Taken at Christmas, has such a compelling and tense psychological aspect with Mia’s panic episodes. This mental and emotional hindrance played into her ability to keep her daughter, Ruthie safe. As an ex soldier and cop, she had the makings to be a strong female lead. And even as she struggles with the untimely death of her husband, she still manages to be strong, even if she doesn’t know it. She’s proof that sometimes us women are too hard on ourselves.
Hayden was a tremendous support. I think mommy brains are different from soldier and cop brains, and he helped validate her feelings that she had every right too. When the unthinkable happened, the author’s writing style switched from action and amazingly descriptive car scenes to unimaginable pain. Super poetic and touching. Loved the talk with Noni.
Ultimately, I recommend this story for fans of inspirational romance, suspense, mystery, and a good old fashioned whodunit.
I was given a complimentary copy of this book from Netgalley and the publisher. All words are my own.
About the Author:
Jodie Bailey is the USA Today Best-selling author of novels about freedom and the heroes who fight for it. Jodie is also a public speaker and teacher who packs her novels with the knowledge she’s gained as an Army wife.
Jodie Bailey grew up in Eastern North Carolina, where she developed a love for golden sand and the Atlantic Ocean. She started writing stories as soon as she learned how to put sentences together, and spent her childhood and teen years making her best friends’ dreams come true on paper.
In college, she met the love of her life—a soldier who rides a Harley and jumps out of airplanes for fun. This prompted a whole lot of moving from place to place, and she had no idea how much those moves would work their way into her stories. For ten years, she pursued her second love, teaching. Now a full-time writer, she still teaches part-time because the kids keep her young and, every once in awhile, she needs some time away from the imaginary characters.
Jodie currently lives in North Carolina with her husband, her daughter, and a very stubborn pup.
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