From New York Times bestselling author Allison Brennan comes the next installment the Lucy Kincaid series, Breaking Point. “IF YOU HAVEN’T BEEN READING THIS TRULY EXCEPTIONAL LUCY KINCAID SERIES, THEN YOU HAVE BEEN MISSING OUT…MIND-BLOWING.” –RT Book Reviews Bella Caruso survived a nightmare of abuse and betrayal. Today, she has dedicated her life to saving other young women from the hell … her life to saving other young women from the hell that almost killed her–first as an officer of the law, then by stepping outside the law and into the darkness where true evil dwells. Now, it appears that the darkness has taken her once again.
JT Caruso often worries about his sister, given her line of work. This time, when he learns that Bella is working undercover to find a missing girl involved in a dangerous prostitution ring, JT asks FBI Special Agent Lucy Kincaid for help.
Even with Lucy’s extensive experience in running down human traffickers, finding Bella will not be easy. Not only because she is in too deep. But because Bella, who will not rest until she saves the girl, doesn’t want to be found…
“BRENNAN [IS] A MASTER.”
–Associated Press“CAN’T-PUT-IT-DOWN SUSPENSE.”–Fresh Fiction
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I had to take a breather, especially when Bella is trying to figure out if its the same Tommy. And D…man I am conflicted. A fast paced FBI and other alphabet soup mystery, thriller about sex trafficking and underage girls. Triggers of rape, murder.
Breaking Point is Allison Brennan’s latest Lucy Kincaid novel. While considered a Lucy book, it is as much about Bella Caruso as it is Lucy. The insight into the Caruso family makes the entire story much richer and more interesting. Lucy does struggle with some big issues in the novel, long-time readers will struggle along with her as she makes some tough decisions. As with previous Lucy books, the story takes many interesting twists and turns before it comes to an explosive conclusion. This series is an auto-buy for me and I don’t see that changing that any time soon.
Breaking Point combines the Kincaids, Rogans and RCK Protective Services into a thrilling story about human trafficking.
Even though this is technically a Lucy Kincaid series – the main heroine of this book is Bella Caruso. She is JT Caruso’s younger sister. JT has been a secondary character throughout many books.
When Bella was a teenager she was sold into sexual slavery by her father. Her brother JT, who had been away serving in the Marines was the one to rescue her when he found out what their father had done. Since then she has been a cop and now works for a private organization who mission is to rescue under age girls from sex trafficking. Bella has been undercover in a dangerous prostitution ring. She has been trying to save as many girls as she can. She managed to save two but there is one missing girl she wants to find before she leaves. Her mission is admirable but by staying to long she has put herself at even greater risk.
FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid has a new boss and the two don’t play well together. Lucy is initially asked to help find Bella by JT but soon after the body of a dead of a police officer is linked to the prostitution ring the FBI is pulled in officially.
This was a good book but it did IMO suffer from way to many characters/groups/organizations/bad guys – it was almost impossible to keep up with them all. But Bella’s story – past, present and her present after its all over – was heartbreaking and one emotional ride.
Allison Brennan really delivers with another wonderful read in the Lucy Kincaid series.
The name of the author of this book, Breaking Point is Allison Brennan. This is a story in her Lucy Kincaid series. That’s all I needed to see to know that by picking up this book I was about to have a very exciting, very suspenseful adventure.
As expected this story has a very well-thought-out. well-developed plot with lots of surprises and suspense. As well as being a story about one of my favorite characters, Lucy Kincaid and the various other personalities that are usually featured in the Lucy Kincaid series this story also highlights Bella Caruso, sister to J.T. Caruso of RCK, Rogan-Caruso-Kincaid Protective Services. In this book Bella Caruso, pretending to be a doctor, is deep undercover with a prostitution/human trafficking ring. Bella is such a complex character yet Allison Brennan brings her to life in such a way that the reader can empathisize with her as well as stress with her about the part she plays in assisting such despicable characters. I found myself rooting loudly for Bella’s cause and success. I’m sure readers will enjoy following Bella through her trials and successes in this story.
A story about prostitution/human trafficking and all the ugliness that surrounds this is a hard story to write I’m sure. It’s a hard story to read at times because the plight of these victims is heart-wrenching. Add in the fact that this story highlights the trafficking of young girls and that makes it even tougher to read or even think about. I appreciate though that this author has the courage to bring this major scar on the face of humanity into the light of day. Allison Brennan does an excellent job of bringing the poignancy and tragedy of this to the reader’s attention. I commend her for how well she has researched this tragedy and her excellent skill in writing about this while telling such a suspenseful tale.
This is a masterfully written suspense story and I highly recommend this book!
I was given an ARC by the publisher for an honest review.