DANGEROUS DESCENT by Evie Jacobs

Fiction, Romantic Suspense, Contemporary

4 1/2****

Blurb: Pilot Elise Hughes left the family business in the Florida Keys and now flies the rich and powerful to and from the Rocky Mountains. When she has to execute a by-the-book emergency landing, it’s no big deal. But being stranded in a small town with her handsome new colleague is something else entirely. Obsessed with getting justice for his murdered father, undercover FBI agent Eric Erickson believes retribution is finally within reach. Until things get complicated. And dangerous. And he’s forced to face a few too many realities—including Elise’s connection to a well-known crime boss. After Elise is kidnapped by the same man who took Eric’s father, he has a choice to make—find Elise or exact revenge. Meanwhile she has a choice of her own—trust the dangerous family she never knew she had or the man who’s been lying to her from the start.

Thoughts: I thoroughly enjoyed this romantic suspense story. There’s enough romance without it being over the top, and enough danger to keep the excitement going right until the end. This is the first book from this new author, and I hope to see more from her – as well as maybe these two characters. I can maybe see a series? Maybe with the brothers? Plus, we did leave one bad guy out there kind of dangling in the wind so I hope future books will deal with him.

The characters are good and their relationship builds from kind of instant lust to actual love so it works well. The setting descriptions are done well-enough that we are grounded in where we are – loved the way Eric reacted to the heat and humidity of southern Florida!

All in all, this was a story that captured my interest from the beginning and held onto it until the last page.

Definitely recommended.

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