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Tuesday, August 7
Title: Material Witness
By: L. A. Mondello
Genre: Romantic Suspense
My Copy: Part of Bewitching Blog Tour
BookWhisperer Rating:
About the Book:
Who does she trust when
she’s living the real life horror of one of her crime novels…
Bestselling crime novelist,
Cassie Alvarez, aka Cassie Lang, had murder on her mind when she walked into
Rory's Bar under dressed and under cover to research her latest crime novel.
Researching the cool, blue-eyed and dashingly handsome man at the end of the
bar stirred her senses more than she wanted to admit. But was this man of
leather armor all he appeared to be?
Playing White Knight to an
innocent wasn't how Detective Jake Santos planned to spend his time under
cover. But there was no way "CJ" was what she claimed to be and that
nagging tightness in Jake's chest told him he'd better take her home to safety
and leave it at that. Then the barroom exploded with gunfire, leaving a trail
of dead that includes a notorious Providence crime boss and an undercover FBI
agent. When Cassie’s name is leaked to the media as the only witness to the
grisly murders, Cassie insists she only trusts Jake to protect her.
The FBI wants their star
witness happy and will do anything to make sure Cassie testifies. But it is
clear to Jake that the shooter isn’t the only person who wants Cassie dead. Not
knowing who to trust, he vows to protect Cassie at all cost despite the fact
that guarding the beautiful novelist is a serious distraction.
“Material
Witness” action did not have a moment of rest throughout the entire book. In the first chapter, the bar is blown to
pieces by bullets in a shooting and it just continues that action until the
very last page. So if the action isn’t
something that draws you in, maybe the love story behind it will. Cassie is the star witness to the shooting
and requests Jake to be the agent in charge of guarding her. But he does it all too well and Cassie starts
to develop feelings for him. However,
Jake has seen what love can do and it has not represented itself in a positive
light. He is weary about his developing
feelings for Cassie but that does not stop him from putting his life on the
line for hers.
As
the reader, you will find that *spoiler alert* little by little walls begin to
break down, feelings are unveiled, and traitors are discovered.
I
found that I enjoyed this book because to me it was action packed and had a romantic
side story that was moving. I liked that
the character Cassie took control of her life when she was in protective
custody. She demanded that Jake be her
protector, no ifs ands or buts about it. I also liked that since she was a
writer of this genre that she knew a lot about the FBI’s policies, the police
policies, and the law so she knew her rights and knew eventually what was going
to happen to her. She was a strong
chick.
Jake
was just sexy. Undercover
detective. Protector. Need I say more about his character? The answer is no.
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