Rescue Me (Last Chance Rescue, #1) in Dangerous Hero Addict Support Group

Aug 21, 2010 Quinn rated it really liked it

Shelves: library-book, series, romantic-suspense

4 – 4.5 stars

Like most people here, I’m always on the lookout for good books. Romantic Suspense seems to be one of the genres where my TBR list grows slowly – and the one most likely to be hit or miss for me. I have no idea how Rescue Me even came to be on my TBR, but I am so grateful that it was, because this one was most definitely a hit.

Rescue Me really delivers, finding that elusive balance of just the right amounts of romance and suspense, with both being satisfying to the reader. This is h 4 – 4.5 stars

Like most people here, I’m always on the lookout for good books. Romantic Suspense seems to be one of the genres where my TBR list grows slowly – and the one most likely to be hit or miss for me. I have no idea how Rescue Me even came to be on my TBR, but I am so grateful that it was, because this one was most definitely a hit.

Rescue Me really delivers, finding that elusive balance of just the right amounts of romance and suspense, with both being satisfying to the reader. This is harder to achieve than it sounds – usually you will find books with a strong romance are weak on the suspense plot, and vice versa. Happily, not so with this one.

The plot has the potential to sound convoluted, however the author really manages to pull it off well. An operative with a no-name agency, Jordan Montgomery has been looking for Devon Winters for seven long years – ever since their one night together went to hell in a handbasket. His last hope in finding her is to enlist the help of Last Chance Rescue Enterprises.

It is no accident that the mysterious head of LCR, Noah McCall, assigns Eden St. Claire to Jordan’s case, then sits back and waits for the cards to fall. Never one to miss an opportunity, Noah also enlists Jordan’s help to take down a child trafficking ring. Eden soon finds herself partnered with Jordan, in more ways than one, as she struggles with the trauma of her past and Jordan’s sudden reappearance in her present.

I think the author did a wonderful job in portraying how that one night so dramatically affected the lives of the main characters, and continues to haunt them seven years later. If that wasn’t enough, we are then left to discover that the trauma suffered by Devon got so much worse after Jordan closed the door.

There is a really interesting (non-clinical) psychological focus as we witness Eden’s internal conflict in facing the man that she simultaneously loves and hates and struggling to decide how best to resolve his search for Devon so they can both finally move on. All this while working to bring down the dangerous international human trafficking syndicate.

This was soooo close to a 5-star read, but both main characters had an unlikely and infuriating tendency to jump to major conclusions where the other was concerned, thus creating Conflict and Big Misunderstandings. This is a plot device I can (and do) forgive within reason, but here it happened once too often and in a major way.

Other than that relatively small complaint, Rescue Me was a very well-written page-turner that left me wanting more from this author. There is absolutely no doubt that I will be continuing with this series, especially when the next book features one very sexy and intriguing Noah McCall.
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Jun 03, 2011 Duchess Nicole rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: genre-romantic-suspense, read-in-2012, e-pcs

Nice solid romantic suspense. The heroine overcomes a truly horrible childhood, an even worse young adulthood, and a vicious attack. Eden is then discovered by Last Chance Rescue, and turns herself into a kick-a$$ heroine worthy of the big screen. LCR is an organization set up to rescue lost people, generally children, when the regular channels are either unwilling or unable to.

Really, Eden is the hero of the book. Jordan is a heroic guy, also, but rubbed me the wrong way a couple of times with ...more

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