GRR Reviews When the Smoke Clears by Lynette Eason

Alexia is both a smokejumper and a firefighter in Washington State. She got a major equipment malfunction just as she located the victim in a house fire. She was saved, and child rescued, but she earned a suspension from all duties from her captain for disobeying a direct order to retreat. When investigators told her that her equipment had been sabotaged and she got an invitation to a 10-year school reunion, she decided to get out of town... all the way back to the east coast. Yet trouble seems to follow her... Just as she arrived home, she found her ex-boyfriend was fatally wounded in her mother's house basement. Then followed arson, attempted kidnapping, multiple murders, and a handsome police detective and his brother. And it may have something to do with her past... That high school dance 10 years ago, when one of her friends ran for her life... But Alexia was also haunted by her own past, a house fire that claimed her sister's life, and chased her out of town. Who is after her? Why? Why do they want to find Jillian, the friend who disappeared?

Now that's a thriller with twists and turns, and it managed to be Christian to keeping the romance clean and the occasional mention of God was not too jarring. So much so, romance is merely a minor element.  It's mostly suspense, with very little romance.

Category: Contemporary / Romantic Suspense

Overall Rating: 5/5

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