Sunday, October 25, 2009

My Review - Double Cross

I have been waiting a year to read DOUBLE CROSS by James David Jordan. And can I say . . . It was definitely worth the wait!

The sequel to FORSAKEN, DOUBLE CROSS continues the story of Taylor Pasbury, ex-secret service turned private security agent. In FORSAKEN, Taylor is left devastated by the death of Simon Mason, a televangelist she was hired to protect, but whose relationship turned into so much more. In DOUBLE CROSS, we see the incredible bond Taylor has forged with Mason’s daughter, Kacey. We also watch as Taylor struggles with her new-found Christianity. In her heart or hearts she wants to live a redeemed life as a testament to Mason’s impact on her life. But old habits die hard and she finds herself continuing to struggle with personal choices.

Things quickly heat up when Elise Hovden, Simon’s former top assistant is found dead by apparent suicide. But it doesn’t add up to Taylor. Yes, Elise was about to turn herself in for embezzlement, and was emotionally distraught over Simon’s death, but why would she arrange for a meeting with Taylor if she was just going to off herself? Instinctively, Taylor does some digging. And what she finds out is more than she bargained for. Add that together with the reappearance of her mother that abandoned her at the age of nine, and Taylor soon finds herself on overload with a killer close on her heels.

I don’t know what it is about Jordan’s writing that so thoroughly captives me, but it does. Normally drawn to the romance genre, I always wish for more to happen romantically in Taylor’s life, but I’m never disappointed with the story. FORSAKEN is a great novel for both the male and female reader. Kudos to James David Jordan. He’s done it again!

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