GRR Reviews When Danger Calls (Blackthorne, Inc) by Terry Odell

When Danger Calls is an interesting romantic suspense with a few interesting twists and turns, but overall it's a pretty standard plot.

Ryan, an operative for Blackthrone Inc, had somehow been involved in two blown ops. He had recovered the data, but until the leak can be plugged, he's been ordered to lay low. He knew it's someone close to him, but he understands everybody else sees him as the most likely leak. He went home to the mountains of Montana hoping to discover what was hidden in the data and got nowhere, but he didn't dare to do it at home, so he did it in a bar with Internet access, and ran into part-time waitress Frankie Castor... who's also a single mom. Frankie returned to help care for her mom who seems to be having some dizzy spells, and Ryan was one of her customers. When Frankie discovered some of her mom's money may be missing, she wasn't sure who to blame and the most likely candidate is her mom's boyfriend, but she needed someone's help to investigate... someone like Ryan. What Ryan didn't know was someone knew he had something very important and they want that data... or prevent someone else from having it. And to get it, they will kidnap him, or people around him to get him to reveal his secrets. Now Ryan has to fight not just for his life, but Frankie and her daughter's as well, and not even a fellow teammate can be trusted...

There were a lot of twists and turns, and the suspense was built-up properly. However, some parts of the novel feel slow and lethargic. All in all, above average.

Category: Romantic suspense

Primary Plot: Security operative needed to figure out who is the traitor in order to protect the waitress and her daughter he's fond of

Tropes: single parent, disguise, return, conspiracy, evil enemies, fling to a thing

Overall Rating:  4/5