REVIEW: The Risk by Elle Kennedy

Dear Ms. Kennedy:

I recently read the first book in your Briar U series, The Chase, and gave it a B+, mostly on the strength of an appealing heroine. The heroine of The Risk first appears in The Chase as Summer’s friend Brenna, and the hero, Jake, is featured in a few scenes of that book as an antagonist to Brenna (so, obviously, a future romantic interest).

Brenna Jensen finds herself stood up for a date at the local diner; just as she’s about to leave, Jake Connelly shows up and somehow figur...