USA TODAY bestselling author Tara Taylor Quinn brings you an edge-of-your-seat Colton 911: Grand Rapids story! Where there’s danger–and true love–around every corner… Struggling to protect his heart… he must also protect his growing family. Former FBI agent Riley Colton tends to keep to himself…except for the time he gave in to Charlize Kent. Now that single passionate night produced a … passionate night produced a surprise Riley never imagined–a baby! His paternal and investigative instincts kick in when their new family comes under fire. As sparks fly, Riley and Charlize work together to track and capture a criminal…who will stop at nothing to destroy everything they hold dear.
From Harlequin Romantic Suspense: Danger. Passion. Drama.
Colton 911: Grand Rapids:
Book 1: Colton 911: Family Defender by Tara Taylor Quinn
Book 2: Colton 911: Suspect Under Siege by Jane Godman
Book 3: Colton 911: Detective on Call by Regan Black
Book 4: Colton 911: Agent By Her Side by Deborah Fletcher Mello
Book 5: Colton 911: In Hot Pursuit by Geri Krotow
Book 6: Colton 911: Ultimate Showdown by Addison Fox
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It was a fast-paced accidental pregnancy story. The characters were well done. Did go on to buy the next in the miniseries.
Who are Riley and Charlize? Where is the series set? What do we learn about Riley? What does he do for a living? Who are Ashanti, Bailey, Brody, Sadie, Kiely, Victoria, and Griffin? Oh my gosh! From products making people sick to pyramid schemes, to attempted murder, we see it all. We also find family, love, loyalty, and self-awareness win out in this story. I cannot wait to read the next Colton 911: Grand Rapids series story coming out in August 2020! I need to investigate if there are prior stories to go back and read!
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Having read a few that have the Colton family in it I jumped for this one. I had not read this author before and how I had missed her I do not know but at least now it is rectified. In this one Riley Colton will get a surprise that had not crossed his mind. Why I do not know because that can happen between two but forgive me I had found that humorous. Anyways Charlize is the bringer of the surprise but in no time danger comes a knocking. Working together these two will have us caught up with them having to see where and what is going on. Will danger reach them or will it get caught? That type of reading pulls you forward anxious for sure until you see how it is resolved. So glad I did not miss this one and have found another author I would read again.
Colton 911 Family Defender was a conundrum for me. I liked some of the characters and I liked the mystery plot, but other parts were disappointing.
Riley Colton is an ex-FBI agent turned PI who is 43 (which we were told ad nauseam) and not looking to get married or start a family (again, ad nauseam). He runs PI agency with his siblings and a new case involving his 20 something foster brother leads him to the door of a previous one-night stand.
Charlize is a 30-year-old woman who lived with her great aunt just a few blocks from Riley, the man who she fell in love with at first sight, spent one glorious night with, (he used his own special fancy condoms because he didn’t trust anyone else’s. What? Just, like, what?) and then watched him walk out the door the same night, never to be heard from again. Until she’s walking home with a pregnancy test three months later and an attempt is made on her life. As a social worker for some violent clients, she is often in the crosshairs, but this time feels different. This time, someone means business and she’s going to need Riley to protect her (of course)
Mixed up in the mystery is a multilevel marketing scheme of vitamins that are making people sick while stealing their money invested in the company. With the ring leader missing, and thugs after Brody, Riley has to figure out who Captial X is before they kill his foster brother.
While I liked the mystery components, both with Brody and Charlize, the only one resolved was Charlize’s. At the end of the book, you had never heard from Brody again, nor did you know if he was safe, and you still had no idea who Capital X is or where Wes Matthews went. I assume the mystery continues in the next book, but it doesn’t even say that in the back of this one, so I have no idea. I hate that when I read a book that has a suspense element and now I have to wait months to get the next one and by then, I won’t care or remember the details from this book.
Riley Colton was one of those heroes Harlequin loves. He is a tortured soul who can ONLY be redeemed by the perfect woman for him *insert eye roll* when he learns his fancy condoms didn’t do the job, and he’d be dealing with Charlize for years to come, he was secretly pleased and outwardly displeased. If I read how put out he was about taking care of his siblings since he was thirteen, I seriously thought I would barf. We understood the first three times, we didn’t need the constant brain bashing with it to get that he felt like he didn’t want to raise more kids. I’ve never met a male hero who was as whiny about ‘what he’s gone through in life’ as this guy.
As a romantic suspense this book found traction, other than leaving all of it unresolved at the end. As a hero, Riley was a jerk to his family and Charlize for way too long to be instantly redeemed in the last two pages. Charlize worked through it with him as a social worker, which I appreciated, but if she said, “These days with longer life spans the age gap between us doesn’t matter”, again, I was going to barf. All told, this story was good, but the characters could have been less whiny and responded more like adults than teenagers. This is a 3.5 star read for me.