the main characters. Harris expertly tackles loss, redemption, deception, and recovery - giving all of us hope for our lives.
Definitely enjoyed this
book and looking forward to “Deadly Connection”, book #2, in this series.
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
KATHY
HARRIS is an author by way of a
divine detour into the Nashville entertainment business where she works as a
marketing director. For years she freelanced entertainer biographies and wrote,
as well as ghost wrote, news stories and columns for various music
publications. She sold her first Christian nonfiction story in 2007, her debut
novel, The Road to Mercy, released in 2012.
You can follow her on the following social
media accounts:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/divinedetour
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