LAST CHANCE

Author: Christy Reece ISBN: 9780345517746 5/2010 SUSPENSE Publisher: BALLANTINE

NEVER SAY DIE   McKenna Sloan saved Lucas Kane’s life and then vanished. Lucas moved mountains trying to find her again, and finally McKenna relented—for one fleeting night. The truth is, McKenna’s life is all about the dark, deception-filled world of Last Chance Rescue, and for her, there’s no hope of love or Lucas. But fate, and Lucas’s determination, soon change everything. A kidnapped young woman, a lure to out a killer and the fierce need to bring a criminal to justice combine for one explosive event. For a woman who specializes in staying away from relationships and staying in the heart of danger, this is the most impossible mission of all. Because the odds are deadly, and the passion won’t die.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

After being taken from his home in the middle of the night, millionaire Lucas Kane is saved by a beautiful woman, whose name he does not know.  McKenna Sloan has been assisting Last Chance Rescue (LCR) when she saves Lucas.  Neither is prepared for the feelings they arouse in each other, nor the adventure they’re about to embark on together.

Lucas is pretty much perfect.  As in, there is nothing wrong with him. And I loved him for it.  I thought he was a good match for McKenna.  Someone who was kind and patient was exactly what she needed.   Those same adjectives could be used to describe their love story—patient and sweet, a surprising feat in the face of her past and hostage rescues.  For the most part, LAST CHANCE focused heavily on resolving McKenna’s past, which readers learn about in the final entry of this trilogy.

As always, I enjoyed Christy Reece’s writing and the trilogy set up to her books.  If you’re looking for something with a lot of action, I wouldn’t necessarily recommend this one.  But with this book, the author does a really good job developing the characters and their story together.

Christina Baker