Attempted Mountain Murder by Jaime Jo Wright Book Review

About the Book:

When a sniper shoots at Lainey Jo Beckett through her apartment window, she knows her cover in WITSEC has been blown. Injured and desperate to escape, she jumps into the first car she sees, which just happens to have former navy SEAL Bowen Mays behind the wheel. He may no longer be on active duty, but when they discover her WITSEC handler dead, Bowen takes Lainey Jo’s protection into his own hands. As they escape deep into the Bighorn Mountains, with not one but two shooters on their tail, can Bowen overcome his past failure and keep Lainey Jo alive?

My Review:

It always interests me when an author writes in a genre different from their usual style. I have read all of Wright's spooky novels but this is the first of her inspirational romantic suspense I have read. It's good. It is typical of the genre, relatively short, with lots of plot movement and not deep character development. Much of the narrative included character thought. For Lainey Jo (yes, named after a member of Wright's extended family), much of her thinking was whether she was making the best decisions. She was a heroine hard for me to like as she made many unwise decisions. I expected more maturity from her. For Bowen, suffering PTSD, he struggled with guilt for a past mission failure. There is a hint of romance but nothing of much impact until the very end. An important issue explored in this novel is family loyalty. The inspirational aspect is light.

The writing is fine but not as polished as I've come to expect in her spooky dual time novels. It is a fun read, quick and entertaining.

My rating: 4/5 stars.

About the Author:

Jaime Jo Wright, multi award-winning author--including the Christy and Daphne du Maurier awards--is a coffee-fueled and cat-fancier extraordinaire. She has entwined her life with the legendary Captain Hook, residing serenely in Wisconsin's rural woodlands. Her literary vocation involves penning chilling Gothic tales, a baffling change from that of Austenites, with a strong preference to the master of dark, Edgar Allan Poe. Two mischievous urchins adorn their family, who keep their mother on her toes - providing an exhilarating amount chaos.

Visit her at: http://www.jaimewrightbooks.com and listen to her podcast MadLit Musings on your favorite podcast player or at http://www.madlitmusings.com

Love Inspired Suspense, 208 pages.

(My star ratings: 5-An exceptional book, 4-Better than average, relevant and liked by me, 3-It is average, 2-It is below average and not liked by me, 1-It is practically unreadable.)