Connie Mann

Hidden Threat

Nicola Sarah Brooks

Eve Jackson believes wholeheartedly in clean water for everyone. But her activist past in her adopted home town made her the girl who cost their football hero his scholarship. But after a decade away, surely there will be a slightly warmer welcome waiting her?

But when visiting her sick adoptive mother, Eve finds out a young baby has been poisoned and once again she find herself at odds with the townsfolk as she begins to investigate. 

Cole Sutton has his own problems. He has taken over the running of the family ranch but he has malformed calves and he is about to fault on a loan taken out by his late father. But when hurricane Eve sneaks about the ranch, initially believing that the poison must be coming from his farm, the years roll back to when Eve was involved in the "calf caper" but now he may just get the girl, not just an injured arm!

I hadn't read the first book in the series and I was in no way hindered by that. I slipped neatly into the narrative and understood where the characters belonged. The twisty plot was good cos no sooner than I thought I knew who the bad guy was, I changed my mind when a new bit of evidence came to light! I love having to wait to the end of a book for the solution rather than figuring out in 2 mins flat.

Eve puts up with a lot in this book, least of all her towns reaction to her mixed race appearance and her environmentalist escapades. Cole was the golden boy who never quite managed to attain the greatness they wanted for him, another nail in the coffin of Eve's popularity.

I loves Eve's family of the heart and I cannot wait to see what is going on with her mysterious sister, Cat!

Hidden Threat

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