Death Valley Hideout by Dana Mentink
Description: Tony Ortega has to keep his little niece & nephew safe and being in WITSEC hasn’t been enough. Willow Duke, a Death Valley resident, and Tony have become good friends but a birthday surprise suddenly goes wrong. The children are in danger.
Willow being a Duke — Dukes don’t back off when trouble comes. Trouble in the form of a hitman after the children and Tony … and …
Review:
Suspense book or a thriller? Death Valley Hideout is both. Danger sweeps in and out of their lives with an occasional good night’s sleep thrown in.
The children in this book are a delight and a tension breaker. Especially endearing, the little girl has a special toy called Moo Moo that needs to be close to her 24×7.
Willow has these brothers and if Willow is in trouble, the brothers are there! If they could be 150% there, they would be. It doesn’t matter if they like Tony or not, Williow is now in danger — little kids are being threatened — so they invoke what I thought of as the Duke Mantra, “if you get one Duke, you get ’em all”. Tons of courage in this set of strong characters. And Tony is in trouble. A lot of trouble.
I’ve chosen to not write more about what happens in this book. If you like suspense with a bit of romance thrown in, you’ll enjoy Death Valley Hideout.
How is the “Faith part” handled?
In many ways, the same way most of us do. Prayers when things are bad. Thank-you prayers, help-us prayers. Faith is a part of who these people are.
I liked this book but it didn’t pull me in. Didn’t grab me which my five-star reviews do. Usually, I can define what was off-putting. Was it the pacing of the story? I didn’t feel the pacing was poorly done. The characters were good. Loved Willow’s brothers. The story was good; it just didn’t hold my interest for long periods. This was my first book by this author; would I read another one? Yes. Will I read this again? No. Thus rating is 3.5 stars, rounded to 4 for sites that only rate in whole numbers.
I received a complimentary e-ARC copy of Death Valley Hideout via NetGalley from the publisher, HARLEQUIN – Romance (U.S. & Canada), Love Inspired Suspense. A positive review was not required; the opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.
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