The Traitor's Pawn by Lisa Harris

The Traitor's Pawn by Lisa Harris ISBN-13: 9780800729172 Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Revell Released: March 31st 2020

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
When FBI agent Jack Shannon arrives in Corpus Christi, Texas, he is focused on one thing: find the man who has been selling encrypted government secrets to the Chinese through online birding chat rooms. But when a senator is shot during a hunting trip and the woman he was with is abducted, Jack agrees to join the search--especially when he discovers that the kidnapping victim is Aubrey Grayson, a woman he was once in love with.

As the search continues, it becomes clear the senator may not have been the intended victim--and Aubrey may be connected to the other case Jack is supposed to be working on. Can Jack untangle the knots before it's too late?


My Review:
The Traitor's Pawn is a Christian romantic suspense novel. The suspense was high from start to finish, created by the physical danger (shooting, kidnapping, a bomb threat, hostage situations, and more) but also by the relationship tensions. Aubrey's father was on Jack's FBI "to arrest" list as someone known to be selling government secrets to both the Chinese and the Russians. Aubrey's father was never a big part of her life even before her parent's divorce, but she still had feelings of abandonment to deal with and a desire to have a good father conflicting with the reality that he wasn't. Jack helped her to deal with these feelings.

Jack and Aubrey were best friends since childhood and supported each other. Their love grew as they shared life experiences together and felt understood by the other, but both were afraid of ruining their friendship if they dated and it didn't work out. They were a good team and made a good couple.

During the story, they talked about several Christian topics like how God is faithful even when the people in our lives aren't and about how forgiving is for our own sake. There was no sex or bad language. Overall, I'd highly recommend this suspense novel.


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