Run to Me: A Novel (Last Chance Rescue)

This series just keeps getting better and better. I loved these characters and the drama/ danger surrounding them kept me from being able to put the book down. The newest trilogy, with characters connected to this one, is due out next month. I CANNOT wait!

This book was great. I would recommend the entire trilogy. The first two are a little better, but this is a nice end to the trilogy.

I like stories where the characters grow and overcome their obstacles, and the obstacles that these characters face are truly tremendous. Yet they persevere through terrible circumstances to triumph at the end--but not before they've been tested in difficult and ingenious ways. This is a fast-paced book and an enjoyable read with a kick-butt heroine that you have to admire--and I read it out of order in the trilogy and thought it worked very well.

Filled with guilt Ethan Bishop quit Last Chance Rescue (LCR) when an operation he led left teammate Cole Mathison dead. However, when Noah McCall, head of the private international LCR, tells Ethan that he needs him on a special mission that he trusts only Bishop to perform, he agrees to return for one last assignment. Evidence supports that Cole's widow, Shea Monroe has joined the enemy. Infamous felon Donald Rosemount had Shea abducted. He gave her a drug mix that erases a person's memory and personality traits sort of like an etch-o-sketch. Now the martinet master is ordering her to carry out his projects. Ethan recaptures the woman he cherishes, but fears Shea will never be the same; still his love for her demands he not quit on her. The exciting third LCR romantic suspense (see RETURN TO ME and RESCUE ME) is even darker and grittier than the previous two entries, which is saying a lot as the lead characters in all three "me" tales have had horrific experiences. The story line is owned by Shea, a victim of total control that goes beyond brainwashing into a frightening zombie like obedience. Whereas she is unique, Ethan is similar in outlook as for instance Noah is; which makes the tale even stronger as he is passionate about his feelings of remorse re Cole, love for Shea, and a craving to destroy Ethan for what he did to his beloved. Another terrific thriller that fans will relish. Harriet Klausner

Shea Monroe has been missing from her job at Last Chance Rescue for six months. An agent with the ability to negotiate, Shea's presence has been missed but since her husband just died, the men and women who know her think she is just grieving - until they are given information and video proof of her aiding with a kidnapping. Fearing the worst, that she has gone rogue, LCR's director knows of only one person he can trust to find her and get her out of the situation she is in - her former lover, and the man who broke her heart, Ethan Bishop. Ethan Bishop deliberately let Shea Monroe go and when she married his best friend, he figured he got what he deserved. Deep down inside he knows that he is not worthy of someone like Shea but telling his heart is another matter. When one of LCR's operatives shows up on his mountain with a mission for him, Ethan's first instinct is to refuse - that is, until he finds out that Shea is missing and evidently now working for the enemy. Knowing that there is no way his Shea would turn and deliberately harm another human being, Ethan agrees to find and bring Shea home. He has no idea the woman he finds will be nothing like the woman he remembers. Three times the charm with Christy Reece's RUN TO ME. If you thought the first two books, RETURN TO ME and RESCUE ME were awesome, then run, don't walk, and grab RUN TO ME right this minute! Ethan Bishop is his own worst enemy. For things that happened in his past, he has spent over fifteen years doubting his own worth. Shea is the only bright light in his life and because of feelings of inadequacy; he did his best to make her hate him. And he thought it worked. However, his feelings never changed and unbeknownst to him, Shea's didn't either. His rescue of Shea was perilous and I was on the edge of my seat the entire time never knowing if they would be caught or not. Watching Shea's feelings return and seeing Ethan's heart break over and over took me on an emotional roller coaster I didn't want to end. RUN TO ME affected me in many ways - most of all it reminded me of how strong the human spirit is. Love is the greatest gift two people can experience and Shea's love for Ethan remained the catalyst of this remarkable romantic suspense. I am praying that this isn't the last we will see of these remarkable men and women of Last Chance Rescue! Natalie S.