Friday, June 21, 2024

Two Reasons to Run by Colleen Coble (Review)

Series: Pelican Harbor #2
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Thomas Nelson 
Released: September 8, 2020
352 pages
About the Book:

Police Chief Jane Hardy has only just been reunited with her long-lost son when she learns of an impending terror attack that threatens everything she holds dear.

A lie changed her world. Police Chief Jane Hardy is still reeling from the scandal that rocked her small-town department just as she took over for her retired father—the man who wrecked her life with one little lie. Now she’s finally been reunited with her presumed-dead fifteen-year-old son, Will, and his father, documentarian Reid Dixon.

When a murder aboard the Gulf Coast oil platform Zeus exposes an environmental terrorist’s plot to flood Mobile Bay with crude oil, Jane and Reid must put their feelings for each other aside and work together to prevent the looming sabotage.

When the terrorist puts Will’s life on the line, protecting him could be the common ground Jane and Reid need . . . until ghosts from the past threaten to ruin their fragile relationship for good. Jane has plenty of reasons to run. But what if she stays?



My Rating & Thoughts:    


Book opens with us learning of a possible threat to an oil rig and someone going missing. Police Chief Jane gets alerted to the threat and the missing person. While investigating, she receives a threat against her son Will and must decide how to proceed. Jane and Reid must work together to protect their son. Due to the events from book one we know there is tension in that relationship. At times, the story was faced paced, and I questioned if they could stop the threat in time, but other times, I felt it dragged by having the same character conflict come up time and time again. I had suspicions about who was involved, but it turned out I was wrong. However, the ending felt rushed and solved too quickly. I would have liked to see more police work done. The story felt much more focused on the relationships between the various characters (friends, family, and possible romance) than the actual case. I did really like the part with Reid and his grandparents. I will be finishing the series because I want to know if Jane gets some answers to her personal quest.

(I borrowed this book from the library; opinions expressed 
in this review are my honest opinion and completely my own.)

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