TIME TO RUN

Author: Marlis Melton ISBN: 0446614815 2/2006 SUSPENSE Publisher: WARNER FOREVER

ONE CHANCE Sara Garret thought the military lawyer she married would be the perfect husband and father. But he has become her worst nightmare. Now one vicious act has driven Sara to take her ten-year-old son and flee. Yet the only thing more frightening than running away...is trusting a stranger to help her. ONE SHOT Chase McCaffrey is a damn good sniper, and an even better SEAL—but he’s no knight in shining armor. His impulse to help Sara is as puzzling as the subtle way she steals into his heart, resurrecting emotions he thought he didn't have. Concealing mother and son at his remote, Oklahoma ranch, Chase dares to hope the past will never find them. Yet there are sinister forces afoot, threatening to expose them. And a calculating husband tracks them down, if only to prove that Sara is his, forever--even in death. TIME TO RUN Danger is right behind you.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

As intriguing as I thought TIME TO RUN was going to be, it was disappointing to read. Not bad, mind you, it's just nowhere near the thriller I expected. Sure, there are a few scenes that tugged at my emotions and the ending brings a little suspense into the story, but, as a whole, it fell short.

I cannot put my finger on exactly why this book didn't draw me in, but part of it was the main characters. The hero and heroine had decent storylines, but their tale lacks depth. They were not together enough to spark the kind of interest in one another they supposedly had. The heroine had too much to be frightened and suspicious of to just suddenly turn into the trusting woman she became, in approximately three days or so. And, quite honestly, the chemistry just wasn't there.

I was hoping for a nail-biting, suspenseful read, but instead found an average story without a lot of detail or heart. It's not unpleasant or hard to get through, it's just not all that interesting.

Shannon Johnson