GRR Reviews Out of the Storm by Kevin V. Symmons

Out of the Storm started with an interesting teaser, and it went on from there to present a really interesting caper where the threats are nebulous and deadly, but the good guys are just as serious and efficient. There's a bit of romance in there but it's mostly suspense.

Eric Montgomery was not expecting company. His dreams were shattered when his wife and unborn child died in an auto accident a year ago. He was barely getting by, trying to hold together the family Marina in Cape Cod. Then Ashley Fitzhugh, daughter of his brother's girlfriend, a younger girl Kaylie, and a dog appeared on his doorstep in the middle of a stormy night, seeking shelter, having traveled hundreds of miles, walking in the rain for a good portion of it. They were fleeing from danger... but what kind of danger? Then the shocks keep coming. Ashley was pregnant and miscarried upon arrival. And the younger girl Kaylie... was Ashley's daughter. And Eric's brother Ralph was nowhere to be seen, except one voice message left at Eric's answering machine... He's scared... but of what? As Eric called upon his old contacts (he was Army Special Forces) to dig deeper, the less it made sense... His brother's file was gone, even the physical copies, and Ashley was a better computer person than anyone suspected. Apparently, Ashley and her hacker friend (the one who got her pregnant) hacked into some rogue op that is so black, leaks must die, rather than go into max security prisons. Eric vowed to protect Ashley, as he had fallen in love with the girl, but how do you protect someone from a threat that can come from any direction, anytime and anywhere?

The onion peel of the lies and secrets are done nicely, and the way the MMC latched onto Ashley was believable after the loss he had suffered, even if she was concealing a lot of secrets. And Ashley... needs a protector. She knew that her "uncle" (Eric's brother Ralphie) was a nice man, and it made sense for her to pick a guy for his own, but I guess I had a little problem with her last lover being her own age and her falling for a much older guy.

Category: Romantic suspense

Primary Plot: Young woman and girl came out of the storm to seek shelter with an older guy. They are fleeing from a potentially deadly threat...

Tropes: woman in peril, protector, scars,

Overall Rating: 4/5