Some secrets are worth dying for… to get the job done.
Keith isn’t just refusing to tell Trina about the op, he’s protecting a national secret that could destroy the lives of those he cares about the most. But not wanting to talk about a covert mission doesn’t mean he isn’t interested in spending time with the sexy historian, and the first time they kiss it’s explosive.
When the past comes pounding on Keith’s door, he’ll do anything to keep Trina safe… Anything, that is, except tell her the secret that could get them both killed.
The third book in Grant’s Evidence series, Withholding Evidence is a short novel – approximately 50,000 words/150 pages.
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Enjoyed it!
Ms Grant does it again. I love all the history in her stories. While she does take liberties with that history, her books are based on actual events which keep the storyline, characters and setting very real. Another thing I love? Learning about all the different areas an archeologist can work in. This story doesn’t have an archeologist, it has a military historian who works with archeologists.
Ms Grant develops strong female characters who are independent and alpha males with brains and heart who aren’t afraid to show their emotions. Trina and Keith fit that description well. The story opens with Trina knocking on Keith’s door early on a Sunday morning to get information on a SEAL op in Somalia. Keith promptly slams the door in her face. The action kicks in when that door slams.
Trina is on a quest and Keith is determined that she won’t be successful. Who will win out? Will it be worth it?
This book was considerably shorter than the previous two. I would’ve liked a little more of Trina’s and Keith’s story. I did feel the story was rushed. It could’ve easily been developed in so many more places. However, it was still hard to put down!
Every book in this series amazes me with not only introducing real life aspects of archaeologists of all forms but also in giving us glimpses into the jobs we don’t always hear about our men and women doing in war torn countries.
Have you heard the term Bait and Switch? Well the author got me good. If you’ve read the other books in the series especially the 2nd book you she likes to start off with a thrilling ride and never let up until the last page. Well she had me fooled the first couple of chapters in this one. Trina Sorensen is a military historian with NHHC (Navel History and Heritage Command). She’s fought hard to get to where she is in what was considered a man’s only world in the past. Her latest assignment is to gather and write from a historians view point about what happened in Somalia five years ago with a Seal team. Not used to working on something where the people are still living she not quite ready for the reception she gets from one of the men she needs to interview.
Keith Hatcher cannot believe when a woman shows up on his doorstep looking like the sexiest librarian he’s ever seen (which it seems he has a secret fetish for) and the sexual banter between these two was funny and hot until she tells him why she is there he waste no time in telling her she is wasting her time and he will never talk about that mission in Somalia.
Where the bait and switch comes in is the first couple of chapters are the back and forth between Keith and Trina when Keith decides he’d like to pursue the sexual chemistry between them. They meet again at a political party but things don’t go any better that night. Every character we’ve met in the previous books is back in this one. Mara is Trina’s boss and Erica is her co-worker. It was great getting to see them again with their men.
So yeah you’re comfortable now in just thinking this is just a romance with no action or suspense and then BAM the author throws you for a loop and the next thing you know these two are running for their lives and trying to figure out what’s going on. Is the treat against Keith for what he knows about Somalia or has Trina somehow uncovered something in her research?
This was another wild ride in a series I’ve come to love and look forward to the next adventure.
Love her heroines! And fantastic pacing, sucks you right in.
I have read all the books in this series, loved them.