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Christian Military Romance
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Amazon
Format:
ebook, paperback, audiobook
Clean Fiction Edition:
Spring 2022
Reviewer:
KB
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Blurb:
An American diplomat is kidnapped. A former Navy SEAL and the daughter of a notorious Algerian negotiator are sent in to rescue him. But when secrets are revealed, everyone’s life is on the line.
Former Navy SEAL Jake Williams is the newly appointed head of a task force assigned to rescue a kidnapped American diplomat. Their only hope is Mya Amari, the daughter of a notorious Algerian hostage negotiator, but she is full of secrets and complications---something Jake takes as a personal challenge. As they grow closer, the threat to the mission escalates and time runs out for the hostages. Can Jake unravel the web of deception to save them all without getting caught in the crossfire?
Mya Amari has been in hiding nearly her entire life to escape her father’ s enemies. But when her sister is kidnapped along with an American diplomat, she’ll do anything to bring her home---including walking into the enemy’s lair. She doesn’t trust anyone, especially the too-handsome-for-his-own-good Commander Williams, but when all her careful plans explode out of control, he’s the only one she can turn to with the truth about her family. Is it too little, too late?
Review:
The Captive by Julie Coulter Bellon is the first book in her Griffin Force series. It is the first book I have read by Ms. Bellon, but it won’t be the last. The Captive is the story of a hostage situation – the hostages are an American diplomat and the daughter of a notorious Algerian hostage negotiator. Former Navy SEAL Jake Williams heads a task force to rescue the hostages. Joining the task force is another daughter of the Algerian hostage negotiator, Mya Amari, who will do anything to bring her sister home.
Amid rescue plans that don’t go as intended and flying bullets, romance starts to bloom between Jake and Mya, but they must focus on the mission.
ACTION: Action is a big part of this story, and it does include some intense moments. It is a story about a type of war between people of different countries and includes a hostage situation, so some intensity should be expected. But, don’t worry, the violence is kept to short scenes and is not graphic and there is no profane language.
ADVENTURE: The adventure begins within the first three chapters as the task force prepares to leave the United States to travel to Algeria. The adventure continues when Mya makes contact with her father’s people and she, Jake, and another task force member travel to another place in Algeria to meet with Mya’s father. Later, they must travel to a cave in the mountains, and then to another location as well, but all of this is in Algeria.
ROMANCE: The romance is electric, but is kept to short scenes and is clean. After all, Jake and Mya are on a rescue mission. No time to delve deeply into romance. Their main focus remains on getting the hostages out.
RELIGION: There is a hint of Christianity in Jake’s life, but it is not deeply explored and is not a main focus in the story.
FINAL THOUGHTS: As a reader who enjoys a tense suspense novel from time to time, I must say I turned the last page of The Captive, wanting to immediately pick up the next book in the Griffin Force series to keep reading, even though this book has a satisfying ending.
I highly recommend The Captive by Julie Coulter Bellon to anyone who enjoys a story based on a situation that could happen in today’s world and is filled with tension, suspense, danger, and excitement, with a bit of romance.
P - May include more action, magic, romance, and "short-lived" violence, Can employ more suspense.
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