Shielding the Innocent Target by Terri Reed

Shielding the Innocent Target
by Terri Reed

ISBN-13: 9781335598127
Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Love Inspired Suspense
Released: May 21, 2024

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
After witnessing her boss’s murder, Paige Walsh must trust Deputy US Marshal Lucas Cavendish to bring her to safety. But when a notorious assassin targets her and her son, Lucas’s short-term assignment turns into a dangerous cross-country mission. For Paige to survive until the arrest of her boss’s killer, Lucas must get Paige and her son into witness protection. Except the hit man knows their every move and trusting the wrong person could get them killed.


My Review:
Shielding the Innocent Target is a Christian romantic suspense. The assassin seems to know exactly where Lucas and Paige are even after they check for tracking devices, so Lucas thinks it must be one of the people who are handling Paige's case and protection. But who? There's plenty of suspense, including a thriller movie worthy ending. I was confused when Lucas, whose one job is to protect Paige and her son, who doesn't know who to trust, and who is now surrounded by people he doesn't know, orders a stranger with no bodyguard training to protect her while he runs off to help fight a fire (which he's not trained to do) in place of that man. That made no sense.

Anyway, the main characters were likable. Paige's husband died from foolish risk-taking, so she's not interested in a man who risks his life on his job. Paige and Lucas came to care for each other as they spent time together and built up trust. There was no sex or bad language. Overall, I'd recommend this exciting suspense novel.


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