Marked for Revenge by Valerie Hansen

Marked for Revenge by Valerie Hansen ISBN-13: 9781335232274 Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Love Inspired Suspense Released: Aug. 6, 2019

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description from Goodreads:
EMT Kaitlin North can’t believe the shooting victim at an isolated Ozark cabin is the man who once saved her life. Now the only way she can keep undercover police officer Daniel Ryan alive is to help him elude the hitmen on his trail. With danger closing in, can Kaitlin and Ryan trust each other’s instincts…and take a chance on love?


My Review:
Marked for Revenge is a romantic suspense novel. I liked Kaitlin and Daniel and their banter. They were the only two characters that were really developed since they were on their own for most of the story. Kaitlin enjoys the excitement of being an EMT, though keeping a sick and injured police officer alive when there's a bounty on his head was a bit too much excitement. Still, Daniel once helped her turn her life around, and he needed her quick thinking, street smarts, and medical knowledge (not to mention her money and her truck) to stay alive. She insisted that he follow her orders when it's a medical-knowledge issue, and she'd follow his orders when it was a police-knowledge issue. She got to give her input into everything else, especially when Daniel was too sick to make good decisions. He respected her input and knowledge.

So they worked well together as a team, though they sometimes disagreed. They also had a similar sense of humor, and I can understand why they fell in love. The suspense was created by the constant physical danger to Daniel as the target of the bounty and to Kaitlin because she's helping him. I still don't follow why Kaitlin (or Daniel) couldn't have called his boss way back at the beginning as the boss was the one person that Daniel trusted. The fact that previous friends were turning on him did make his avoiding asking anyone else for help seem reasonable.

Kaitlin became a Christian back when she turned her life around, and it was the motive behind many of her actions. There was no sex or bad language. Overall, I enjoyed this funny and suspenseful story.


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