..”.It is the price you pay for choosing to be a cop. Your brother’s life…” Those words haunt her dreams, and her waking moments. LAPD officer, Aurora Kavvan cannot rest until she finds her brothers killer. Digging into the past always brings back unpleasant things: memories, guilt…the hit man. Now she is in a race against time to find the murderer before he finds her. “Kill her. I don’t care … her.
“Kill her. I don’t care how, and I don’t care where, but I want her dead now!”
Someone was trying to kill his dead partner’s sister. FBI agent, Jordan Reiley will stop at nothing to protect the woman he loves. Even if it means going against her wishes; putting himself between her and the man who murdered her brother. Will God keep them alive long enough for them to find the truth?
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Shadows From The Past
I love a good romantic suspense, and when the first sentence in a book catches me, I know it is usually going to be a good one. I am a little conflicted over what to say about this book. It started out really good with great action and suspense, but as the story went on, it seemed the romance overshadowed the suspense, causing me to kind of lose interest. I really enjoyed the characters, but it seemed the author spent a little too much time on the main character Aurora feeling sorry for herself and feeling that she is to blame for everything bad that happens to everyone. I also really liked how the author centered the story around faith and forgiveness.
Overall, this was a good story, and I will most likely read the next in the series.
I received a copy of this book from Celebrate Lit, but was not required required to give a positive review. This is my honest opinion of this book.
It is not easy being a police officer and there is danger lurking everyday as they go out to protect us. Aurora is a tough woman determined to find out who killed her brother five years ago. I love her fierce strength and never give up attitude. When her life is in danger, her ex-fiance comes to protect her. I was a bit discouraged at how much the author focused on Aurora at times and didn’t seem to solve any of her inner turmoil. I understand that her brother was murdered but I wanted more realistic emotions from her. It was no surprise that Aurora and Jordan would try to rekindle their relationship and I wanted the author to not focus on that so much.
Jordan is a great FBI agent and has been haunted by his breakup with Aurora. I wasn’t surprised that an ex would be the one to protect Aurora and that became kind of the theme of the book. Too many predictable plots and way too much “poor me” moments for my taste. One redeeming quality was the scriptures the author uses and how the characters saw the need to turn to Him.
The basic story line is finding Lance’s killer who in turn will be the ones after Aurora and Jordan. It was a huge buildup to the suspect, but I knew it was going to be someone close to Aurora. I couldn’t quite get how she suddenly discovered who it was by re reading her report. What did someone try to hide that she suddenly found by shear luck?
I did like the way the author showed how people can deceive you even when you think they are like family. It shows how we can all fall for a lie, but it’s up to us to forgive them.
I don’t want readers to think this is not a good book to try out. I did like the intense scenes at the end and the way the characters each had to decide to forgive the person who had betrayed them. I was disappointed in how the dirty cop was “taken down.” There could have been so many different ways to write that scene, but for a first book it was not surprising. I am going to read her other book and see if her writing skills have changed. It’s not a bad first attempt and I will be anxious to see what she has in store in the next book.
I received a copy of this book from Celebrate Lit. The review is my own opinion.
“Everything is in God’s hands.”
Shadows from the past
Loved the mystery and suspense. Kept me wondering what was going to happen next.
Aurora’s brother was killed in front of her several years ago. Now the killer is back to haunt her again. She is a police officer and on a stakeout when the one is hired to kill her shows up. Besides the killing of her brother from the past her former fiancée comes back in her life to protect her. Aurora always blamed herself for her brother being killed. Will she ever overcome that? This is book one of a series. I don’t know if some of the characters are in the next book but I am hoping so. I really enjoyed all of the characters. This is my first book by Ashley Dawn and I plan to read more.
I received an complementary copy of the book from Celebrate Lit. I was not required to write an positive review. This is my own opinion.
I purchased copy of Shadows From the Past then agreed to review it for Celebrate Lit without realizing it was the same book. I purchased based on the description that made me think it was I book I would enjoy.
First of all, I understand that the author is fairly young and inexperienced when it comes to writing a book and I cannot expect her book to be on the same level as the more seasoned authors I follow. The premise of her story is excellent with an intriguing plot and good characters. However, I did become more than a little impatient with all the introspection and the minimal amount of action and suspense. For once I was happy to see a book reach its end.
Nevertheless, I can see a lot of potential in this author and hope that she will pay attention to her reviews and will learn from any criticism in order to make her books stronger in the future. In the past year I have had the opportunity to read some very early novels by one of my very favorite suspense novelists and believe me, the improvement in her writing has been quite evident over the years. Everyone has to start somewhere and I believe Ashley Dawn has the potential to become a best selling author if she will continue to work at her craft and learn from her mistakes.
I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book provided by Celebrate Lit after actually purchasing a copy of my own. A favorable review was not required. All views expressed are my own.
This is the first book I have read by this author, and it kept me page turning, and once I began I finish in one day, it was that good!
The author quickly had me walking in LAPD officer Aurora Kavvan shoes, and you almost feel her guilt, but we find evil at work here.
What a journey you are about to begin, with seems like non-stop action, and most you will not see coming, or who is really involved here.
There is a bit of sweet romance, and a lot of loving friends and family, and most share a love of the Lord.
I received this book through Celebrate Lit, and was not required to give a positive review.
For one who normally reads historical fiction, this book could get me to change my mind…at least some of the time. This is definitely a page-turner, nail-biting type of story which I enjoyed very much. Aurora is undercover with the LAPD, working to bring down a drug lord. When her brother is shot and killed, and it seems to be related to her work, she blames herself for his death. The guilt burrows deep into her life affecting relationships with those she loves. Only with forgiveness can she learn what is really going on and close the case.
I received this ebook through CelebrateLit and this review gives my personal impressions and opinions.